Will Fenech's record to altered now WBC have re-scored Nelson bout?

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Redback Rasta
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Will Fenech's record to altered now WBC have re-scored Nelson bout?

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The WBC have had a panel of judges reassessed the Fenech-Nelson 1 controversial draw from June 1991, and they deemed it a unanimous decision to Fenech. The WBC have even awarded Fenech a belt for the win. Will Fenech's record be adjusted in BoxRec to reflect that win, and Nelson's to reflect the loss?
margaret thatcher
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Re: Will Fenech's record to altered now WBC have re-scored Nelson bout?

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the wbc cant change the win or a loss, they can only control the status of their own belt. for example, when francisco lorenzo beat humberto soto by dq, the wbc refused to give lorenzo the belt because they thought it was a bad decision to dq soto. but the official result still upheld with the nevada state athletic commission and is still a win for lorenzo

it's up to the comission which sanctioned the fight (nevada state athletic commission i think) to change the result, and i cant see that they have. we can already see from the example above that they dont just automatically follow the wbc's decisions

now, if the commission overturns the result too, then boxrec should follow suit
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