RESOLUTION OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITTEE RE BURGOS REQUEST FOR DIRECT REMATCH WITH MARTÍNEZ

RESOLUTION OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITTEE

WHEREAS WBO Champion Roman “Rocky” Martinez and Juan Carlos Burgos, the WBO # 1 contender and mandatory challenger in the WBO Junior Lightweight Division contested that WBO championship in Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on January 19th, 2013; and WHEREAS that bout was judged a split draw; and WHEREAS Juan Carols Burgos petitioned the WBO World Championship Committee order a direct return fight per SECTION 18 of the WBO World Championships Rules provides, “RETURN FIGHTS:

The WBO shall not allow direct return fights, unless recommended by the World Championship Committee and authorized by the Executive Committee. A direct return fight is a fight between the new Champion and the former Champion from whom the new Champion won the title (or between a new Champion and the losing Contestant in a Vacant Title Fight), before the new Champion defends his title against any of the other fighters classified in his category.

If the World Championship Committee determines either that the resolution of a Championship Contest was substantially irregular, or that there was a clear misapplication of the rules of boxing resulting in a manifest unfairness, such that in either case the World Championship Committee determines that the Championship was substantially unresolved, the World Championship Committee may, in its discretion, recommend a direct return fight, which may be authorized only by the majority vote of the Executive Committee.

The World Championship Committee may recommend a direct return fight for any other circumstance; in that event a direct return fight shall only be authorized by the affirmative vote of not less than 75% of the Executive Committee”. and; WHEREAS all interested WBO Participants were given notice of this Petition and given the opportunity to submit any information, documents or argument that they believed would help the Committee resolve this Petition ; and WHERE AS your Committee did an independent round by round analytical evaluation by combining the results of the three official judges with those from an independent group of five confidential officials, and the findings stated that Burgos won by 100%: rounds 2, 10 and 12; by 87.5%: rounds 6 and 11; by 75%: round 3; none were won by 62.5%; and, round 4 and 7 were even rounds at 50%-50% (4 judges for Burgos and 4 judges for Martinez).

The findings stated that Martinez won by 100%: round 5; by 87.5%: round 9; by 75%: round 8; by 62.5%: round 1; and round 4 and 7 were even rounds at 50%-50%, as stated above, making the results unequivocal; and, NOW THEREFORE IT IS RESOLVED by the WBO World Championship Committee that it believes that the decision in the WBO Junior Lightweight Division contested in Madison Square Garden in New York, New York on January 19 th, 2013 was not substantially irregular or a clear misapplication of the rules of boxing resulting in a manifest unfairness; and IT THEREFORE RESOLVES that this Committee does not recommend the WBO Executive Committee determine per SECTION 18 of the WBO World Championship Rules that there be a direct return fight.

February 8, 2013

WBO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITTEE

By

Luis Batista-Salas, Chairman