By Ebenezer Zor (EZEE)
Abner Marez’s unanimous decision over Ghana’s Joseph ‘King Kong’ Agbeko to claim the International Boxing Federation unifcation Bantamweight belt last Saturday night was a fluke.
Marez who came into the fight as a challenger was never extraordinary throughout the bout apart from being assisted by referee Russel Mora to cheat Agbeko.
As a sports enthusiast, watching from a close quarters on one of the television station, Marez threw 15 punches below the belt which to my surprise, referee Moras never signal a warning for the deduction of points much more to count, to say the least.
During the post-match, one of the journalists posted a question to the referee and I quote; “would Abner Marez have won without your help? It was an intelligent question which even demonstrated the darkest side of these ‘so-called’ judges on the day.
However, I would to some extent blame Agbeko for not igniting fire in the early rounds of the bout. If he had charged his opponent within the first three rounds of the bout, this unsuccessful story could never have transpired.
But it is not all over as the IBF has fixed a rematch ON December 14, 2011 for both pugilists if all arrangements seal through.
This is good news for Agbeko and the boxing fraternity as he would be looking forward to reclaim his lost IBF Bantamweight belt to Marez.
I would advice the technical handlers to this time around watch some of the excerpts and attitudes of the legendary Azumah Nelson, who used to mount the ring to punish his opponent with such tactics.
Agbeko should not show any mercy come the rematch in December.
Beside that point, the ‘King Kong’ should never exchange punches against any alien for the said rounds ahead of other fights in his career.
I strongly believed that Agbeko will teach Marez a lesson of his life time because he is one of the finest prize-fighter Ghana has ever produced.
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