London: Indian boxers have been surrounded by controversies in the ongoing London Olympics. The latest Indian boxer to complain against the result is Manoj Kumar who lost his match 16-20 against Thomas Stalker from Great Britain. Manoj said that he wsa cheated, says a report in The DNA.
“It doesn’t look fair because he was going in one direction and the scores 7-4 and 9-4 to him don’t justify that”, said Manoj.
He also said that the judges were biased and were not up to the international standard. He said, “It was more like a district competition and didn’t look like the Olympic Games. If it’s Great Britain in the ring it doesn’t matter who’s against them.”
Meanwhile, Thomas Stalker dismissed the controversy, reports The Times of India.
Thomas said, “I don't deal with the scoring - I just get in there and fight. In amateur boxing it happens all the time where you think you have won more points but it's up to the judges. I didn't box too good in parts of it and the last round wasn't too good. I need work more like I did in the first and second rounds in the quarterfinal.”
The local favorite also promised to put up a better fight in the coming rounds, he said, “I promise to do better in my next fight and box better than that. If I want to win the gold medal I will have to do better.”