MANCHESTER, Aug 1: The Ugandan boxing judge at the centre of a Commonwealth Games row Wednesday demanded an apology for his suspension from the competition.

David Agong was pulled from judging after the head of the Amateur International Boxing Federation, Prof Anwar Chowdhry of Pakistan, said he was guilty of making “political decisions” in a bout between Scotland’s Kevin Anderson and Asghar Ali Shah of Pakistan.

Anderson won the match on Saturday 29-18, but Agong found himself out in the cold as the boxing authorities made good on their stated intention to clamp down on poor officiating.

Agong, however, saw it otherwise and said that he had not made any decision that was worthy of the suspension.

“I want to set the record straight,” he said in a statement.

“Out of five judges, four of them — Uganda, Canada, New Zealand and England — gave the bout to Anderson. One judge gave it to Pakistan.

“According to evidence at hand there is no political decision.

“I am also not aware of any political rivalry between Uganda as a country and the two countries involved in this bout.”

He demanded an apology from Chowdhry.—AFP