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Justin Chadwick

Moloney retires after controversial title bout defeat

Andrew Moloney (left) landed far more blows to the head in his controversial loss to Pedro Guevara. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

Andrew Moloney has announced his shock retirement from boxing after suffering a controversial loss to Mexico's Pedro Guevara in their WBC interim junior bantamweight world-title bout in Perth.

And in another huge controversy on Sunday's card, England's Nina Hughes was awarded victory in her women's WBA bantamweight battle against Australian Cherneka Johnson - only for the result to be flipped a minute later when organisers realised the ring announcer had mixed up the scores.

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