Expert opinions vary at drug-testing forum -- Las Vegas Review-Journal

By STEVE CARP, LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

It didn't have the drama or trappings of a congressional hearing on Capitol Hill, but the Nevada Athletic Commission's forum on drug testing Wednesday provided frank discussion about the effectiveness of catching cheaters inside the ring.

If you believe Dr. David Watson, the NAC has its act together. Travis Tygart, chief executive officer of the United States Anti-Doping Agency, said he thinks the commission can do a lot more to beef up its protocols. Dr. Robert Voy, a former chief medical officer for the United States Olympic Committee, said he thinks the NAC is doing an adequate job given its resources but that it has room to improve.

"(Nevada) can do better," Tygart said. "Frankly, it's inadequate. You deserve better. Your athletes deserve better."

Watson, who works for the NAC as a ringside physician, said: "I think the commission is doing an outstanding job of staying on top of this issue."

Said Voy: "The commission should be congratulated for testing (for steroids). However, the protocol is troubling to me. You have to have a very tight process. The athlete has to be assured there are safeguards in place to protect the athlete from tampering."

NAC executive director Keith Kizer said the purpose of the forum was to give the commissioners an opportunity to learn from experts in the testing field and stay ahead of the curve.

"We rely on the experts," Kizer said. "We were able to have a nice, open discussion, and this commission has never been afraid to change its rules. The commission wants to make the best regulations to ensure the safety of the fighters and the integrity of the sport."

Tygart recommended the use of more blood testing for performance-enhancing drugs such as human growth hormone and other designer steroids. He also suggested the NAC consider changing labs, using USADA's testing facilities in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. The commission currently sends its drug tests through Quest Diagnostics, with facilities in Las Vegas.

"Blood testing is something the commission wants to look into," Kizer said. "But you just want to make sure the tests are accurate and you don't put the fighter at risk."

Voy said that anytime blood is drawn from a person, the potential for risk exists.

"Taking blood is an evasive procedure," he said. "There's always risk. It can be dangerous. However, I don't think taking blood close to a competition puts the athlete at risk."

That was Manny Pacquiao's contention when he refused to submit to random blood testing to make a proposed fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. in March. Pacquiao since has said he would be willing to have his blood drawn within 14 days of a fight.

But Tygart said that still creates a window of opportunity for potential cheating.

"If you're going to have a window, keep it as short as you can," he said.

When Mayweather fought Shane Mosley on May 1, both fighters agreed to Olympic-style random drug testing, which included taking blood and urine samples. USADA oversaw the protocols for the drug testing, and the last blood tests administered to the fighters came 18 days before they entered the ring.

However, Tygart said the threat of testing the fighters remained in place during that period, which served as a sufficient deterrent had either considered cheating. Both fighters were tested eight times, and each tested clean on every occasion.

Kizer said any changes the commission makes to its protocols for drug testing will come with the fighters' best interest in mind. "You don't do drug testing for public relations," he said. "You do it for health and safety."

■ FUNEKA SUSPENDED -- Lightweight Ali Funeka took a banned substance to reduce swelling in his legs from his long flight from South Africa to Las Vegas in March. But that didn't get him off the hook with the NAC, which suspended him for nine months, fined him $35,000 and ordered him to pay back an additional $15,625 he received from his opponent, Joan Guzman, who failed to make weight when they fought March 27 at the Hard Rock Hotel.

Funeka took hydrochlorothiazide, a diuretic, which is banned in Nevada. The drug was given to him by his physician, Dr. Mark Blumberg, who admitted he didn't know its use was against NAC rules.

Funeka lost a 12-round split decision to Guzman, and his record remains 30-3-3.

Contact reporter Steve Carp at scarp@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2913.

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Maidana Body Shot KOs Cayo; "ScaleHater" Guzman Beats Funeka -- The Sweet Science

By Michael Woods, The Sweet Science

Marcos Maidana gave Victor Cayo a "man, you are for real and this is a little bit harder than I thought it would be" look after the fifth round in the main event of HBO's Boxing After Dark card, which unfolded at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The next round, the WBA's interim lightweight titleholder Maidana gave him the business, in the form of a right hand to the breadbasket, and that was the end of the road for Cayo, who gave a fine account for himself, and will surely be asked back.

