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SULAIMAN SAYS THERE?S A SERIOUS CONTROVERSY OVER DAWSON-HOPKINS DECISION
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 17 Oct 2011
World Boxing Council president Don Jose Sulaiman says he is waiting to see the video of the WBC light heavyweight title fight in which Chad ?Bad? Dawson won by a 2nd round TKO after ageing Bernard ?The Executioner? Hopkins was slammed to the canvas and couldn?t continue because of an injured shoulder.
Sulaiman told Viva Sports that Hopkins ?got downed with a clear push by Dawson and hurt his shoulder. He couldn't continue and there is a serious controversy as they (Hopkins handlers) protested the action of referee (Pat Russell) by taking the title again form a great boxer
In the first minutes, with no consideration to the foul. I am waiting for the video.?
However, at the same time Sulaiman felt that the 46 year old Hopkins who by all ringside accounts looked slow and showed his age, should retire. He said ? I believe that it is time
for Bernard to retire.?
Hopkins went to the California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles where an X Ray was done and the fighter was examined by Dr. Sam Thurber.
Dr. Thurber diagnose Hopkins with a separation of joint which connects the color bone and shoulder blade obviously caused by what appeared to be a bad fall after Hopkins clambered on Dawson and was thrown down.
? In an online poll conducted by Fight News, 72 percent said it should have been a ?No Contest?.
? 18 percent agreed with referee Russell and said Dawson won by a TKO while 10 percent said Hopkins should have won by disqualification.
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