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Boxing: McIntyre in limbo as appeal fails



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KEVIN McIntyre has lost his appeal against the British Boxing Board of Control's decision to strip him of his British welterweight title.
And the Paisley fighter, who lost the title after twice pulling out of scheduled bouts against Kell Brook through injury, is not guaranteed to be installed as mandatory challenger. McIntyre will have to wait until after tomorrow's title fight between Sheffield's Brook and Welshman Barrie Jones to discover whether he will be able to fight the winner.

The BBBC discussed their decision at a stewards' meeting yesterday following protests from McIntyre's camp, but there was no change in their stance.

The board will decide on the mandatory challenger after tomorrow's title fight. "It doesn't mean that Kevin is not the challenger but the board have not decided that," added BBBC general-secretary Simon Block.





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  • Last Updated: 12 June 2008 10:54 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
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finref,

13/06/2008 07:39:40
This whole episode stinks of interference from outside the BBBoC. The so called "guardians" of the noble art on a professional level have been suckered by external pressure to strip Kevin McIntyre of his title. Who is the manager of the new nominees? Hmmm! Could this have anything to do with the sorry saga where a genuine kid has his title won in the ring but despite having the requisite medical certificates and physio reports is stripped of it as the t.v. date is set!

Kevin McIntyre has paid his dues to boxing and should have been entitled to the same treatment from the board as, for example Amir Khan seems to get. The BBBoC have acted shamefully on this whole disgraceful act of subservience to whomsoever is pulling their strings (I'll leave you to decide who that might be!)

 

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