Cayo has a loosy goosey style, and it worked wonder for a spell, but he may want to consider some remedial tutoring. His defense alternates between haphazard, appalling, and nonexist. The ending came at 1:38, for the record.

Maidana (27-1 entering, with 26 KOs; age 26; from Argentina) weighed 140 pounds, while Cayo (from the Dominican Republic; age 25; 24-0 coming in) was also 140.

In the first, Cayo didn't come out with excess respect. He looked relaxed, and confident. He let his hands go, and jetted after he unloading. Maidana looked like Cayo's hand speed surprised him somewhat. He got more rugged in the second, but Cayo went on the offensive with a minute to go. A left hook at the bell, though, sent Cayo down, and he got up at 9 1/2. He was backing up, as the bell rang, and got tagged. Was he still groggy after the rest period? In the third, Cayo looked clear headed. He put combos together, then dropped his hands, same as before. The knockdown didn't make him too fearful of Maidana. This is the kind of guy who gives his corner a heart attack...In the fourth, ref Joe Cortez warned Maidana for hitting behind the head. Cayo slips, and ducks, and dips his head a lot, so it didn't look like it was intentional. Both men were in bombs away mode in the fifth. Jabs were nowhere to be found...

In the sixth, Cayo ate some heavy shots, but did he raise his hands, tighten his guard? That's not his way...It was a body shot, however, which spelled Cayo's ultimate doom. A right hand to the gut, a Jack Ruby special, sent Cayo to the mat, and he was unable to beat the count.

In the TV opener, Joan Guzman "ScaleHater" Guzman scored a split decision victory over Ali Funeka, in a rematch from their November scrap. The cards read 114-113 (F), 114-113 (G), 116-111 (G), and none of the cards were out of the realm. That 2009 battle resulted in a draw, which many folks thought Funeka deserved. Guzman drew bad buzz Friday, when he weighed 144 pounds, or nine pounds over the lightweight limit. The fight was on iffy terrain, as it wasn't clear if the vacant IBF crown title would be on the line, or indeed even if Funeka would sign off on the bout. Funeka (age 32; from South Africa; 135 at the weigh in, 143 1/4 on fight night; 30-2-3 entering) okayed the tussle, after Guzman gave up some dough, if Guzman (29-0-1 entering; living in Brooklyn; born in the DR; age 33; 148 1/4 on fight night ) didn't weigh more than 150 pounds the morning of the bout.

Guzman didn't order in room service on Friday night, and hit that mark, so the bout went ahead. The IBF title, however, would not be his for the wearing if he were to win, since he wasn't anything close to a lightweight before, let alone during the event.

Guzman told the HBO crew that he was three pounds over the limit on Friday early, and in fact apologized to Max Kellerman for fibbing. He told Max that he simply couldn't sweat off the poundage as he'd been accustomed to.

Guzman looked sharp, moving slickly, getting in and getting out. Funeka was patient, looking to walk Guzman down, and hammer him with his long right in the first. Funeka pumped the jab to set up the right, and mixed in hooks for good measure early on. Guzman played cutie pie in the third; he ducked and slipped, but didn't really throw much. It looked like Guzman could take the best Funeka could throw, at least early on, before stamina might be an issue...But he looked like he was pretty beat after four, so maybe stamina would become an issue sooner rather than later.

Blood sprung from Guzman's nose, off a left, in the sixth. In their first fight, this occured, and he panicked. Not this time...A roundhouse right by Guzman dropped Funeka at 1:30, in answer. Guzman exploded on the body, and then went back to the well with a bombs away right to the head.

To start the seventh, Funeka stepped it up. He closed the distance, and didn't try to let his reach advantage work for him. Instead, he crowded Guzman, and that strategy tweak paid off in a winning round. Last time, Guzman faded...was he doing the same in the eighth? In round nine, Guzman looked more energized. He simply moved much better and more often than in their first tangle. That, and with the extra weight, he wasn't as prone to getting buzzed by Funeka's power tosses.

Through nine, Harold Lederman saw Guzman up 5-4, and TSS didn't have a problem with that. Funeka looked like he was at times too respectful of Guzman's pop; often, he'd hurl the jab, and then neglect to follow up. He didn't look like a man who could be down on the cards in the 11th. Would he get a little loco on the 12th? Guzman still had his legs in the last round, and why wouldn't he, since he didn't have to torture himself to get to 135 as his foe did? Funeka fought the 12th much as he had the other 11--too cautiously. We'd go to the cards.

