The Bahamas Boxing Commission (BBC) has decided to reverse the decision of the lightweight bout between Bahamian Meacher "Major Pain" Major (21-6-1) and Brazilian Roger Rosa (5-5-1) from a technical knockout (TKO) in Rosa's favor to a no contest.
The December 7 bout entitled "Pain and Glory 2: The Revenge" was held at the Kendal G.L. Isaacs National Gymnasium, and was stopped at the beginning of the fourth round due to Major suffering an ankle injury. Major was making a side step to try and avoid a punch from Rosa when it appeared as though he slipped and twisted his ankle. Shortly afterwards, he went down to the canvas and was deemed unable to continue.
"Official inspector Fernley Palmer reached his verdict based on the fact that when the injury occurred it had nothing to do with the opponent, and the fourth round was not finished," said Deputy Chairman of the BBC Fred Sturrup.
"The fight has to make it past the fourth round for it to be considered a no contest. Another factor was that Meacher was ahead on points when the fight was stopped, so it would have been unfair to award the opponent the fight. After analyzing all of the data, the inspector decided on a verdict of no contest and the commission met and decided to make the decision official."
Rosa's manager Raul Alvarez, expressed his disappointment with the commission's final verdict, and said he felt the original decision was the right one.
"I checked with head of boxing commissions for the USA and they said Roger Rosa wins the fight with no discussion," he said. "Also, the head of the New York Boxing Commission gave a perfect example of a fight that ended just as this fight did, and the correct call is to name Roger Rosa the winner. So why can't the Bahamian commission get it right?"
Major is months away from making a return to the ring, and as of right now, there is no word on a rematch from either party.
"Pain and Glory 2: The Revenge" was a rematch of their December 2013 bout at the Rainforest Theatre inside the Wyndham Nassau Resort that Major won by unanimous decision.
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