Andre Ward surprised on Brandon Rios’ victory over Richard Abril – Boxing news
Andre Ward, the WBA and WBC super middleweight fighter, was highly surprised over the match results of Brandon Rios vs. Richard Abril.
The fight which saw Abril completely dominating Rios, ended up with Rios as victor. Not only Ward, fans and other fighters were shocked over the results. Social media was flooded with comments and posts claiming the decision being unjust.
Ward, through his Twitter account, said, “I’m shocked!! Absolutely shocked!!! This is what hurts our sport!!! Feel bad for Abril!!”
Both the judges had Rios as winner on the scorecards. Judge Jerry Roth scored the fight 116-112 while judge Glenn Trowbridge scored it as 115-113. Both the judges had Rios on the higher end, which definitely was a point of frustration for Abril who gave
his best during the fight.
Throughout the fight, we saw Abril in control while Rios was having trouble in reach Abril. In addition, since Rios could not make weight at 135 lbs (was 139 lbs), he looked more like a loser than a winner.
Even after being 4 lbs heavier than required, Rios could not do much in the ring. Right after Rios was announced as the winner, fans and fighters across the globe showed their disappointment over the decision.
However, since Rios could not make weight at 135 lbs, he was unable to qualify for the winner’s bonus of $50,000.
As Ward has put it, the decision was a disappointment for the boxing industry. Ward is currently trying to make a comeback on June 2 in Oakland, California.
However, nothing regarding his opponent or his bout has been revealed yet. He is among the top boxers of today with a top-notch profile. Recently in an interview, Ward said that he wants to fight Lucian Bute but Bute’s camp was not up for the match. Things
between Bute and Ward got serious after Bute and his promoter claimed that Ward was trying to duck them.
In his previous interview, expressing his amusement over Bute’s reaction, Ward said, “I was disappointed. Bute and his promoter were screaming and yelling that I was ducking them, then they go and make a two-fight deal with Froch where if he loses, he takes
Froch back to Canada? I didn't understand that. I was never ducking him, I just wanted to build up the fight.”
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