Hopefully by the end of the week once the New York Boxing Commission has had a chance to look at the video of the controversial end to the fight for the North American Boxing Association vacant Lightweight Title between Bahamian star Meacher Major 'Pain' and American Michael 'Cold Blood' Clarke in Buffalo, New York on Friday night, Major will be crowned the champion.
Hopefully by the end of the week once the New York Boxing Commission has had a chance to look at the video of the controversial end to the fight for the North American Boxing Association vacant Lightweight Title between Bahamian star Meacher Major 'Pain' and American Michael 'Cold Blood' Clarke in Buffalo, New York on Friday night, Major will be crowned the champion.
The fight was stopped at the two minutes 14 seconds mark of the first round after Clarke was reportedly hit in the back of the head during a break; but on Monday while speaking with The Bahama Journal Major said, "That is not what happened at all."
"The night before the fight and that day before the fight I looked at more video of Clarke and we saw where could not take pressure. I knew I could box with him, but we decided to go after him early and really put the pressure on him and I think he was surprised by my speed and strength," said Major.
"I was able to knock him to the canvas early in the round, and once the referee said fight I continued to apply pressure and caught him with a uppercut that followed a left-right combination, and that sent him to the floor again. The fans in the stadium went crazy, then all of a sudden the referee stopped the fight without even giving him a proper standing eight count, like he already knew what was going on," explained Major.
He said the referee made
a "horrible call when he stopped the fight, but my promoter is on them to review the tapes and make the proper decision, and award me the victory and if all goes well I should soon have my title," he added.
Major said after the fight people from Clarkes’ camp admitted that they didn't realize that he would be so explosive. "They didn't even bother to do much research on me to find out what I'm about and I think they thought they had chalk”
"When I spoke to Michael at the hotel (Holiday Inn Down Town Buffalo) even he said the referee made a bad call and that he could have continued, but I didn't quite believe he was sincere because he seemed to play into the referee hand when he didn't come back to the centre of the ring in a timely manner," said Major.
Major said he could have made a big fuss about it on the night of the fight but he has left that to his promoters, "besides" he said, "my fans did a lot of the arguing and bad mouthing the referee and judges, so I didn't have to."
Major said at least two of his friends from The Bahamas that he was aware of, flew to Buffalo to watch the fight. He said representatives from The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism was expected to be at the fight and that his promoters had secured VIP seating for them but they never showed up.
He also noted that there was no one from The Bahamas Boxing Commission present at the fight but said, "I can't worry about them, I've got to keep doing what's best for me and my career."
The fight was Majors’ second under his new management team Ex-Cel World Wide Promotions ran by Nick Garone. Major who is trained by Anthony ‘Chil’ Wilson still has a pro record of 16-3-1 and Clarke who had been a fighter on the TV show Contenders was entering the 10 round fight with a pro career of 38-5.
There was a lot at stake in the fight for Major because a victory would have propelled him into the top 10 in the world in his weight class and a step closer to a World Title shot.
