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Asian Games: Protests not possible, but PH boxing exec wants judges banned

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Camille B. Naredo, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/sports/08/25/nesty-20180802-philippine-boxing-team-jc-06.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Was Nesthy Petecio robbed of a victory on Friday night? The Filipina boxer and Philippine sports officials believe she was. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</figcaption></figure></div>JAKARTA—The Philippines cannot protest Nesthy Petecio’s controversial loss to a Chinese fighter on Friday night, but Ed Picson will nevertheless try to earn a measure of justice for the Filipino boxers.Picson is the secretary-general of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines, the sport&#x27;s national governing body.Petecio lost via split decision, 3-2, to China’s Yin Junhua in Hall C of the Jakarta International Expo late Friday night, a result that was proved controversial.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/24/18/asian-games-ph-delegation-head-richard-gomez-on-boxing-loss-may-luto-talaga">Philippine delegation head Richard Gomez on boxing loss — ‘May luto talaga’</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/08/25/18/asian-games-another-filipino-boxer-falls-as-mario-fernandez-knocked-out">Asian Games: Another Filipino boxer falls, as Mario Fernandez knocked out</a></li></ul>“Alam ko po na panalo ako,” said Petecio afterward. “Sabi ni coach na ‘wag talaga ako magpatama, at ginawa ko po talaga ‘yun. Wala po talaga siyang clear punch.”Richard Gomez, the chef-de-mission of the Philippine delegation to the 2018 Asian Games, was even more frank in his assessment.“Bad call, bad scoring, bad decision,” he said. “If you see the whole . . . binubugbog ang China, and yet the score is like that. See, that’s the problem with boxing — may luto talaga.”Judges Kim Jongjin of Korea and Pavel Pavlov of Bulgaria had both scored the bout 29-27 in Yin’s favor. Ishaguly Meretnyyazov of Turkmenistan scored it 29-27 for Petecio, and Hanabusa Katsunori of Japan had it even wider, 30-26, for the Filipina. Johany Maden of France had it tied at 28 but gave the nod to the Chinese fighter.“There’s really nothing much we can say,” Picson said in a message to reporters. “We all saw what happened.”“It’s just so sad that at a time when boxing is fighting hard to retain its spot in the Olympics, something like this happens. It’s heartbreaking,” added Picson, who intends to talk to the sport’s supervisor here as well.However, appealing Petecio’s loss will not be possible as they are not allowed, said Picson. “But, I will appeal that the judges responsible for this travesty not be assigned to officiate in the coming Philippine fights as judges or referees,” he added. “I think that is fair.”Picson backed Petecio, saying that he believed the 26-year-old Filipina should have been the rightful winner.“I thought Nesthy Petecio won, hands down. But then again, I&#x27;m not a judge. The judges made their decision. The moment I heard split decision, I knew there was something not right, and true enough, we didn&#x27;t get the judges&#x27; nod,” he said.“For the future, we just need to do what we know best which is to box smartly and to as much as possible, to dominate. I thought Nesthy did that but there&#x27;s not much we can do, actually,” he added.Six more boxers will see action for the Philippines in these Games, starting with Mario Fernandez Saturday night still at Hall C at the JIExpo.For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.

Top national-boxing official Ed Picson says he wants the judges assigned to the controversial Nesthy Petecio fight barred from working bouts involving Filipinos.

Top national-boxing official Ed Picson says he wants the judges assigned to the controversial Nesthy Petecio fight barred from working bouts involving Filipinos.

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Asian Games: Protests not possible, but PH boxing exec wants judges banned

Camille B. Naredo,

ABS-CBN News

Published Aug 25, 2018 03:41 PM PHT

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Updated Aug 26, 2018 02:45 AM PHT

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