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THE World Boxing Association (WBA) now find themselves involved in yet another potential scandal, though this time it has nothing to do with their spurious titles or laughable rankings; it’s something far worse.

On Saturday night, Gloria Martinez Rizzo was one of the three judges scoring at ringside for a bout between Gabriel Maestre and Mykal Fox. There was uproar when Martinez Rizzo turned in a score of 117-110 in favour of Maestre when, to most other people’s eyes, Fox had comfortably won the bout. Fox dropped Maestre early in the contest

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