Manager hits out at diving claim

Mohamed Azzaoui's manager Anthony Warren has reacted angrily to the accusation that his boxer took a dive in the ring.
A Sunday newspaper accused Azzaoui of a "disgraceful dive" and Warren said it wasn't Azzaoui who fought dirty in the Pan African Cruiserweight title fight against Moyoyo Mensah in east Auckland on Saturday night.
"We're a bit angry about what was said in the papers, we really don't know where they got it from but suspect they listened to the opposition camp, and while that's fair enough, it was a fairly sensational type of article," he said.
Azzaoui was clearly ahead on points in the bout at the time of the incident in the seventh round and Warren said Mensah struck out in frustration.
"What happened was the referee called break after they got into a clinch and Mohamed stepped back and Moyoyo kept on punching, even after the ref called break for a second time, and he caught Mohamed a couple of times and because he wasn't expecting it, he was unprotected and he went down," Warren said.
The referee, Australian Steve Marshall, disqualified Mensah immediately for the illegal punches leading the Mensah camp to accuse Azzaoui of diving to win the fight.
There was definitely some ill-feeling on display after the decision and when Azzaoui went to commiserate with Mensah, he was again attacked, which Warren believes added fuel to the newspaper's reporting.
Mensah's manager Mark Keddell said they would appeal the decision after the fight but Warren said they were unlikely to have much luck.
"Marshall is one of the top referees in the southern hemisphere and I don't think it's very easy to pull the wool over his eyes," Warren said.
He said Azzaoui had a "bit of a sore jaw where he got hit" but it hadn't stopped him going to work yesterday.
"I haven't talked to him about it yet but we wasn't happy with the way Mensah had fought."
"This is the third time we've fought him and beaten him and we won't be fighting him again," Warren said.