‘I want to go home and review the fight’: Vasyl Lomachenko unhappy with 119-109 scorecard in loss to Teofimo Lopez as boxing promoter Bob Arum says he ‘doesn’t want to see’ one of the judges again
- Teofimo Lopez took a stunning unanimous victory over Vasyl Lomachenko
- The bout was officially scored 116-112, 117-111 and surprisingly 119-109
- Lomachenko was unhappy with the scorecards in his defeat to Lopez
Vasyl Lomachenko has insisted he did not agree with the wide scorecards in his stunning loss against Teofimo Lopez while his promoter Bob Arum was so angry with them he said he ‘doesn’t want to see one of the judges ever again’.
The 23-year-old Lopez shocked the boxing world as he dominated early and finished strong to win an unanimous 12-round decision to unify the lightweight titles on Saturday night.
Many felt Lopez had won the fight but were left stunned by some of the wide-scoring, particularly on Julie Lederman’s card which only gave Lomachenko just one round in the whole fight while the other two judges scored it closer with verdicts of 116-112 and 117-111.
Teofimo Lopez took a stunning victory over Vasyl Lomachenko to unify the lightweight titles
Lomachenko said he did not agree with the wide scorecards at the end of the bout
Julie Lederman gave Lomachenko just one round in the whole fight, scoring it 119-109 (circled)
And Lomachenko and Top Rank CEO Arum were quick to criticise the scoring on Lederman’s card.
After the fight, the Ukrainian said: ‘I think in the first half he had more rounds than I did, but in the second half I took over and I was much better.
‘I want to go home and review the fight, I can’t comment right now much about it. Definitely I’m not agreeing with the scorecards.’
Arum added: ‘Lopez won, 7-5 is way I scored it. I can see 8-4, that’s a possibility.
‘But you can’t score it 11 rounds to 1 and say you watched the fight. Ninth, 10th and 11th weren’t close.
‘I would advise any fighter that I have to ask for the commission not to appoint Julie Lederman.’
Bob Arum questioned the cards as well saying he ‘does not want to see’ one of the judges again
Lopez won the fight which was scored 116-112, 117-111 and more surprisingly 119-109
On social media, there was also some shock to the 119-109 scorecard.
WBO Welterweight champion Terence Crawford tweeted: ‘119-109 ooowwweeee that was a good fight but that score was do disrespectful.’
Retired Welsh boxer Enzo Maccarinelli posted: ‘I had Lopez 1 up, a draw I wouldn’t have complained but 119-109’ with a facepalm emoji.
WBO junior lightweight champion Jamal Herring disagreed with the scorecard tweeting: ‘I felt Teofimo pulled it off due to his performance in the LAST round, but I don’t agree with that 119-109 score. That judge had it as a complete blow out…’
Mike Coppinger agreed with Arum’s comments saying: ‘Julie Lederman with the 119-109 scorecard. Not sure she should be judging another championship fight. Absolutely outrageous. Loma CLEARLY won 8, 9, 10 and 11.’
Journalist Andrew Lopez added: ‘Problem with 119-109 is people will look at how insane that is. But Teofimo Lopez won the fight’ while another reporter Earl K Sneed said ‘the scorecards were all over the place but @TeofimoLopez earned that win.’
Lopez who has a record of 16-0, added the three titles held by Lomachenko, who recorded his second defeat of his career, to the belt he won last year to become the undisputed 135-champion.
The 23-year-old from Brooklyn proved faster and stronger than the 32-year-old Lomachenko, who won two Olympic gold medals as an amateur and was regarded as one of the top pound-for-pound fighters as a pro.
Surprisingly enough, he was also the better boxer and proved he could close the show by bloodying Lomachenko’s eye in the 12th round.
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