AFTER losing two fights in as many weeks, trainer Nacho
Beristain lashed at the officials, saying judging during the Manny Pacquiao-Juan
Manuel Marquez on Saturday a "disgrace" and that it harmed the sport.
Two weeks before Pacquiao stole Marquez's WBC super
featherweight title at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, the
latter's brother Rafael lost a decision in Carson, California to Israel Vazquez.
But Top Rank boss Bob Arum, who himself had complained many
times regarding decisions in boxing matches, said it is the Mexican trainer's
comments that is affecting boxing.
"Stop with that bull (expletive) because you're (expletive)
up the sport," Arum shouted, according to Yahoo! Sports Kevin Iole.
"There's nothing wrong with boxing. The judges aren't
(expletive) up the sport. You are with those kinds of comments," Arum added.
"One judge had it for Marquez. One had it the other way for
Pacquiao. And another judge had it close for Pacquiao, one point. The media was
all over the place, some for one guy and some for the other. Grow up and be a
man and accept the judges' decision. I know now how stupid I looked all those
times when I complained about the decision when I listen to you."
"Don't ruin a great night with that," Arum said.
"Talk about the fight. Make the case for your guy. It was a
great night for boxing. What a fight. Talk about that. Don't try to create
something where nothing exists."
Arum's statements were made in response to Beristain's
comments, which were not included in Iole's article.
Jaime Quintana, Marquez' close friend and co-promoter, hit at
the WBC and said people don't like Beristain and the Marquez brothers, although
he admitted he had no evidence.
"We just believe that, because we keep losing these
decisions," Quintana said. "This has happened repeatedly. You have to
understand, there are things going on around the WBC. They don't like the
Marquez brothers. They don't like Ignacio Beristain. Whenever they see Ignacio
Beristain or one of the Marquez brothers, they try to do something."
"Of course it was close," Quintana said. "We worked our butts off for three
months. We can say it was a close fight, but we have the right to think we won
the fight. And we have the right to say something happened with the decision."
