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4th June 2019
09:42am BST

"In my eyes it's not a defeat. What we will do now is of course make complaint. "But without much hope because the weight of the Belgian boxing does not weigh heavy in the instances. "But with my coach we will quietly analyse this fight sequence by sequence, to have all the arguments to present an unassailable file."While many ex-boxers (Matthew Macklin, Carl Frampton and Carl Froch included) and journalists believe Persoon was hard done by, a rematch against Taylor looks the safer bet to reclaim her belt. Any analysis of the fight would be countered by the Taylor camp, with their own slant, and the Compubox stats show that the Bray native landed more 'power punches' (93 to 83). Such an appeal would have little chance of success as there was nothing glaring about the final scorecards. 34-year-old Persoon, a policewoman by trade, did not have an automatic rematch clause in her fight contract. That means her best hope of trading with Taylor again is to keep this fight, and the decision, in the news and put as much public pressure on the undisputed champ as possible. Taylor herself has already stated that she is open for a rematch but Matchroom, her promoters, may be eager to move to on to more lucrative targets. Raising and sustaining a clamour is Persoon's best option right now so talk of an appeal, whether it arrives or not, is exactly what she should be putting out there.
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