International Boxing Federation president Marian Muhammad yesterday virtually opened the chance for Manny Pacquiao and his team to lodge a formal protest, indicating that the contentious first round of the Pacquiao-Marquez fight could have been scored more accurately.
Muhammad, who heads the New Jersey-based sanctioning body, revealed in an interview yesterday that ?a knockdown is worth one point and every time the boxer gets knocked down, a point is taken away.?
The IBF president also clarified that if a boxer is ahead when he knocks his opponent down, the round is 10-8.
