India fumes at 'robbery in the ring' in Korea


  • Boxing
  • Wednesday, 01 Oct 2014

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's media and the country's boxing community both believe that L Sarita Devi was "robbed in the ring" by biased judges in her lightweight semi-final bout at the Asian Games in South Korea.

Local favourite Park Ji-na was declared a unanimous 3-0 winner of Tuesday's contest, surprising many in India, who felt Sarita had comprehensibly dominated the bout and should have advanced to the final in Incheon.

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