Guzman went 139-512, while Funeka, an extra $25,000 in his pocket, was 199-761.

Source: thesweetscience.com

Global search for Pacquiao Free Zone while picking Abraham, Guzman -- The Examiner

By Michael Marley, Examiner.com

COPENHAGEN—I will continue to roam this planet until I find a Manny Pacquiao Free Zone.

I am thinking if I take a yak ride up in the rarefied mountain air of Tibet or a camel ride through the mean streets of Outer Mongolia, I might find such a place.

As if all the chatter I heard about Megamanny in London for two days was not sufficient, I got a Pacman surprise at dinner Wednesday night in the tony Frederiksburg area.

Dining with some boxing guys, our waitress turned out yet another OFW, Overseas Foreign Worker, a lovely lady from Metro Manila now residing over the bridge in Malmo, Sweden. Her name is Evangeline “Eva” Levy and, yes, she is yet another Pinay for Pacquiao.

I'm thinking that Pacquiao's smashing success might have special significance for the OFWs given the fact that he, too, is kind of an OFW, who comes to America to earn his ring riches. Anyway, I've yet to visit a country where the PWA, Pacquiao Worldwide Army is not represented.

I may be on the other side of the pond now but I can't ignore important boxing activity at home this weekend so here's my capsule look at the key bouts:

That noted food critic Don King always said that to have a successful steak house, you had to provide customers with two things. One is a flavorful hunk of beef and the second is what he likes to call “comeback sauce,” meaning some element of the dining experience which along with the food draws patrons back like a boomerang.

Is it me, then, or is the Showtime Super Six 168 pound tournament lacking in both areas, in fistic flavor and in that special sauce?

Jermain Taylor is off the dance floor for medical reasons given his frightening KO at the hands of King Arthur Abraham.

The American hope in the tournament is Olympic gold medal getter Andre “Son of of Ward who somehow thrashed Danish hero and only a loser to Joe Calzaghe, Mikkel Kessler.

Unless Kessler finds his lost mojo for his April 24 bout, nearby here in Herning, against rugged but not exceptionally gifted Brit Carl Froch, there's big trouble in Hans Christian Anderson's hometown and that fairy tale could have an unhappy ending.

Allan Green has filled the Taylor vacancy but it would be a surprise if he wins up the ultimate winner of the competition. Let's see how he fares against the highly skilled Ward.

Abraham, the strongman from Armenia but fighting out of Germany, faces flick and run Andre Dirrell in Motown Saturday night.

In a metro area with something like 30 percent unemployment and street after street of empty and foreclosed or simply abandoned homes, you can imagine what a tough sell tickets for this show area especially given that it was moved to Detroit after a postponement at orginal site, Palm Springs.

I don't think balmy Springs loses many public or private events to battered D Town.

Having said, I hope they do attract sufficient warm bodies to the Joe Louis Arena. Although Dirrell is from Flint, he's never before been showcased, at least not professionally, in Detroit so a hometown ring magnet he is not.

Who wins? Chalk players will favor King Artie and I must as well. I think he will get the nod after 12 rounds of chasing mobile lefty Dirrell.

Dirrell's style is generally not one that the average fight judge or fan finds pleasing. He's got skills but they do not look to be the kind that really pay the bills.

Somehow, it strikes me as though Showtime will only be happy if the tournament experiment concludes with American Ward the big winner.

Changing cable channels, HBO offers up a real crossroads rematch with my old friend, Dominican Dandy Joan Guzman trying to square accounts with lanky South African Ali “Rush Hour” Funeka at the Hard Rock in Las Vegas.

Guzman retained his unbeaten record unfairly last Nov. 28 when he got mauled by Giraffe Funeka in Quebec but two myopic judges scored it 114-114. The third judge was right on at 116-112 for Funeka.

My sentimental if not mental pick here is Guzman even though he turns 34 on May 1.

Guzman's back really is against the wall this time out but don't forget that Funeka is no spring chicken, turning 32 on Sunday.

Logic dictates that Funeka will do better and Guzman worse as they start their 13th round against each other.

