(Exclusive Interview by Jenna J & Geoffrey Ciani)- This week?s 138th edition of On the Ropes Boxing Radio (brought to you by CWH Promotions) featured an exclusive interview with former IBF bantamweight champion King Kong Agbeko (28-3, 22 KOs) who is coming off an extremely controversial majority decision loss at the hands of Abner Mares (22-0-1, 13 KOs) in Showtime?s Bantamweight Tournament Final. Agbeko spoke about the fight, the unfair treatment he received at the hands of referee Russell Mora, and the upcoming rematch. Here is what he had to say:
JENNA J: Let?s talk a little bit about your fight you had this past weekend with Abner Mares. It certainly had its fair share of controversy. You lost your IBF bantamweight title. You?ve had a few days to reflect on it. How do you feel about the fight?
KING KONG AGBEKO: Yeah I didn?t lose the fight to Abner Mares. I think I lost the fight to the referee because the referee took away my belt. The referee was for Mares, so I never lost any fight. It?s just that the referee took my belt from me. I?m very, very disappointed in the referee. His officiating was very, very bad and I?m very disappointed in Abner Mares for punching me below the belt.
JENNA: Do you think that all the low blows took you out of your game plan early because you started a little slow?
AGBEKO: Yeah. I suffered a low blow in the second round but the low blows made me slower. The blows were very, very heavy and every time he hit me it weakened me. I had to be very, very strong because my fans were watching me and I?m live on Showtime with everybody watching me. So I had to be like a man and stand tough like I did to put up a good fight, but I was really getting very seriously hurt and those low blows slowed me down.
JENNA: Now going into the later rounds people were really starting to question why Russell Mora wasn?t taking away a point from Abner Mares. What were you thinking at that point? He had already landed about fifteen or sixteen low blows. What were you thinking going into the middle rounds?
