World news – US – Nevada State Athletic Commission embarrasses itself with a failed review of the « immediate » 26-minute replay

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Did you want an immediate reply? I got an immediate response. What you won’t necessarily get from the Nevada State Athletics Commission is anything « immediate » or the right communication.

In Terence Crawford vs. Kale Brook, Australian super weight Andrew Molony, hit Joshua Franco in two rounds before Franco’s right eye swelled. The fight will be stopped before the third round, but referee Russell Moura had caused a cross to the head less than a minute after the first round causing swelling, so there would be no competition..

Just one problem: nothing indicated this was true. All signs point to it as a punch / thumbs-up to the eye, which would mean Molony’s victory at TKO.

“I’ve been involved in so many crises and I’ve never seen that happen. Timbradleyjr says he knows a thing or two about head bandages and that Molony has never landed on anyone. # Crawfordbrook pic. Twitter. com / 3n80C16jaE

Here is the « head bang » that is believed to have marked the end of Franco’s working eye.

We’re going to play back in Vegas. Andrew Moloney is waiting to see if he regains his title via TKO or receives any competition due to an accidental header called. # Crawfordbrook pic. Twitter. com / w9E9Ty3iJ5

Well good news! Usually this is just a wrong call as we continue. Nevada recently created a real-time reboot system designed to retroactively fix these potential bugs in both boxing and MMA. But the mere existence of the technology does not eliminate the possibility of humans corrupting it anyway.

This review took 26 minutes. Twenty-six minutes. The battle itself lasted only six minutes. Bob Bennett, NSAC CEO, as well as officials Robert Byrd, Jay Nadi, and possibly ghosts of people from the Warren Commission to take a look to see if the call should be canceled..

Even on full rebroadcasts for the first round, it looked like a punch that caused the swelling and there were definitely two slight head bumps or bumps that happened on the other side of Franco’s face, making it irrelevant..

After 26 minutes, they are still in favor of Russell Moura’s ruling and there is no room to contest it. Robert Baird says they saw two head buttons.

Top Rank Bob Arum, promoting Molony, was furious and got into a screaming match with Bob Bennett. A pop fight, if you will.

Molony undoubtedly lost his WBA minor title to Franco Fair and Square when they fought for the first time over the summer.. He was stolen from getting the belt back in the rematch due to inept committee work that wasted everyone’s time. Sure there would be a trilogy either way, but the committee has let him down. They honestly failed Franco too as he just stood in the ring for 30 minutes while replay officials came to a wrong conclusion..

The language defines a « great clash of heads » and there was certainly no evidence for this. The ESPN Broadcasting Team basically taunted the commission for live TV broadcasts, which is actually horrible TV when you think about it.. If you want to restart, it doesn’t need to last for long, it’s even more urgent when you miss a call anyway despite multiple reviews and angles.

Between this and Chris Lee’s 48-47 scorecard to Paul Felder at UFC Vegas 14 earlier that evening, this was a pathetic and unacceptable weekend even by the Nevada State Athletic Commission’s standards.

Andrew Molony, World Boxing Association, Highest Rank