Guzman looks cut and ready for the quest under a Ricky Hatton Alumni team of trainer Lee Beard and nutritionist Kerry Kayes but...the wild card here is how much Guzman has had left in the competitive tank ever since his weigh in blunder which scotched a Nate Campbell lightweight title bout with Soupy putting three belts on the line.

But what good are old friends if you can't wish them well rather than wishing them hell?

Call my Guzman selection a loyalty test if you must but I shall stick to it. I certainly don't want to let mi presidente, Leonel Fernandez,. down.

He and I are very close having met once for three minutes in the Dominican Casa Blanca, you know.

So put me down as forecasting a Guzman UD 12 as he digs deep.

As far as logic goes, if I was logical I would not be spanning the globe seeking a MPFZ, would I?

With boxing on a roll with back to back crowds of 51,000, first for Pacman and Clottey in Dallas and last Saturday for Wladimir Klitschko-Eddie Chambers in Germany, I hope HBO and Showtime offer up excitement.

We're on a roll, let's try to keep it going.

Even Dana White is praising boxing.

Maybe he has Pacman Flu as well.

(mlcmarley@aol.com)

Source: examiner.com

“Joan Guzman vs. Ali Funeka Star in, 'Enough Already with Bogus Decisions!”

By Frank Gonzalez Jr., Bragging Rights Corner

It was another black eye for boxing Saturday night in Quebec City, Canada, where South African Lightweight Ali Funeka (30-2-3, 25 KO’s) faced Joan Guzman (29-0-1, 17 KO’s) of the Dominican Republic for the vacant IBF Lightweight title.

This fight started with Guzman winning the first two rounds using a slick, aggressive approach that involved some impressive feints, great in and out movement and punches that were landing. That lasted until near the end of the second round, when a Funeka jab opened a small cut over Guzman’s right eye. From round three on, it was all Ali Funeka, who found his range and used his height to keep Guzman at the end of his jab. Guzman was a bloody mess by the fourth round, as the Funeka jab had busted up his nose and pecked away at the small cut that grew larger and bled more as the rounds progressed.

Guzman spent rounds three through 12 trying to find a way to hit Ali Funeka but had very little success. Funeka jabbed like a maestro and dominated the action all the way to the finish. If ever a boxing match looked easy to score, this was it. Yet two of the Official Judges saw the fight as a Draw. Funeka had outclassed a bloody faced Guzman for 10 out of 12 rounds.

Guzman had to be a bit rusty, since he hadn’t fought in almost a year and hadn’t done much in the last couple of seasons. Actually, I don’t understand how Guzman even qualified for a shot at a title.

From round three on, Guzman missed often, got tagged plenty and grew more frustrated as the fight wore on. Guzman changed his tactics a bit and gave a good effort but the good big man with the hammering jab was too much for the shorter Guzman. Ali Funeka showed good footwork and timing, often countering Guzman’s misses with clean shots. A few times, I thought Guzman was going to get dropped but he held on—literally and finally opted to fight in close, where he might negate some of Funeka’s long armed offense. But that didn’t work too well either, as Funeka was simply the better boxer Saturday night.

Funeka was able to neutralize Guzman’s aggressive offense and control the tempo of the fight from rounds three until the final bell. When it was over, the two Canadian Judges scored it the same; 114-114. The American Judge had it closer to reality at 116-112 for Funeka. The result was a Majority Draw.

Whoever was paying the Canadian Judges didn’t want Ali Funeka to be their new “Champ.” You have to wonder why the IBF even sanctioned this fight. A blind person could see that Funeka won this fight by a landslide. A “bad decision” was how HBO’s Harold Lederman generously described it.

If the IBF didn’t want Funeka to pay them dues for owning their strap, why did they let even him fight for it? Joan Guzman is a crafty boxer who’s shown some quality in the past but hasn’t really had his head in the game lately for whatever reasons. I don’t see how he even qualified to fight for a title based on what little he’s done lately. Guzman beat a fading Jorge Barrios back in 2006, won a decision over Humberto Soto in 2007 and won another 12 rounder over a little known opponent named Ameth Diaz in 2008. He was supposed to fight Nate Campbell last year but came in overweight. The fight was cancelled from Guzman’s end and even after Campbell said he’d accept the fight with Guzman being overweight, Guzman wasn’t interested. After taking that career path, Joan Guzman gets a shot at the IBF Lightweight title?

