Say civil servants

New York (AP) – The New York State Athletic Commission said that a “technical problem” prevented officials from seeing a repetition of GERVONTA DAVIS goes on a knee In the ninth round of his fight against Lamont Roach, ESPN and other branches reported on Monday.

If the officers had seen the knockdown that referee Steve Willis had not called, Davis would have lost a point in this round and the result would have allowed Roach to win the fight and the light title of Davis. Instead, the fight ended as a majority.

The NYSAC said in a statement: “During the round in question, after the Commission's request for the repeat video there was a technical problem that prevented the Commission from obtaining it within the assigned time for the review. Therefore, the decision of the referee was based on which the referee's decision was based on, and the fight continued. “

Roach seemed to land Davis's eye when the champion suddenly turned away and knelt on the canvas before rising and leaning over the ropes so that his corner could wipe the area around his eye with a towel.

Davis, who then explained that fat came in the eye after the week a week, won the 10: 9 on two scorecards of the judges. Roach would have won 10: 8 if the knockdown had been attributed.

A judge scored 115-113 for Davis and the other two had 114-114.

Davis and Roach, who have a 130 pound title, were able to fight again. Davis wrote on X on Monday that he was ” Press after the removal. “”

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