Beaten pair vow to return stronger.Byline: By Johannes Berendt Defeated duo Brian Magee Brian Magee (born June 9, 1975 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland) is a boxer, who competed for Ireland in the middleweight ( and Howard Eastman have vowed to make triumphant returns to the ring after suffering controversial points losses in Germany. Eastman fumed over a disputed unanimous points verdict in favour of WBA Intercontinental middleweight champion Arthur Abraham, while Magee was on the wrong end of a controversial split decision against newly-crowned European champion Vitali Tsypko. In a country that is becoming notorious for such disputed decisions, a further two undercard un·der·card n. The event or events coming before and supporting the main event, as of boxing matches. fights were handed to the German fighters, which prompted an Italian manager to pelt pelt the undressed, raw skin of a wild animal with the fur in place. If from a sheep or goat there is a short growth of wool or mohair on the skin. a judge with plastic bottles in Nuremberg on Saturday. The two Britons hope to put the disappointment behind them by returning to the gym and never to Germany again. Eastman said: "The next mission for me is to get back to the gym and work with my trainer. For this fight we had a very short time to prepare. We go back to the drawing board now and I am 100% sure there are great things in the pipeline for us." Five months after losing to middleweight king Bernard Hopkins, Eastman failed to hide his anger over a verdict he called a "complete joke". He said: "The judges in Germany are from a different planet. You have to be fair when it comes down to fighting because no one suffers the punches but the guys in the ring." Trainer Kofi Spencer felt the result was "a disgrace to boxing". He said: "It cannot be good for boxing. The boxer who comes here wants to make some money. This takes money out of people's mouths." Many at ringside ring·side n. 1. The area or seats immediately outside an arena or ring, as at a prizefight. 2. A place providing a close view of a spectacle. felt that Belfast fighter Magee had much more of a claim for a different outcome than Eastman, who was continuously rocked by several hard hands from Abraham. In contrast to the `Battersea Bomber', Magee was the aggressor throughout and even shook off a bad cut above his right eye, which came from an unintentional headbutt Verb 1. headbutt - butt with the head; "The soccer player headbutted his oponent and was sent off the field" bunt, butt - to strike, thrust or shove against; "He butted his sister out of the way"; "The goat butted the hiker with his horns" , to dominate Ukrainian Tsypko. "It has been a bad year and hopefully this is a new start for me," he said. "I came over here to become European champion so this is very disappointing for me and everyone else." |
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