KENYAN COACHES FURIOUS OVER ANDIEGO’S STOPPAGE
A questionable second round stoppage of Liz Andiego’s light-heavyweight bout against China’s Wang Xiaomeng ignited a storm of protests from the Kenyan coaches at the Serbia Worlds.
For unknown reasons, the referee gave Andiego a standing count in the second round, and then decided to stop the fight yet the Kenyan was not in any danger or staggered by the Chinese punches.
“Why? Why?,” angry Kenyan coaches were heard shouting from the ringside.
“Is it because we’re blacks,” they went on obviously bitter on this questionable second round stoppage loss of Kenya’s last hope for a medal.
Otherwise, the fight was balanced on a knife’s edge with none of the boxers having a territorial advantage.
It’s unfortunate the fight was stopped when both fighters were preparing to unleash more deadly combos to gain control of the proceedings.
Earlier, Sierra Leone’s gutsy Josefien Betist lost on points to European lightweight champion from Serbia Natalia Shadrina.
