Following his 11th round knock-out on Saturday at the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC)/ Nexgen Global Marketing international fight card “Sangre Malo” held at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall (CASH), light heavyweight boxer Shawn Corbin has thoughts to file an appeal to the GBBC citing “distraction” by his opponent’s trainer and Trinidadian boxing promoter Boxu Potts.
Shawn Corbin was knocked unconscious by Sheldon Lawrence on Saturday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall
This is according to a source close to the organizers of the international fight card; Corbin was knocked out two minutes 52 seconds into the 11th round of his light heavyweight WBC FECARBOX title fight against current champion Sheldon Lawrence.
The Guyanese, Corbin who trained under Potts in Trinidad and Tobago some years ago is alleging that it was a “plot” between Potts and his fighter Lawrence to distract him in a bid for a knock-out opportunity.
Corbin told the source who spoke to Guyana Times Sport under condition of anonymity that in the 11th round Potts was calling in a loud and distracting way for him which led to him having a lapse in concentration during which Lawrence pounced at the opening and subsequently knocked him out.
However, after reviewing footage of the fight, it is unclear at which point Corbin was ‘distracted.’
In the early stages of the fight Corbin was having things his own way against T&T’s WBC FECARBOX Light Heavyweight Champion Sheldon Lawrence and was in front on all of the Judges’ cards until he was hit with a brutal right hook to the temple and was knocked unconscious in the 11th round of their 12-round title fight.
As a result of the blow Corbin fell he hit the back of his head on the canvas and was taken by stretcher to the hospital in an unconscious state.
(Michelangelo Jacobus)
