Kevin Anderson lost his commonwealth welterweight crown to Ali Nuumbembe on Friday night in Fife.
Nuumbembe was under the gun until round eight, when he began to dominant and Anderson was lucky to survive that round in my opinion.
After that, Anderson struggled for the remainder of the fight with a cut over his left eye.
If Anderson has of won this fight, and defended his title in against Eamonn Magee in the spring, he could have been looking forward to challenging for the European title.
Anderson was shocked by the judges verdict and said after the fight: “It was ridiculous. It was like fighting in Italy.
“I don’t know how he could have given it to him by four rounds.
“I thought I won six out of the first seven and was a round ahead by the time we went into the 12th round.
“I thought I nicked that round so I couldn’t believe that scorecard. But I will come back, I have plenty of time on my side.”
Kevin Anderson’s manager and promoter, Tommy Gilmour, was very angry at the result of the fight.
He said: “To say that Nuumbembe won the fight by four rounds was ridiculous.
“I thought Kevin was one round up going into the last round and I thought that was drawn.
“I have complained to the British Boxing Board of Control about judges before and it’s up to them to do something about it.
“A rematch is not a problem, we can do that any time, but we feel gutted about the scoring.”
What do you think? Was Kevin Anderson robbed of his title?
Can he still challenge for the European and possible World titles?
