Ruslan Chagaev, who lost the fight for WBA world superheavyweight champion, stated after the fight that he does not understand why the referee stopped the fight, even though the boxer intended to continue it and not let Australian Lucas Brown to take the championship belt.
Referee Stanley Christodoulos, in turn, stressed that the decision to stop the fight was undisputed. "Chagaev missed two strikes, after which he could not continue the fight. This is a standard technical knockout," he explained, TASS reports.
