Aussie boxing legend Jeff Fenech calls for big reform in boxing after Jazzy Parr judging farce

Australian fighting legend Jeff Fenech has slammed domestic boxing judges after watching Jasmine Parr’s controversial loss to Shannon O’Connell on Friday night.

Longtime queen of Australian boxing, O’Connell, 41, scored a surprise decision victory over rising star Parr, 21, in Sydney, 80-72, 75-77, 78-74.

It was a close contest, but the widely varying scorecards have angered boxing fans, including Fenech.

“It was a close fight and if you give it a round either way, you’re not going to complain,” Fenech said. News Corporation.

‘(It’s) a shame. I’m serious.

Fenech, a former four-time world champion, knows a thing or two about controversial decisions and wants to hold judges accountable.

“That’s why people don’t follow boxing anymore,” he said.

‘People pay to see the fights, but then you have these guys ruining people’s careers.

“They’re ruining people’s lives and they’re ruining the sport, man.”

“People don’t want to see that.”

One of the judges gave O’Connell eight rounds on Friday night, and Fenech believes the judge should be asked to explain himself.

“They should sit down and ask, ‘How did you do that? Show me how you thought he won eight rounds,” Fenech said.

‘I look forward to going to get them up at 5 in the morning every day to train and do what these boxers do.

“Look at what they go through every day: the pain and the sacrifices.”

Parr, the daughter of Australian kickboxing royalty John Wayne Parr, was stumped by the scorecard after the fight.

“That’s inexplicable,” he said. Fox Sports Australia.

I guess it’s boxing and apparently I’m new to the sport.

‘But I know for a fact that I’m a fighter and I know I won that.

‘It’s just unreliable shit.

‘I have no words.

“It’s highway robbery.”