By Gabriel F. Cordero
2012 Olympic silver medalist Esquiva Falcao (30-1, 20 KOs) doesn’t feel he got a fair shake against Vincenzo Gualtieri (21-0-1, 7 KOs) in their clash for the vacant IBF middleweight title on Saturday night in Wuppertal, Germany.
“I think this fight was very unfair to me,” Falcao said on social media. “I fought for the world belt in my opponent’s house, it’s not in his country, it’s in his house, in his city. And the judges are all German. Oh, there was an Italian. And where is the boy from? He is from Italy. He is Italian but he lives in Germany. So the fight was all for him to win.
“I was knocked down in the second round. The punch landed, I took it. But then I received two very strong blows below the belt and the referee [Vincent Dupas] did nothing. Not to mention the blows that I received on the back of the head and the shoulder on the chin…I believe the referee is there to protect both athletes, not just defend the home athlete or the promoter who organizes the event.
“I leave here sad, but knowing that I did my part. I didn’t have to fight just one athlete, I had to fight one athlete, the referee, judging problems, but that’s life.”
Take a seat you hype job.
Germany has a history of dodgy judging and refing.
But so does America.
Name a country that doesn’t?
Sounds like this guy is taking a ride on the Wahhhhhhhhhhhmbulance
This is Boxing politics as it’s best, as old as the sport it self. It is a universally know fact that going into the opponents backyard you are already 3 rounds down, he/she is going to get away with low blows, headbutts, etc. You need to go for broke and dominate or knock him/her out, it’s understandable Falcao is upset but him and his team should had done more to get the W, in the ring not after the fact.
Nope, he lost!
You espected a fair fight in Germany ?! You have to knock your opponent out there and even if you do so like AS Mathis did properly the fight was ruled a no contest !!
The worst country to fight when you are not the hometown fighter..
A disgrace in boxing..
But you lost in my opinion but didnt watch the whole fight just the highlights..
Yep Mathis actually did win by KO and STILL could not get the win.
You should have given Patrice Volny a rematch in loose in a convincing way instead of dogging him.
You got dropped twice in this fight and you clearly lost… Top Rank gonna give you the boot
That’s not nice to say. The man here is just looking for some logical sympathy considering a bad experience in Germany and you are telling him this.
That’s Germany!
Shame, you poor thing.
Hometown decisions in most countries, but Germany is really bad. Just watch the Robin Reid v Sven Ottke fight!
But you lost this one dude
America is the worst place for hometown decisions. Loma vs. Haney and Coetzee vs. Snipes come to mind.