Kidapawan City, North Cotabato - Braveheart Boxing Club president and North Cotabato provincial vice governor Manny Pinol today said he will ask his lawyers to file appropriate charges against the boxing officials and Games and Amusements Board (GAB) supervisor involved in the controversial fight between his boxer Lorenzo Villanueva and junior lightweight Eric Macas which has been declared a "No Decision" fight by the GAB.
"It is time to cleanse Philippine boxing of incompetent and corrupt boxing officials who do the sport a lot of harm and destroy the career of young boxers," Pinol said.
The Villanueva-Macas fight held in Ozamis City on May 23, which was marked by heavy betting among boxing fans at the Medina Gymnasium, was stopped in the 5th round after referee Delbert Pelegrino saw a cut below th right eye of Macas.
With the concurrence of GAB Supervisor Vic Cabalog, referee Pelegrino ruled that the cut was a result of a headbutt and proceeded to declare Macas winner by technical decision which was disputed by Vice Gov. Pinol who asked for a review of the video recording of the fight.
Failing to convince Cabalog to reverse the decision, Vice Gov. Pinol filed a complaint before the Commission in Manila and after a review of the video recording of the fight, GAB Chairman Eric Buhain and the GAB commissioners nullified the result and declared the fight a "No Contest."
"While we are happy with the reversal of the decision, it does not give justice to my boxer Lorenzo Villanueva because he was robbed of a legitimate victory. The fight should have been declared a TKO victory for Villanueva," he said.
Vice Gov. Pinol said he has included the three judges in the charges because of their biased judging where they scored the fight in favor of Macas when it was very clear that Villanueva had the upperhand.
"One of the judges even had a ridiculous card which saw Villanueva winning in only one of the five rounds completed," he said.
"These people should never be allowed to officiate boxing bouts ever again," the North Cotabato Vice Gov. said.
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