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The Northern Irishman knocked down defending champion Haskins
in the sixth and 11th rounds with two of the three judges
handing him favorable scorecards of 119-107 but the last judge,
American Clark Sammartino, scored him losing 118-108.
The 25-year-old's promoter, Eddie Hearn, had called for an
investigation into the decision after the fight and the IBF
confirmed that Sammartino had made an error.
"On Saturday, the IBF bantamweight bout between Lee Haskins and
Ryan Burnett held at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Ireland was
ruled a split decision victory for Burnett as a result of an
error with the scorecards," the IBF said in a statement.
"Due to this error... the bout was declared a split decision
when it should have been ruled a unanimous decision in favor of
Burnett. An error of this nature and at this level of the sport
should not have occurred...
"The IBF remains committed to recommending qualified and
reliable officials to work its sanctioned bouts, and is fully
intent on deterring a situation such as this one from occurring
again in the future."
(Reporting by Aditi Prakash in Bengaluru; editing by Sudipto
Ganguly)
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