Ring announcer 'Lieutenant' Dan Hennessy hung up his microphone after making a huge mistake on Sunday's George Kambosos vs. Vasily Lomachenko card in Perth.
After the women's WBA bantamweight title fight, Hennessy initially declared England's Nina Hughes the winner 95-95, 96-94, 98-92.
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But shortly after she began celebrating, he called both players back to center ring, made no comment on the lapse, and declared Australia's Cherneka Johnson the winner after reading the scores out again.
The moment immediately ignited a firestorm in the boxing world, with fans outraged at his blunder of misreading the score.
“Is this guy real?” commentator Joe Tessitore said on ESPN.
“I'm dead,” added his offsider, Hall of Fame boxer Tim Bradley.
“Is this man, Lt. Dan Hennessy, real?” Tessitore asked again.
“Get this guy out of here, dude,” Bradley said.
As the backlash quickly grew, the longtime announcer took to social media to apologize to boxing fans around the world following the controversy.
“I own it. Everything is my responsibility,” he wrote.
“I apologize to everyone involved and apologize to everyone now. I'm sorry for what happened. Again, I own it and I know I can do better next time.” I can only try so hard. It wasn't my best day at the office.
But days later, as the backlash continued to pour in, Hennessy issued another statement, this time declaring that his time in the ring was over.
“I love the support from you all. Thank you everyone for your kind words. Unfortunately, the worldwide backlash has been truly incredible and my spirit has been so strong that I have (sic) to do one more show. ”, he wrote.
“I'm doing this show because I'm still a man of my word, and to Sam Lapira, he's great company and I'm not going to leave him hanging. Because I promised to do it.
“I love all of my friends around the world and will continue to stay in touch. Thank you. I'm no longer the punching bag of the world. I'm out.”
Hennessey's howl came after Australian boxer Andrew Moloney was stripped of his interim WBC world super flyweight title after judges awarded him a stunning split decision victory over Mexico's Pedro Guevara.
Moloney built an early lead on the scorecards and appeared to do more than enough to hold on, even though Guevara was working the fight over the final six rounds.
However, the judges gave Guevara a sensational split decision of 115-113, 113-116, and 115-113.
A totally dirty Moloney slammed the decision, explaining that he believed he was in control of the match. He announced his retirement from boxing on the spot with a bombshell statement.
“I felt completely in control,” he said.
“I did what I had to do to get through the round and win.
“I don't want to make excuses, but I came into this fight with a torn bicep, so I couldn't throw a left hook unless I had to. But I was in complete control. , I didn't feel the need to throw.
“I want to thank Top Rank and my team for everything they've done for me. But I'm done with this sport, and that's the last you'll see of me. I'm retired and Now that I am retired, I would like to thank my sponsors for supporting me over the years.
“I love you all, but I’m sorry, shit.”
