Joshua’s opponents in London Olympics queries victory 9yrs after  

 

Close to a decade after losing to Nigeria born British Pugilist Anthony Joshua, his opponent at the 2012 Olympics in London is querying his victory.

Italian opponent Roberto Cammarelle appears to have just woken up and is taking a second look at the fight, the victory and the defeat.

“Regardless of any move by Joshua, the crowd was cheering even if it was a miss, and I think it certainly influenced the final result” he said

Joshua defeated Roberto Cammarelle to win an Olympic gold medal

Roberto Cammarelle says he “can’t understand” how Anthony Joshua was awarded victory against him in the 2012 Olympic final and believes the crowd “influenced the judges”.

Italy’s 2008 Olympic champion fought Joshua for the super-heavyweight gold medal at the London Games, suffering a defeat by countback after the scores were tied at 18-18 following their three-round bout.

But Cammarelle, who extended a 6-5 lead to 13-10 before the final round, has questioned how Joshua closed the deficit.

“As far as I can remember, I think I managed to fight exceptionally well during the two rounds,” Cammarelle told Sky Sports.

“The last round, he did not fight to overcome me. He was just sort of managing the fight. Having an equal number of points, an equal score, I can’t understand [how] I didn’t win.

“I thought I was managing the advantage I had managed to win ovejor the first round.

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“I’ve always had great physical issues. My physical preparation had only started a month before the Olympics. The fact that the semi-final was so close to the final certainly weakened my body.

“But nonetheless, I thought I had managed to fight a third round that was enough to win the fight.”

Cammarelle also endured a narrow 15-13 defeat to Joshua at the World Championships, a year earlier in Azerbaijan.

“That was bad memories, because I didn’t manage to win the medal at the World Championships,” said Cammarelle.

“Also, in that case, in my opinion, I was the one who actually won the fight.

Italy’s appeal against the countback verdict was not granted, meaning Joshua could finally celebrate with a gold medal in front of his hometown support.

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“I can understand the way in fact they misjudged,” he added