Hughie Fury's promoter lodges appeal over controversial decision loss to Joseph Parker

Hughie Fury's promoter, Mick Hennessey, has claimed 'corruption' has cast a shadow over Joseph Parker's successful WBO heavyweight title defence against Hughie Fury.

The head of Hennessey Sports has blasted the WBO and fight officials for the one-side scorecards that benefited the Kiwi.

Hennessey described the decision as 'disgusting'.

"It was a master class [by Fury]," he told BBC Radio 5 live.

Two judges scored the bout comfortably for Parker, 118-110, while the third had the fight even at 114 apiece.

Hennessey said he wouldn't let them get away with it.

"Beautiful boxing by Hughie and I can't see why these judges have robbed this poor young lad - it's disgusting. I'm going to lodge an appeal straight away."

Fury's trainer and father Peter Fury was a little more diplomatic, lamenting his son's lack of aggression in the final rounds.

"I wanted him to do more," he said. "I wanted him to throw the right hand more, but I did think he won it. 

"He has to let his shots go more and I've always said, if you want to beat a champion, you've got to take it from them."

For his part, the Kiwi was relatively happy with his performance, despite struggling to find the chin of his taller opponent.

"I felt I won the fight, so I'm happy to take the belt back to New Zealand," he told reporters, after the fight. "We both put up a great fight.

"It is awesome to get the victory. My aggression was really good. 

"He did move very well. I thought we caught him with the harder punches and it is great the judges saw it that way.

"A great result, but a lot to work on. This opens up big fights here. 

"The plan was to come here, establish ourselves and now we have a win here, we can get some more big fights."

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