This thing is really starting to heat up. Chudinov's camp claiming the gloves were substandard and the glove manufacturer countering that by claiming Chudinov's camp must have applied something to them that hurt Sturm's eyes during the fight >>>
Sturm-Chudinov glove controversy erupts; WBA to review scoring; rematch clause in effect
The Team of former WBA super middleweight champion Fedor Chudinov has issued a statement saying that the gloves Chudinov used in his loss to Felix Sturm last Saturday in Germany, were not up to professional standards, shedding red paint during the bout, and they plan to have the gloves examined. Sturm’s gloves showed no ill-effects in the bout. Grant brand gloves were used by both fighters.
Elvis Grant Phillips, CEO/Founder of Grant Gloves said: “It’s obvious that something not cool went down. Do you have any idea what it takes to make both labels fall off the gloves and the color on tanned leather to come off completely to see the natural skin, all in 36 minutes of use?"
"Sturm told me and his camp that his forehead was burning but he didn’t know why? Hmmmmm".
“We also have the backup gloves that are signed off by Chudinov’s camp and the BDB, so we have our proof with these that there was nothing wrong with the gloves and that they were perfect, before whatever solution was applied to them. We visited the biggest German paper and they gave me some great photos, you can see the gloves look super shiny and wet from the start of the fight.
“In almost 25 years, we’ve never had anything like this, all the way back to Leonard, Duran, Holyfield, Hopkins, Jones, Mayweather, Trinidad, GGG, etc, etc.”
According to the Chudinov camp, without the glove problem their man could well have scored a knockout. Grant counters, “Sturm is a very good friend of mine, so by making fluky gloves that Chudinov would wear, we would be hurting Sturm, since the color would be coming off in his eyes!”
In any event, the Chudinov camp has filed a protest with the WBA over the scoring of judges Ignacio Robles (114-114), Jean-Louis Leglande (115-113 Sturm) and Giuseppe Quartarone (115-113 Sturm) and the WBA will conduct a former review of the fight.
The fight contract contained a rematch clause, so Sturm-Chudinov III could be on the horizon.
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