At least Funeka has fought two name brand fighters in his last two outings and has built a good momentum in the process.

It’s unlikely the Canadian Judges will ever be held to account for their incompetence, corruption or both. This bogus officiating saw Ali Funeka robbed of a title he really won. It makes Guzman look bad too since that Draw on his record is really a loss. The result of this fight is false and gives the impression that someone was protecting Guzman’s undefeated status Saturday night in Canada. Intelligent fans are insulted for being treated like fools who’ll accept whatever nonsense they throw at us and the sport suffers more criticism for allowing corrupt officiating to go unchecked. I don’t understand how the boxing commissions can claim any legitimacy when they allow Official Judges to get away with ‘stealing’ from fighters right in front of the whole world.

And its not just Canadian Judges or American or German Judges. It’s the same business all over the world. There are a lot of good things about boxing but there is a lot wrong with the crooked way it is administered. There’s nothing encouraging about following a sport that you can’t trust for honest competition and officiating. If anyone is hurting boxing, it’s all these crooked Official Judges. Send letters or emails to the IBF and let them know that we do not approve of the crooked decision that saw Funeka robbed of his victory. We all know boxing is more business than sport but good businesses do well because they build a good client base. Bad businesses ultimately fail because no one wants to buy what they’re selling. Pro Boxing only exists because of us—the fans who keep them in business. They know that. Enough is enough already! The head of the IBF should overturn this hideous result immediately. It’s garbage like this—that’s killing the legitimacy of boxing.

Source: braggingrightscorner.com

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Funeka robbed BOLO for Alan Davis and Benoit Roussel

By Brad Cooney, 8CountNews

Ringside judges Alan Davis and Benoit Roussel both should be banned from boxing, and should never be allowed within 5 miles of a scoring table ever again. Both men scored the Ali Funeka vs Joan Guzman fight 114/114, scores that are so ridiculous that words can't describe it. Funeka busted up Guzman for 10 of the 12 rounds, and appeared by anyone with two functioning eyes to be cruising to a lopsided unanimous decision and world title victory. Judge Joseph Pasquale scored the bout 116/112 for Funeka, the only one that remotely came close to scoring the fight correctly.

Time and time again the sport of boxing has to endure complete incompetence by either corrupt judges, or judges that are too stupid to be allowed to sit ringside. These fighters train their hearts out, fighting is how they pay their bills. It's a crying shame that it takes two idiots like Alan Davis and Benoit Roussel to squash the dreams of a warrior from South Africa named Ali Funeka. What in the world were these two guys looking at? Both judges should be required to sit down in front of a 57 inch television screen with a boxing commission behind them, and have to watch this fight all over again, and then made to explain to each commisioner how they arrived at 114/114 scores.

Both of these judges need to be immediately stripped of their judging privileges, and banned from the sport. This has gone on too many times now. There are too many great fighters that are being robbed by people who never even laced up a glove that are either corrupt, or just plain stupid. We do not know which category these two clowns are in yet, but it's either they are corrupt, or they are not intelligent enough to correctly score a boxing match.

Promoter Gary Shaw was screaming in the ring, and rightfully so I might add. HBO's Max Kellerman who usually does a stand up job with the microphone, in my opinion should have given Shaw a few seconds to speak his peace on national television. The judges should have been publicly called out, and Shaw probably was going to do it, or would have come close to doing it.

HBO needs to do what's right here and immediately grant Funeka a nationally televised rematch against Guzman. Shaw did the right thing by praising Guzman's heart, and didn't vent his frustrations at the fighter. Guzman knows that he was given a gift. Guzman did fight hard, it was just that he was beaten fair and square by a better fighter. The look on Funeka's face was hard to watch. A look of utter shock, and confusion came across the fighters face as the scores were read. Once again, judges, (if you want to call them that) stink up the sport, and give it yet one more black eye. Way to go Mr Davis, way to go Mr Roussel, good looking out for boxing. Thanks for doing more damage to the sports credibility. Thanks for running more fans away from boxing. I am sure UFC owner Dana White will gladly welcome the fans people like two drive away from our sport.

