When Math Goes Bad, Folks Get Mad at Twin River
as Gingras-Biosse Ends in Majority Draw
By Alex Pierpaoli
Last night at Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, Rhode
Island, it looked as though Rich Gingras won an eight round majority decision
over Vladine Biosse, capturing Biosse’s New England Super Middleweight Title in
a bit of an upset. But in less than five minutes, the ring announcer was back
at the microphone explaining to the crowd, that was now in the midst of
departure, that there had been a scoring error on one of the three official
scorecards and the majority win they had just seen was actually meant to be a
majority draw. Needless to say, the
throng of Rich Gingras supporters,
decked out in red t-shirts emblazoned
with their fighter’s name, were not at all pleased
and several shouting matches broke out between Biosse and Gingras fans still
filing out of the arena and continued
on the sidewalk outside the venue. The bout had been a close, heated one, and if not for the addition error and the
amended decision, it’s likely a draw
would have been far more palatable if it hadn’t come as an after-thought which
appeared to set the stage for a
potential rematch between the two regional favorites.
