Blow-for-blow Saturday night’s charity boxing bout at the Dudley Hotel was so close that a re-match has been sought.
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Oberon man Dave Sellers lined up against Sydney’s Daniel Parkinson for the NSW Cruiserweight Champion main event, in a match that many thought Sellers had won.
Match promoter Nathan Swadling said many in the crowd thought the bout had been won by the Oberon resident and footballer.
“He was really, really hardly done by and lost the fight on a split-points decision,” he said.
In the split-points decision, one judge sided with Sellers for a win, the other two with Parkinson.
“I’ve worked as a judge myself in the past, and I thought he’d won three of the four rounds,” Mr Swadling said.
He said Sellers also thought he had won and was also extremely disappointed with the result.
“Because of the decision we’ve gone and asked for a re-match,” Mr Swadling said.
He said the re-match, scheduled for May 14 at Oberon RSL Club, will “sell-out during pre-sales”.
But, Mr Swadling did say that split-points decisions were not uncommon in amateur bouts such as the one on Saturday.
“These decisions happen in boxing sometimes,” he said.
“He’s [Sellers] the kind of guy who will be back in the gym on Monday and knows he’ll have to fight harder next time.”
Among the other 17 bouts on the night, the co-main event was between Tamworth’s Lynken Dickson, a current World Amateur Champion, and the highly-experienced Mitch Watch.
The winner of the NSW Welterweight Champion title was Dickson.
Mr Swadling said the other big drawcard on the night was card girls Jasmin Morris, Meg Selmers and Courtney Elizabeth.
“We heavily promoted the girls because they bring their own crowds, a lot of people are there to support them,” he said.
“They really draw the crowds in and they did a fantastic job.”
