KEEVIN Allicock suffered one his most heart-breaking losses in round of 16 at the International Boxing Association Men’s World Boxing Championship on Sunday.
Fighting in the featherweight division of the event being held in Dubai, the Guyanese lost on points to Sergio Rodrigues Mendes of Portugal in the three-round affair.
After the first round three of the five judges had Allicock winning with the other two gave the round to Mendes.
Round 2 saw three judges calling it a draw while the other two one gave the round to Allicock and the other to Mendes.
The third round proved pivotal with the fighters evenly split after the first two rounds.
Allicock and Mendes went back and forth firing shots throughout the round.
But in the end, it was the man from Portugal that got the edge on the judges score card to win the round earning him a place in the quarter finals.
Guyana’s other Boxer, Desmond Amsterdam, also went down in controversial fashion in his 75kg middleweight category fight to Davron Bozorov of Moldova.
Amsterdam did enough to win round 1 on the judges score sheet but with 30 seconds left in round 2 an accidental head butt caused a cut above Bozorov’s eye causing the referee to stop the bout.
After a bizarre delay, despite Amsterdam winning the first and only completed round the judges announced Bozorov as the winner to the surprise of onlookers.