Japanese boxer refuses win, apologizes to Filipino foe in Japan

[Starmix]

According to the report, it was an odd but heartwarming turn of events that stole the spotlight last July 22 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan when a Japanese boxer refused his win against his Filipino opponent believing that the latter was the real winner.

The report added that hometown boxer Keita Kurihara was fighting Filipino Renan Portes in one of the undercard bouts. The bout, which lasted eight intense rounds, ended with a split decision win for Kurihara. Two Japanese judges scored the match 78-74 for Kurihara, while the third judge saw it 78-74 in favor of Portes.

The decision was met with immediate emotion and unexpected humility from Kurihara. The Filipino boxer promised his son that he would go home with a win and felt a sudden pang of guilt for his loss of the fight, however, he was pretty much happy when learned that his Japanese foe considered him the winner not he.

News credit to: CDN PH

 

[Sanjeev]

It seems to be a close match. Sometimes, in a tight match, we feel that a certain player will win, but when he doesn't win, it gives us a surprise.

 

[Starmix]

It seems to be a close match. Sometimes, in a tight match, we feel that a certain player will win, but when he doesn't win, it gives us a surprise.

Sometimes, the judges are unfair. It happened many times in a boxing , those boxers from their country got the top score.

 

[Sanjeev]

Yes, that's true. It's not easy to judge to give points for their actions in the boxing and when the opponent is not knocked out the result is given on the basis of scores which is always not accurate.

 

[Starmix]

It happened between Manny Pacquiao and Mayweather, People visibly saw the winner it was Manny but it was Mayweather declared winner. There was a protest but Manny did not like chaos.