by Ronnie Nathanielsz

ALA Promotions president Michael Aldeguer wants a rematch for Milan Melindo who lost by a questionable 6th round technical decision to IBF light flyweight champion Javier Mendoza in Mexico on Saturday.

Aldeguer informed the New Standard/BoxingScene.com.com that “we (Melindo) should have won it because the cut was caused by a punch. We want a rematch in the Philippines. I have talked to Zanfer about it.”

The referee, Gerard White stopped the fight and asked the ringside doctor to examine Mendoza after he suffered a cut on his left eye with the doctor claiming the champion was in no position to continue forcing referee Gerard White to stop the bout and go to the scorecards with Mendoza winning on the scorecards of all three judges – Chris Wilson and Richard Ocasio scoring it by a 60-52 shutout for Mendoza and Bill Lerch giving Melindo one round for a 59-53 tally.

Both Aldeguer and trainer Edito “Ala” Villamor insisted that the cut was caused by a legitimate punch and not an accidental clash of heads and under the rules Melindo should have been awarded a sixth round TKO victory.

Villamor pointed out that he reviewed the fight video and that while the ringside Mexican commentators including the legendary Julio Cesar Chavez said that while the heads of the two fighters came close it was a punch that caused the cut.

Villamor also pointed out that referee White did not indicate that the cut was the result of an accidental clash of heads which reinforced their contention that the cut was caused by a punch as evidenced in the TV replays.

In fact the cut was not even bad enough to warrant a stoppage.