Aussie boxer Tapia holds on for controversial draw

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Aussie boxer Tapia holds on for controversial draw

*********** middleweight talent Mateo Tapia ******** unbeaten after holding on for a bruising draw on the Tim Tszyu world title undercard in Florida.

Venezuelan Endry Saavedra cried robbery after leaving Tapia battered and blue only for two of the three judges to score the ****** 93-93.

The other awarded the contest at the Caribe Royale resort in Orlando 94-92 to Tapia.

“I’m not a ********* artist. That could have gone either way,” Tapia said.

“But I thought I snuck in a few rounds in the middle of the ******.”

Tapia, a ********-born, Sydney-raised long-time sparring partner of Tszyu, admitted “100 per cent” there should be a rematch and his promoters No Limit Boxing said they were already in talks with Saavedra’s team.

Tapia was literally on the ropes – and once through them – twice in the second round after Saavedra shook him with a big left then delivered a flurry of shots to his head – and repeated the dose.

The 26-year-old Tapia, who had won 10 of his previous 17 fights via knockouts, looked in serious trouble before his so-called million-dollar right hand came into play out of nowhere in the dying stages of the fifth.

Tapia stunned Saavedra with a lightning-rod right, then followed up with another to drop the South ********* in what looked a turning point.

But Saavedra appeared to edge Tapia for much of the remainder of the ****** and sent the *********** to the canvas for a third time in the penultimate round.

“I don’t understand what happened,” Saavedra said.

“I can’t understand how I could take him down three times and not get the win.

“I’m disappointed. I’ve been away from my family for three months and for it to be taken away from me is really sad.”

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