Source: 8countnews.com

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Gary Shaw: "Funeka got screwed and he didn't even get kissed"

East Side Boxing

QUÉBEC CITY (November 29, 2009) -- ALI FUNEKA. He came. He saw. He conquered. And then he got hosed . . . by two International Boxing Federation (IBF) judges, Saturday night at the Pepsi Coliseum in Québec City, Québec, Canada. Top-rated lightweight contender Funeka, who battered undefeated two-division world champion Joan Guzman from pillar to post during their 12-round rumble for the vacant IBF lightweight title, received a Royal Canadian Mounting, coming away with a Majority Draw. Joseph Pasquale scored it 116-112 for Funeka while judges Alan Davis and Benoit Roussel scored it 114-114. Harold Lederman, HBO's unofficial judge, also had Funeka winning by a comfortable margin.

"Let me put it to you this way, Ali got screwed and he didn't even get kissed," said an irate GARY SHAW, Funeka's co-promoter, who watched the fight from ringside. "Ali got robbed. As one reporter told me, '...this decision was so bad it made the Diaz-Malignaggi decision look legitimate.' This may be the worst decision since Lewis-Holyfield I and it needs to be addressed with a formal investigation by the IBF and Interpol. I implore the Promoters Association to issue a formal statement in support of such an investigation. At the very least, the IBF should make Funeka its interim lightweight champion so that no matter who he fights next, it's world title fight. We must stop robbing fighters, sending them home with nothing but shattered dreams instead of the rewards they earned in the ring.."

That is the consensus of spectators, viewers, media and the HBO Boxing After Dark broadcast team which broadcast the fight live. A decision that was "...curious and absurd," said HBO Boxing After Dark blow-by-blow announcer Bob Papa at the end of the telecast.

HBO WILL REPLAY THE FIGHT THIS WEEK! SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30 and TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1:
HBO: Nov. 29 (8:45 a.m. ET/PT) & Nov. 30 (11:40 p.m. ET/PT)
HBO2: Nov. 29 (6:15 p.m. ET /PT) & Dec. 1 (11:55 p.m. ET/PT)

Source: eastsideboxing.com

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Funeka denied in convincing victory over Dominican Joan Guzman

Dominican Today

Quebec.– South Africa's Ali Funeka was denied what seemed a convincing victory over Dominican Joan Guzman when their vacant IBF lightweight world title fight was scored a majority draw in Quebec City, Canada.

Funeka, 31, looked to have comprehensively out-boxed former two-time world champion Guzman, 33, over 12 rounds at the Pepsi Coliseum only to get the verdict from one of the three judges.

American Joe Pasquale gave the fight 116-112 to the South African but to even Guzman's apparent surprise, Canadian judges Benoit Roussel and Alan Davis both scored it a 114-114 draw and referee Jean-Guy Brousseau raised both fighters' hands as the contest was declared a majority draw.

The third draw of his professional career, Funeka moved to 30-2-3 (25 KOs) as a result while Guzman stayed undefeated at 29-0-1 (17 KOs).

Guzman, a former WBO champion at super bantamweight and super featherweight who vacated both titles, had been fighting for only the second time since relinquishing the latter title in 2007. Yet the New York-based 33-year-old got off to the more aggressive start against the rangy, 6ft 1ins Funeka.

Source: dominicantoday.com

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Funeka robbed in world title bout

Times LIVE

East London boxer Ali Funeka smashed unbeaten Joan Guzman for the better part of 12 rounds in Canada on Saturday night, but was handed a controversial draw instead.

He was fighting for the vacant IBF lightweight crown.

Judge Joseph Pasquale scored it 116-112 in the South African’s favour, but Alan Davis and Benoit Roussel had it 114-114. No fewer than three boxing writers at ringside called the draw controversial, saying Funeka should have been given the decision over US-based Guzman, who hails from Dominican Republic.

Funeka, who lost on points to Nate Campbell in a previous bid at the same title early this year, would have been annointed South Africa’s fourth reigning IBF king, alongside Isaac Hlatshwayo (welterweight), Simphiwe Nonqayi (junior-bantamweight) and Moruti Mthalane (flyweight).

Funeka’s record now reads 30 wins (25 by KO), two losses and three draws. For Guzman, who has previously won world titles at junior-featherweight and junior-lightweight, it was the first time he had not won a professional bout. His record now stands at 29-0-1 (17 KOs).

Source: blogs.timeslive.co.za

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