Sean McComb suffered defeat in extremely controversial circumstances in the early hours of Sunday morning in New York as he lost via split-decision.
McComb said ahead of the fight that everything would be fine if he stuck to the gameplan and he executed it perfectly, only for two of the judges to score the bout 96-94 and 97-93 to Barboza, while the other had it 98-92 to the Irishman.Promoter Eddie Hearn said the difference in the scorecards made "absolutely no sense at all", while fellow Belfast boxer Caoimhín Agyarko stated it was "one of the worst decisions" he's ever seen in boxing.
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