Atwell suffers another controversial loss

A scene from round 10 of the Clive Atwell/Kye McKenzie fight yesterday in Melbourne, Australia. 

For the second successive time a referee has prematurely stopped a Clive Atwell fight in the 10th round which sparked protests and put another blemish on the prize fighter’s record.

Yesterday, Atwell 12(7)-2-1 lost via a 10th round TKO to Australia’s Kye ‘Frenzy’ MacKenzie 13(11)-0 in their super featherweight fight at the Hisense Arena in Melbourne after the referee surprisingly waved off Atwell following a left hand which staggered him to the ropes.

“It was definitely a bad stoppage because I was still on my