Maurice Harris' Camp Crying Foul Against Tony Thompson
Heavyweight Maurice Harris’ promoter Boxing 360 has asked the IBF for a review of Harris’ May 27th KO loss to Tony “The Tiger” Thompson in an IBF heavyweight box-off. The Harris camp alleges that Harris was the victim of more than 20 illegal rabbit punches in the second and third rounds and that referee Vic Drakulich failed to issue a single warning. “We believe the referee did a very poor job and Maurice never had a fair fighting chance because of all the rabbit punches,” Boxing 360 Founder/CEO Mario Yagobi explained. “My job is to protect our fighters. We just want the IBF, boxing media and fans to look at what happened and then draw their own conclusions. There’s a reason Maurice fought the way he did and that was the direct result of the referee not doing his job.”