From WBC President Jose Sulaiman:

“The WBC is extremely happy that our two newest rules - open scoring after the fourth and eighth rounds and the use of instant replay - have been used in the last few days and gotten a great response.

“Juanito Rubillar of the Philippines was behind on all three scorecards when the official scores were announced after the eighth round. His closing performance in the last four rounds earned him a split decision against Omar Niño of Mexico in a light flyweight final elimination bout.

“This also proves that the neutrality of ring officials is a must in world events, regardless of where the fight takes place.

“Oleydong Sithsanerchai defended the strawweight world title in Phuket , Thailand , against Junichi Ebisuoka of Japan. When the official scores were announced after the eighth round, Oleydong was behind by six and eight points on all three scorecards and contrary to the belief that the fight would get boring, Oleydong came out and knocked out his opponent in the ninth round.

“The instant replay rule, utilizing television replays, was used in the NABF title fight between Adrian Hernandez and Eric Ortiz and proved that a head butt caused a cut in the fifth round. It was originally ruled that the cut, which stopped the fight, was caused by a punch because the referee’s vision was obstructed at the time. The result was ruled a techincal draw and justice prevailed.

“The WBC would like to publicly congratulate those boxing federations and boxing commissions from all over the world that are working together, side by side, to make boxing better, safer, more fair, and more exciting.”

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