Charr Cut

The management team of heavyweight contender Manuel Charr have made an official complaint against his defeat to Vitali Klitschko at the weekend.

27-year-old Charr, a Syrian-born German, was stopped in the fourth round against the WBC champion due to a severe laceration over his right eye.

The complaint from Charr's manager Pit Gleim has come because the boxer was treated by the ring doctor in Klitschko's corner rather than his own.

"The protest is motivated by a clear and indisputable violation," Gleim said.

"The official rules were given to both teams the day before the fight in a meeting."

Klitschko himself told a news conference that he is bewildered by the complaint.

He added: "Another round, or a maximum of two, and he (Charr) would have been on the floor."

11/09/2012 21:46:35