And new and controversial ruling of the judges deprived Yamil Peralta to obtain the interim title of the cruiser division of the World Boxing Council (WBC), which was vacant. Against the same rival, the Canadian Ryan Rozickiand in the same scenario where he lost two years ago, the Argentine this time it tied and he could not win that crown either.
Although he congratulated his rival at the end of a contest where two judges signed their cards with 114 points for both and the remaining one gave the local team the winner by 115-113, The Buenos Aires boxer considered that “he deserved to win”.
“Hopefully we can have a rematch,” he concluded, microphone in hand, from the ring. From his words it is clear that he is not going to stop until he proves that he is better than the Canadian.
That is, at least, what was evident during the first half of the fight, held at Center 200 in Sydney, on Cape Breton Island, in the southeastern corner of Canadian territory.
Despite the exaggerated shouts from the local publicwho sought to twist the jury’s decision (apparently he succeeded). Peralta was not too demanding in that passage and generally He dominated the ring, revealing a certain impotence of his rival.
It is true that in the remaining half the Argentine, who reached the quarterfinals of the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games, lowered his performance a little. He tiredness and the progress (somewhat untidy, but progress at last) of the place could be the reasons the judges found to level their cards.
At the end of a twelfth round where Rozicki stood in the center of the ring inviting his rival to fight, while the Argentine moved from one place to another to consume the seconds, both celebrated and felt victorious. But the end result left them both with a bitter taste.
This fight was revenge for the fight they starred in on the same stage on May 7, 2022, with the WBC international title in dispute.
On that occasion, Rozicki, who was then in 10th place in the ranking, beat the Argentine, who was in 9th place in the ranking, on points and thanks to a very controversial split decision.
That night, two of the three judges (all were Canadian), Wayne Gray (97-93) and Robert MacAvoy (95-94), gave the local victory, while Craig Smith (95-94) saw the visitor as the winner. .
The disconnect between the numbers and what happened in the ring was so evident that a day later, the WBC appointed a panel of officials to review the fight and unanimously determined that the Argentine should have been declared the winner.
This evaluation coincided with what was stated in his report by the supervisor appointed by the Council. The organization also objected to the appointment of an arbitrator and three Canadian judges.
Based on this, the WBC decided to vacate the international title that had been put at stake, ordered an immediate rematch and ordered to change the result of the fight to no decision.
However, the Nova Scotia Combat Sports Authority, the commission that regulated the lawsuit, upheld the Canadian’s victory, so Peralta’s official record records that defeat, the only one in his professional career, which also includes 17 victories. (nine before the limit).
The revenge took 31 months to wait and its result was not free of controversy either.