London: The Indian boxing team has decided not to file a protest against the controversial pre-quarterfinal loss of boxer Manoj Kumar.
The 64kg fighter came out of the ring and said he was cheated after the verdict went 20-16 in favour of his British opponent, Thomas Stalker, in a thrilling bout at the ExCel Arena here late last night.
"It's a heartbreaking loss and the result was unfair but we will not protest because we don't want to be seen as bad losers," an Indian boxing contingent member told PTI.
Manoj was left flummoxed after his bout and said, "It doesn't look fair because he was going in one direction and the scores 7-4 and 9-4 to him don't justify that.
"It doesn't look like an Olympic Games but more like a district competition because if it's Great Britain in the ring it doesn't matter who's against them. It's like a district competition where there's lots of cheating, cheating, cheating," the dejected Commonwealth Games gold-medallist added.
Stalker won the first round 7-4 and maintained his lead by winning the second round 9-5. The Indian then launched an all-out attack in the third and last round, which he claimed 7-4, but some debatable judging ultimately saw him leave the arena disappointed.
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