Boxer calls Judges corrupt
Harpal Singh Bedi / New Delhi
Crying foul, former gold-medallist Bulgaria’s Stanimira Petrova, who lost 2-3 to local favourite Sonia Chahal,(54 kg), hurled abuses at the Judges and her coach Petar Lesov threw a bottle inside the ring to protest the result in the 10th AIBA World Women’s Boxing championship in New Delhi on Monday.
Furious after the result was announced Stanimira Petrova accused the judges of “corruption” and instigated by her coach Lesov- a former Olympic champion- lost his cool as he charged towards the ring and threw the bottle.
“It is corruption by the judges. It is not a fair result,” Petrova told reporters after her bout.
Rattled by the incident ,world body of the sport AIBA reacted swiftly and barred Lesov, from ringside for the remainder of the tournament, which concludes on November 24.
. In a statement AIBA said “Regarding the incident at the conclusion of the bout number 177 between Stanimira Petrova and Sonia, the AIBA Technical Delegate of the event will review the situation,”
“The AIBA has decided to remove the accreditation, and therefore the right to be in the corner, from the coach of the Bulgarian delegation Petar Yosifov Lesov due to his unacceptable behavior…,”
Lesov, who won the flyweight gold medal at the 1980 Olympics, has been a coach for nearly three decades.
“The International Boxing Association does not tolerate, in any circumstances, such behavior against the AIBA values and AIBA Code of Conduct, especially being a coach.
“The incident will be forwarded to the Disciplinary Commission for further review,” it added.
AIBA is already under scanner of the International Olympic Committee on the issue of “Judging the bouts”.
In fact, the IOC has made ‘improving the quality of judging’ one of the goals for AIBA to retain the Olympic status at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Check out the full results of the evening session of Day 5.
Link: https://t.co/bM6FsC6Cwc 👈👀🥊💃#AIBA #PunchMeinHainDum #AIBA pic.twitter.com/4Gigz0DJew— Boxing Federation (@BFI_official) November 19, 2018