On October 29, the Asian Championship Championship 2023 took place matches in the semi -finals. The match with code 120 between Muslima Turgunova (Uzbekistan) and Abdullovva Farinoz (Tajikistan) in the 52kg weight class has become the focus of controversy. The arbitrator has made the wrong decision directly affecting the match results.
The controversial situation appears in the third half. Turgunova and Farinoz are drawing each other after the previous two rounds. At the beginning of the third half, Tajikistan boxer had an effective attack, causing the referee to count with Turgunova. But shortly after, in an unclear opposite situation, he switched to counting with Farinoz.
Farinoz herself was surprised when she was counted by the referee. She constantly signaled that she was completely awake to continue playing, but the referee continued to count. He counted to the 8th turn and waved his hand, which means the recognition of the victory of RSC (equivalent to the technical knock-out) belongs to Turgunova.
The decision of the arbitration of the match made the boxer and coach of both teams surprised. Because, the referee of the radio and the losing to the Tajikistan boxer did not rely on any clear basis. In addition, if the match continues to take place until the end of the third half, Tajikistan boxer will likely win.
Witnessing the “strange” defeat of the students, the Tajikistan team coach stood for a long time on the corner of the radio floor to protest the results. This person did not allow students to go to the middle of the floor when the organizers announced the results of the match. He was also planning to shake hands with Uzbekistan boxers, then only touched Le. As for Turgunova, this boxer was unhappy at all, even almost crying when he was named the victory.
The controversial situation in the match between Turgunova and Farinoz made the Asian Boxing Federation (ASBC) immediately involved. Right in the evening of the same day, ASBC made an official statement related to the incident. They said they had suspended the task with Mr. Ratu Seru Whippy, the arbitrator who had lost to the Tajikistan boxer.
“We really regret the decision to recognize the victory for the Uzbekistan boxer of the Ratu Sereping referee,” ASBC said. The organization said that they immediately suspended the mission with Mr. Ratu Sery Whippy to the end of the tournament. This referee is likely not to be on duty in the upcoming tournaments.
On the ASBC side, they said the decision that the Ratu series referee was completely wrong, directly affecting the match results. ASBC apologized to the Tajikistan delegation and the individual fighter Farinoz, but they said the match results could not be reversed, because the regulation did not allow complaints to surgery in this content.
The situation of breaking the results of the Ratu series referee is more serious when the beneficiary is the Uzbekistan boxer. In recent years, the World Boxing Association (IBA) has continuously received criticism because the arbitration work has the direction of the fighters from this country. But despite the controversy, ASBC still voted to keep the membership position of IBA.
Mr. Ratu Serpy is an international arbitrator of IBA. He is from Fiji, an island nation in Oceania. This referee used to have time to take over the position of Fiji Boxing Federation. He was invited to duty at the Tokyo Olympic Games but did not attend for health reasons. At ASIAD 19, he took on the position of arbitration and assessment in many matches.