Badou Jack kept alive his slim hopes of winning a world title in a third weight division when he scraped past Richard Rivera on the undercard of Anthony Joshua's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk.
But the result was controversial not only because many observers felt Rivera had done enough to win, but because the eighth round lasted four minutes when the officials failed to ring the bell. The round, which should have lasted three minutes, may have proved crucial with Jack comfortably winning the session.
He was later given the nod after the 10 rounds were completed, with two judges scoring the fight 96-94 in his favour and the other giving Rivera the nod by the same margin. Afterwards, Jack said: "I think I did enough; he had an awkward, ugly style so I kind of fell into his game.
