At a recent Top Rank boxing event in Perth, a significant error occurred when the ring announcer, Lt. Dan Hennessey, mistakenly declared Nina Hughes as the winner of the women's bantamweight title fight against Cherneka Johnson. This mistake was later corrected, and Johnson was rightfully declared the winner. The incident led to considerable confusion and frustration among the fighters and the audience. The error was reminiscent of previous notable mistakes in sports announcing, including a similar incident involving Stevie Johnston and Jose Luis Castillo. This event has raised concerns about the professionalism and accuracy of sports announcers in high-stakes matches.
Joke of a ring announcer between the ear shattering screaming and screwing this up and reading the previous fight scores in a weird way. https://t.co/nGfQxq5DH7
Announcer Admits βItβs All On Meβ After Error Announcing Wrong Winner In Hughes-Johnson Clash https://t.co/K39xU6ngtT
Boxing announcer declares wrong winner in women's bantamweight title fight https://t.co/rWH0jVwNL2
Awkward moment after the wrong winner of the fight was announced https://t.co/FvXlk28Oie
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"I feel like I've been ROBBED big time!" π€ Nina Hughes on the ring announcer mistakenly naming her the winner against Cherneka Johnson before correcting it π¬ https://t.co/uPlyAFkiJp
Ring announcer Lt. Dan Hennessey reads wrong winner of championship fight https://t.co/vFN4xObulG
Cherneka Johnson takes WBA bantam title from Nina Hughes, after some ring announcer stupidity By @JSantoliquito @trboxing @TheSugarNeekz #LomaKambosos https://t.co/zeHYIKCt4o
Ring announcer completely flubbed the decision!! #LomaKambosos π€¦π»ββοΈπ€¦π»ββοΈπ€¦π»ββοΈ https://t.co/jr9Z1S6mVX
Wait!! Is that the same announcer who fβd up announcing the Main Event??? @espn @trboxing @DiBellaEnt #LomaKambosos
Watch ring announcer completely bungle fight result for Lomachenko vs. Kambosos co-main event https://t.co/j2eNfsca3j
This was incredible and so wrong. Fighters' lives are on the line and so much is at stake if you can't read the cards right don't be the ring announcer. Where is @donsvoice or Mr. Throwdown when you need them #KambososLomachenko https://t.co/r8BV9EIWGR
OH NO! The Ring Announcer in Perth just pulled a Steve Harvey and announced the wrong winner. https://t.co/c6XRcXA1Ok
Meanwhile in Boxingβ¦ this announcer just completely read the scorecards for this fight wrong ππ€¦ββοΈ π₯ @trboxing #Boxing https://t.co/VVCJDcpB9Z
What the heck just happened? Announcer announced Nina Hughes as winner then reverses the call and itβs Cherneka Johnson. Never seen that before. Well, outside of Steve Harvey at Miss World #LomaKambosos #HughesJohnson
The ring announcer for Hughes vs. Johnson absolutely butchered the reading of the cards forcing the fighters to go back to the center after incorrectly announcing Hughes as the winner. Brutal. We are not sending our best to Australia.
The ring announcer sucks. Re-read cards and Johnson won the fight and title. He fucked up reading the cards for Moloney-Guevara also. What a joke. https://t.co/r3FjrSGFFD
Yooo what the hell just happened at this Top Rank event? The ring announcer just read the scorecards COMPLETELY wrong. Never seen someone in that spot botch it so badly. Wow.
The ring announcer called out the wrong winner in Johnson vs. Hughes. Reminiscent of when the scores were added wrong and Stevie Johnston was erroneously named the winner over Jose Luis Castillo.