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Referee's action slammed after brutal knockout - CtrlF.XYZ

Referee's action slammed after brutal knockout

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Veteran Renold Quinlan produced what was described arsenic "the upset of the twelvemonth successful Australian boxing" connected Thursday night, but his triumph was marred by unsavoury officiating.

In the 33-year-old's bout with rising Australian ace Jack Bowen, 23, helium delivered a crunching close hook to halt his rival during the 5th round.

And though Bowen was knocked to the canvas, struggled to get up and staggered erstwhile helium did, the referee did not telephone an contiguous extremity to the fight, alternatively counting.

"I can't judge the ref's counting successful that clip erstwhile the guy's rolling," said boxing icon Jeff Fenech connected the Main Event coverage.

"At the archetypal portion of the knockdown the ref wasn't adjacent looking.

"Obviously helium has to nonstop Quinlan to the corner, but helium has to deliberation of the information of the boxer."

Quinlan was intelligibly thrilled astatine his underdog triumph, with the 'Dunghutti Destroyer' doing a jig arsenic helium waited for the effect to beryllium bellowed out.

"Look astatine the pridefulness perfectly swelling retired of that antheral there," said boxing commentator Ben Damon.

"He has done the unthinkable. The veteran, the journeyman. He's produced thing that volition not beryllium forgotten anytime soon successful Australian boxing, derailing this upward trajectory of the superstar connected the emergence successful Jack Bowen ... that is conscionable phenomenal worldly ... a stunning, monolithic close hand."

Fenech described the punch arsenic "power plus".

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