Greg Cohen lodges protest to CSAC following Dinu’s loss to Pulev.

The Promoter of Heavyweight Bogdan Dinu, Greg Cohen has filed an appeal for the Change of Decision, with the California State Athletic Commission for his fighter, following his knockout loss against Kubrat Pulev on March 23 at The Hangar in Costa Mesa, California.
The details of the lodged protest underlines Pulev’s repeated rabbit punches, including an ‘Intentional’ shot to the back of Dinu’s head shortly before the stoppage, as the fighter was “On his knees and defenceless.”
Pulev was penalized a point by referee Raul Caiz for the foul, and when the action resumed Dinu was knocked down twice more by borderline legal punches clearly landing close to the back of his head before the bout was halted at 2:40 of the 7th, being scored as a TKO victory for the Bulgarian.
The California commission has agreed to hear out Cohen’s appeal, with a hearing date scheduled for May 14th..
It’s very rare that any commission changes a fight result on the strength of an appeal hearing, after the facts.. undermining the officiating at the time.. Pulev did land shots that appeared illegal during the bout, but in the instance of the rabbit punch that was thrown ‘Intentionally’ as Dinu was on his knees, to Pulev’s defence, Bogdan was dipping and crouching low, repeatedly just prior to going to his knees.. In a fight where the highly ranked Pulev was cut and anxious to put his opponent away, there is a case for the accused fighter being unsighted in the specific instance.. Pulev is no saint, and the fight wasn’t his finest hour, but I doubt that Mr Cohen and his fighter will find success from the appeal.. I don’t blame Greg for his claims, it’s his business and in the same position I’d probably represent my fighter in the same way.