Aussie's sensational allegation after title 'robbed'

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Aussie boxer Liam Wilson has sensationally claimed organisers of his combat against Emanuel Navarrete were "out to get him".

Wilson connected Saturday claimed helium had been "robbed" of the WBO ace featherweight satellite title aft referee Chris Flores allowed Navarrete a whopping 27 seconds to retrieve from a sound down successful the 4th round.

The Aussie missed a close jab, but past followed it up with a beardown left-right operation that sent Navarrete to the canvas and looked similar it whitethorn person ended the fight.

The Mexican got to his feet, earlier spitting retired his rima defender to bargain much time. Wilson said Flores gave him adjacent much clip erstwhile helium enactment his mouthguard successful upside down.

Navarrete would past rally to triumph the combat by TKO successful the ninth round.

Speaking to reporters connected Sunday, Wilson said it was evident "from the get-go" organisers were looking past him towards a imaginable all-Mexican blockbuster fight.

"It was beauteous blatantly evident they were against maine - it was precise evident that they wanted to marque a Navarrete v Oscar Valdez fight," helium said.

"They had a day scheduled for it - I deliberation June oregon May.

"So they were looking past maine from the get-go. After the scales situation, I knew they were retired to get me."

Wilson's campy judge organisers were disquieted Navarrete was going to measurement successful overweight, and truthful tampered with the scales.

Wilson claimed helium weighed himself earlier authoritative proceedings began and was conscionable nether weight, but 20 minutes aboriginal was immoderate 1.8kg lighter.

Immediately aft the fight, Wilson's manager Matt Rose of No Limit Boxing announced they would protestation the decision, and propulsion for a No Contest to beryllium declared.

"He was robbed, definitely, helium was robbed," Rose said.

"Liam should beryllium a satellite champion. The number was agelong successful that 4th round, everyone knows it was long. Top Rank, their ain promoters, said the number was long.

"I anticipation the [Arizona State Boxing] Commission look astatine it the mode everyone other saw it and they overturn the effect to a nary contention truthful Liam gets different ace consecutive away."

Navarrete downs Wilson by TKO

Wilson believed helium had the momentum to decorativeness the combat earlier the extremity of that 4th round.

"It would person fixed maine different 20 oregon truthful seconds, and I truly felt I was 1 punch distant from ending the combat - I wounded him beauteous bad," helium said.

"He's already hurting and successful a beauteous atrocious authorities … it kills maine due to the fact that successful that moment, I was truthful adjacent to being satellite champion.

"I conscionable felt it wasn't the combatant I had to interest astir - officials, the mode the full happening was run.

"I've dropped him, [the fight] should've been over.

"I don't privation to beryllium the feline that gets connected camera and sounds similar a sore loser, but it's hard erstwhile I conscionable consciousness similar everything I worked hard for for 17 years conscionable got taken distant from maine by immoderate feline that astir apt hasn't adjacent had friggin' boxing gloves connected successful his life."

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