Frank Warren questions judging after Joshua Buatsi and Liam Cameron decision victories in Manchester

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Joshua Buatsi and Liam Cameron won contentious decisions over Zach Parker and Troy James respectively on Saturday; Promoter Frank Warren, who staged the event, has questioned the judges for a "lack of consistency"

Buatsi edged out Zach Parker on a majority decision, while Cameron received a unanimous verdict over Troy James. Subsequently Warren, who staged the event in Manchester, said the judging needs to come under scrutiny from the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC), taking issue with a lack of "consistency". "We had a fantastic night of boxing in Manchester on Saturday, with some real quality 50/50 match-ups that absolutely delivered," Warren told. Some of the scorecards though have created headlines and that's not fair on the fighters. We really need more consistency from the judges to stop these things happening, the BBBoC does a great job but they need to look at it."

But Robert Smith, the general secretary of the British Boxing Board of Control, told "The judges scores were consistent." He pointed out that in both the Buatsi and Cameron fights, two of the three ringside officials were foreign judges, and that clinching made it a messy contest between Parker and Buatsi. "We had two overseas judges and one UK. There was a lot of holding," Smith said.

Each man had been determined to use the fight as a springboard to world title contention. Coming through with the victory Buatsi can now look to target the WBC light-heavyweight world title which David Benavidez and Anthony Yarde fight for on November 22.