In the Battle of the WBC International Championship, the Minimum weight class, the fighter of Minh Phat (Vietnam) witnessed a bad situation. When the 10th half (also the last half of the match) was only about 10 seconds to close, Sam Minh Phat's coach suddenly threw a towel on the radio and asked to lose.
According to information iThethao.vn Noting, the coach in charge of Minh Phat in that match was Mr. Rolan Trojello Boquecosa. Coach Rolan is Filipino, who has been working in Vietnam for many years as a boxing coach for some clubs in Ho Chi Minh City.
“My boxer played a very good match and I was proud of that. Many people asked me why I would like to stop the match when the competition was only 10 seconds to the end, but people did not know the boxer (Minh Phat) received a lot of heavy blows before.”
“I have to stop the game to ensure the safety of my boxer. I am the coach, so I have to protect the boxer, who can pay the price with each match. There is nothing more valuable than the life of a martial artist,” Rolan coach shared more about the reason he gave.
Besides, coach Rollan also said he actually threw scarves into the floor and asked to lose earlier. This does not take place 10 seconds before the match ends, but takes place earlier … 20 seconds. At that time, the referee did not observe the situation of the coach tossing the towel, so the match stopped later than expected.
The host club of Sam Minh Phat then also gave the same explanation for the behavior of the towel right before the match ended. In response (in the article deleted on Facebook, Minh Phat said: “I am really sad and angry when the coach is inexperienced and judged so wrong.”