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Posted By	Discussion Topic: Camacho Jr. wins very controversial decision
TeenWeek what's a status?	posted on 07-10-2001 @ 12:27 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00	Heads clash, Camacho Jr. suffers cut -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Associated Press NEW YORK -- Hector Camacho Jr. remained unbeaten when he won a controversial technical decision over Jesse James Leija early Sunday morning. Camacho won after it was announced that a ringside physician ruled he could not continue after the fifth round because of a cut above his left eye. Camacho sustained the cut from a clash of heads in the fifth round of the super lightweight match. At first, it was understood that doctor Robert Polofsky said Camacho could continue, but Camacho said he couldn't. Minutes later, it was announced that the doctor ruled Camacho could not go on. Under the rules, the scorecards were then totaled up. Two judges had Camacho ahead 49-46 after five rounds, and the third had him leading 48-47. The Associated Press had Leija ahead 48-47. Before the fight was officially stopped, Leija leaned over the ropes and said, "He doesn't want to fight." "He quit," said Lester Bedford, Leija's manager. "His manager and promoter told him to quit." At first, the doctor was heard to say the fight could continue, but then Camacho said he had blurry vision and the bout was stopped. The disputed, disappointing loss for Leija, the former WBC super featherweight champion from San Antonio, came on his 35th birthday. The 22-year-old Camacho, whose father is a former WBC super featherweight and lightweight champion, is now 33-0. The fight at KeySpan Park, the minor league home of the Brooklyn Cyclones, a New York Mets Class-A affiliate, followed Kirk Johnson's unanimous decision over Larry Donald in a 12-round bout. Leija, 139½ pounds, was cut badly over his left eye early in the first round. It was not known if the cut was caused by a butt or a punch. Both fighters landed some good shots, but Leija (42-6-2) appeared to have the best of it. "I was caught by a head butt by Leija, who was throwing elbows," Camacho said. "I'm a man," Leija said. "I fight through it when I'm cut."
TeenWeek what's a status?	posted on 07-10-2001 @ 12:29 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00	July 10, 2001 -- THE camp of Jesse James Leija, the junior welterweight who was mugged and robbed Saturday night by a wolfpack consisting of Hector Camacho Jr., his promoter Dan Goossen, a lawyer named Jeff Fried, three judges and the gentlemen of the state Athletic Commission, plans to file an official protest over what they consider a misapplication of the state's head-butt rule. They might also look into the very real possibility that Camacho's camp knew its man was ahead on the official scorecards before Camacho decided to quit after the fifth round of their bout. Leija's promoter, Lester Bedford, will claim that the butt rule, designed to protect fighters who are cut so severely by an accidental clash of heads that they can't continue, was wrongly applied since the ringside doctor had already ruled Camacho could continue. "In that case, he should have been declared the loser by a TKO," Bedford said. But a more serious allegation is looming, that someone leaked the scores to Goossen and Fried during the chaotic scene following the fifth round, and that the information was communicated to Camacho, who as a result decided not to continue. If true, the deed could constitute a violation of section 195.00 of the state penal code dealing with official misconduct, a Class A misdemeanor. Goossen, Fried and Jerry Becker, the NYSAC commissioner who took a lead role Saturday night, all deny that any leaking of scores took place. But a careful review of the tape reveals that while Camacho was being examined by ringside physician Robert Polofsky, Goossen, Fried and Becker were engaged in conversation at the opposite side of the ring, in the course of which Fried waved his arms toward Camacho's corner in the signal that is universally recognized to mean, "Fight's over." Soon afterward, Fried made his way back into the ring and whispered into Camacho's ear, after which the 22-year-old told his cornermen, "I won. I won." The official decision was not announced for another 21/2 minutes. "It's absolutely, 100 percent, untrue," Goossen said. "All I did was ask for a clarification on whether or not the cut was caused by a head butt." "I didn't know the scores until Michael Buffer announced them," Fried said. "I never even went into the ring until after the official decision was announced." "Nobody ever asked me any scores, and I can't imagine anyone having the [guts] to ask me for them," said Becker, a former Bronx criminal court judge. "How [the Camacho camp] found out, what they found out, if they found out, I have no idea." The Camacho-Leija fight ended in controversy when Camacho was declared the winner by technical decision after suffering a cut in the right eyelid on an accidental head butt early in the fifth round. Although Polofsky at first cleared Camacho to continue fighting, a further delay ensued when referee Steve Smoger ordered Camacho's corner to clean up water in the ring. During the delay, Camacho re-engaged Polofsky in a dialogue about his blurry vision. Soon after, Smoger - after consulting with Becker in the presence of Goossen and Fried - declared the fight over. "It's the doctor's call," Smoger said. But in truth, Polofsky can clearly be heard telling Smoger, "All right, let him go this round." Videotape doesn't lie, and the tape of the fight shows indicates that Camacho and his camp may have known that the Macho Boy couldn't lose if he decided not to continue fighting. Goossen, the fight's promoter, and Fried sat directly behind the commission table where the official scorecards were collected at the end of each round. At the end of the fifth round, both men could be seen standing Becker and engaging he and Smoger in conversation, after which Fried made his way back into the ring and into Camacho's ear. When he was done, Camacho walked over to Leija and tapped gloves, then turned to his corner, nodding his head. "I won," he said. "I won." By the time the official decision was announced, the only person who seemed surprised was Leija. Camacho, who showed no reaction as the cards were read, looked over at his corner and gave a little wink. And on the HBO telecast, the wisdom of color commentator Emanuel Steward summed up the whole affair: "[Camacho] should have fought. But based on his evidently knowing something that he shouldn't have been knowing, he elected to take the safe way out." You can't fool all the people all the time.
Cluster F	posted on 07-10-2001 @ 1:58 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00	I actually saw that fight. Camacho Jr. is the biggest pussy i've ever seen. His cut was just as bad as the other guy's cut. He made his old man look like he was retarded for having a son. Yea i be taking that zoloff, but thaz jus keepin me from killin y'all. I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum. :)
mikeWOW I got a staple in my ass and all I got was this status	posted on 07-10-2001 @ 3:28 PM
O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00	typical pussy... so was his dad "i hate people that dont get it!"

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