- Boxer told she had retained WBA title against Chemeka Johnson
- ‘He just said he read it [the score] wrong … It’s devastating’
Nina Hughes remembers hearing the words “… and still the WBA bantamweight world champion”, before pumping her fists in the air and hugging her opponent. But then, last Saturday in Perth, came the stomach-churning mistake that left her feeling devastated and numb.
First the ring announcer Dan Hennessey called the fighters back to the centre of the ring. Then he started reading the scores again. Before, incredibly, declaring Hughes’s opponent, Cherneka Johnson, as the winner by majority decision instead.