Haryana officials disrupt national boxing after home boxer loses

To make matters worse, a few officials of the Haryana State Boxing Association, which is organizing the nationals, entered the ring and confronted the technical bench leading to a long standoff that held up bouts.
The bout was intense with fast exchanges but Varinder, an Asian medallist, stood out with his clean punching in all three rounds. He was sharp and showed good footwork and reflexes to score. The Solanki-Varinder fight was the first match after lunch in Ring 1.
Due to the confusion, the fight in both rings had to be called off and the boxers who were queuing for the match had to wait at ringside. Solanki did not move from the ring for nearly half an hour. Eventually, protesting Haryana boxing officials relented and Solanki left.
The International Boxing Federation’s newly introduced rating system is being tested here. But tournament director and technical representative Lenny Dagama, who has paved the way for pacifying angry officials and boxers, said there was no provision to reconsider unanimous decisions.
They wanted a review of the match and said it was the wrong decision, but we can’t do this unanimously. Judges and judges can only review a 3-2 verdict. After that, they calmed down, said Digama, India’s chief technical officer, who has refereeed at several World Cups and the Tokyo Olympics.
What happened was unfortunate. It shows the tournament in a bad light. We will take the matter up to the Disciplinary Commission of the Indian Boxing Federation (BFI), he added.
Another of his BFI officials called for disciplinary action against Solanki.
u201cThis is a national championship and the job of the organizers is to make sure the tournament runs smoothly and doesn’t cause chaos. Solanki is an international boxer and knows the rules. He shouldn’t have been in the ring to protest, he said.
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