“Yes, I think 117-111 was [too] far off for a scorecard but I don’t control the judges’ view and the [effective] aggression they are seeing, but an 8-4 [or] 7-5 decision our way was right.”
Judge Josef Mason scored the fight 117-111 in Kambosos’s favour, while Gerald Ritter had it 115-113, and David Sutherland scored the bout 114-114.
Hughes, 33, thus suffered his first loss in four years.
“It was a bit of a kick in the b*****ks,” the Briton said after the fight. “I feel pretty silly standing here in my cowboy hat. I won that fight. I won it clearly.”
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