Harry Simon vs Winky Wright

1998-08-22 : Harry Simon 153¾ lbs beat Ronald Wright 153¾ lbs by MD in round 12 of 12 Location: Carousel Casino, Hammanskraal, Gauteng, South Africa Referee: Samuel Viruet Judge: Aubrey Rassie Erasmus 117-113 Judge: Julie Lederman 115-113 Judge: Manuel Oliver Palomo 114-114 World Boxing Organization Junior Middleweight Title (4th defense by Wright) reported: “When it was over, and Wright had played professor to Simon’s unwilling student, the three WBO judges decided that it was a majority draw, which meant that Wright had retained his title. A few minutes later, while Wright was sitting in his dressing room unwrapping his hands, an official came in to tell him that there had been an error in the scoring, he had lost by a majority decision. Boom! Then they released the new scoring: Aubrey Erasmus 117-113 for Simon. Julie Lederman 115-113 for Simon. Manuel Oliver Palomo 114-114. No one explained how there had to be at least a three-point swing in one of the judge’s scoring to change the decision.