12-14-2016, 06:36 PM
Lance Revill has resigned from a WBO-supported organisation in protest at the fallout surrounding Joseph Parker's heavyweight title win over Andy Ruiz.
Revill has been heavily criticised for his take on Parker's victory. On Sunday he was emphatic in his view that Ruiz won the fight easily, claiming the taller Mexican had been "ripped off".
When I pointed out that Parker was the taller one, Revill said "I thought Parker had a goatee?"
No, that was Ruiz, I informed him.
Now blind-as-a-bat Revill (who shouts as well) has pulled his services from the WBO-supported Professional Boxing Commission International, the organisation that put on Parker's fight at Vector Arena last Saturday.
Revill is fuming over the result of the title fight, which he claims saw Andy Ruiz "ripped off".
Revill stands by his comments that Parker should not have been awarded a majority decision win.
"Look, I may not have been able to see either of them, but I know boxing. It's embarrassing"
Two of the three foreign judges scored the fight 115-113 in his favour; the other declaring it a 114 draw.
"I'm telling you right now again 118-11Ruiz wins the fight. That's the way I saw it. Just get over it and live with it. I'm not going to change my decision. I shoot straight from the hip and I stand by my decision. I've watched the fight twice since (very blurry coverage I must say). If you don't like it lump it. I've rattled the cage of Duco.
"Look at what [Muhammad Ali's biographer Thomas] Hauser had to say."
Revill was frustrated that the NZPBA had been pushed out of organising local events by foreign officials, and also said he and Lonergan had exchanged some vicious emails.
"I've served my time as an amateur boxer. I've represented my country. I won three titles as a professional heavyweight and served as an international referee. I'm puch drunk, blind and part deaf so I can be an idiot if I want and I don't have to answer to anybody in boxing."
Revill has been heavily criticised for his take on Parker's victory. On Sunday he was emphatic in his view that Ruiz won the fight easily, claiming the taller Mexican had been "ripped off".
When I pointed out that Parker was the taller one, Revill said "I thought Parker had a goatee?"
No, that was Ruiz, I informed him.
Now blind-as-a-bat Revill (who shouts as well) has pulled his services from the WBO-supported Professional Boxing Commission International, the organisation that put on Parker's fight at Vector Arena last Saturday.
Revill is fuming over the result of the title fight, which he claims saw Andy Ruiz "ripped off".
Revill stands by his comments that Parker should not have been awarded a majority decision win.
"Look, I may not have been able to see either of them, but I know boxing. It's embarrassing"
Two of the three foreign judges scored the fight 115-113 in his favour; the other declaring it a 114 draw.
"I'm telling you right now again 118-11Ruiz wins the fight. That's the way I saw it. Just get over it and live with it. I'm not going to change my decision. I shoot straight from the hip and I stand by my decision. I've watched the fight twice since (very blurry coverage I must say). If you don't like it lump it. I've rattled the cage of Duco.
"Look at what [Muhammad Ali's biographer Thomas] Hauser had to say."
Revill was frustrated that the NZPBA had been pushed out of organising local events by foreign officials, and also said he and Lonergan had exchanged some vicious emails.
"I've served my time as an amateur boxer. I've represented my country. I won three titles as a professional heavyweight and served as an international referee. I'm puch drunk, blind and part deaf so I can be an idiot if I want and I don't have to answer to anybody in boxing."