Olszewski remarks via David
Selwyn
Dear Bernie: It was a pleasure to
talk to you yesterday. Matthew called me today and he was sorry
that He and Eileen were extremely busy with their clients today
and Matthew asked me to convey his and Eileen's comments.
Eileen and Matthew would to first give thanks to Suzannah Warner
for the challenge and her very determined and admirable
performance. She came in the ring in great condition and ready
to fight Eileen and Matthew would like to also thank their fans
and supporters for coming out that night and cheering her on
Eileen loves to fight in New York. Regarding the decision ,
Eileen and Matthew both agree with the scoring and feel that
Eileen threw and landed the more effective and harder punches.
They feel that some of Warner's aggression was ineffective. When
Eileen left the ring she was 100 % physically healthy. Not one
bump or bruise. If you looked at her you could not tell she was
in a fight. Matthew noticed that Warner was bleeding in the
mouth from the 2nd round. The scores were very decisive and
consistent 59-55, 58-56 and 58-56 Nothing controversial there If
Suzannah Warner wants a rematch they would be more than happy to
do it again.
Team Destiny, Management
We always enjoy the opportunity
to work with Joe DeGuardia, Ron Katz, and the whole team at Star
Boxing who put together a very nice card in a beautiful venue in
Manhattan on Friday. So, we believe the crowd got its money’s
worth and overall it was a fantastic show.
We signed on just a couple weeks before the show as the opponent
against a great fighter. Both Eileen and Suszannah were valiant
in the ring and remain shining examples of the sportsmanship and
heart that exists in many of New York’s female fighters.
Generally speaking, this is not a town that embraces female
fighters. So most of New York’s best cut their teeth, as
opponents, outside of New York, in order to stay active, making
themselves vulnerable to the exploitation that results from
biased and unjust decisions that do not reflect the reality of
what happens in the ring.
While we do not mean to single out judges, we reiterate that
biased judging plagues boxing and creates tremendous handicaps
for fighters that enter cards as opponents. To use Friday’s
judges as an example, we looked at their stats from the past
year and see of 152 bouts, between the three of them, they
awarded wins to the “hometown” fighters over 92% of the time.
One judge in particular (who scored just one round for Warner in
what was by all accounts a great and close fight between
Olzsewski and Warner), has awarded wins to “opponents” in less
than five percent of the bouts that he has judged in the past
year. Does this sound like unbiased judging?
We encourage fans to watch the fight on GoFightLive.com as it
was a great fight and we ask you to share your opinions online,
in the social media, at your gym, anywhere you can to encourage
more equitable contests in the future. We would like
to thank the many fans, boxing insiders, and the press for their
support and encouragement after what was a truly unfortunate and
unfair decision.
Team Destiny,
Management
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