Accept decision, BCF boss tells Singh

Boxers are not permitted to view the scorecards after their fights.

However, an exception was made during the Zeg’s Boxing Promotion programme in March.

This was highlighted by Boxing Commission of Fiji (BCF) chairman Adi Narayan.

“We don’t show scorecards to the boxers but here we made a special exception that boxer James Singh required,” he said.

“We showed him (Singh) the scorecard, and the judges scored the points in favour of the winner (Sainivalati Ratu) against James.”

Narayan said he was informed by his board of directors that the scorecard was shown to Binnu Singh, who is the spokesperson of James Singh.

“Binnu wanted to take pictures of the scorecards, and the supervisors refused that,” he said.

“You don’t take pictures of the scorecard, that is BCF property.”

Narayan said the results led to a public commotion by James after the bout.

“I’m looking into that and vulgar language was thrown at my officials, and I don’t take it lightly,” he said.

“I’m going to write a letter to James Singh’s camp.”

Narayan added the BCF has the power to take disciplinary action on the boxer or the boxer’s manager if the incident gets repeated in the future.

“In international bouts, when there’s controversy; boxers don’t jump on the ring, go near the officials and swear at them,” he said.

“These people should learn, he’s (Singh) a former heavyweight champion, what kind of role model is he?”

Narayan said BCF has not broken any rules and regulations of boxing.

“We are not doing anything wrong here,” he said.

“You lost the fight so take the decision.”

James has taken to social media pleading his case on the issue of the scorecards.

“We just wanted to see the scorecards, Eroni Loganimoce (ring supervisor) was there, and he didn’t let me see the scorecards,” he said.

James insisted on seeing the scorecards due to the incident that occurred in the previous boxing promotion in Suva.

This is when India’s female Aarti Hooda and her team were disappointed after the decision of her win against New Zealand’s Emma Nesbitt was overturned.

According to James, Nesbitt’s coach Issac Peach recounted the scorecards and found the results in their favour.

“The decision was wrong, and they changed it again that Aarti lost the fight,” he said.

“I won’t blame the referee; his decision was fair and he’s an ex-heavyweight boxer.”

In his post, James said the judges hid the scoreboards from him.

James added that a fighter can accept a loss but not injustice.

“All we want is fairness,” he said.

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