It’s often said controversy and boxing go hand-in-hand.And Saturday night’s ‘All or Nothing’ WBC & WBA middleweight unification championship bout between Teresa Perozzi and Tori Nelson at Fairmont Southampton was perhaps another example of just why.An enthralling and bruising battle that could have gone either way ended in disbelief for many as the 10-round bout was declared a majority draw.After the final bell rang both camps felt their fighters had done enough to walk away with both belts on offer.But much to the astonishment of just about everyone in the building, two of the three judges thought otherwise.Judges Lynn Carter (USA) and Claude Paquette (Canada) both scored the fight 95-95 while local judge Vic Richmond scored it 98-93 in Perozzi’s favour.The outcome means Perozzi (8-4-2) retains the WBA belt while the WBC belt, once held by Nelson (6-0-2), remains vacant.The fighters swapped blows for most of the night, with Perozzi perhaps holding a slight edge in the earlier rounds before the pendulum swung Nelson’s way towards the end of the fight.Nelson tried to soften Perozzi up with some short uppercuts to the body and whenever opportunity presented itself went to work upstairs.Perozzi countered with some combinations and left hooks and relied on her jab and footwork to try and keep the stalking Nelson at bay.After the dust had settled, Perozzi insisted she was the better fighter and deserved to win both belts.“I definitely feel I won the fight and even more so now,” she said. “I was certainly the better boxer and clearly won the first half of the fight so I’d probably give her three rounds.”Perozzi was far from satisfied with the outcome of the entertaining fight.“Even though I successfully defended my belt a draw doesn’t feel good and the fact they are taking the WBC belt back on the plane doesn’t feel good to me it’s still vacant,” she said. “I am disappointed and don’t feel good about it.”There were times when Nelson’s relentless punches appeared to take their toll on Perozzi.However, the local southpaw said her opponent’s punches flattered to deceive.“A lot of what she landed may have looked better than it actually was,” she said. “I don’t want to take anything away from her because she’s tough, got a good heart and keeps coming forward, but there wasn’t a lot on it that I couldn’t handle. I’ve definitely been hit a lot harder before in the past.”Perozzi admitted her fight strategy did not go as originally planned.“I didn’t stick to the game plan quite as well as I’d hoped,” she said. “Looking back there are some things I could’ve and should’ve done that would have made things more convincing in the judges’ eyes.”American Nelson, who has yet to be beaten as a pro, also felt she had won an absorbing slugfest with Perozzi that kept fans on the edge of their seats.“I thought I had it won but obviously the judges thought otherwise,” she said. “But it really isn’t what I think and I can’t argue with the judges.“They have the judges for a reason and they judge what they see. God’s will was done and if it wasn’t he knows how to fix it.“I felt I did what I was supposed to do but I guess it wasn’t enough. I thought she fought a good fight and it is what it is.”Should the opportunity present itself, Perozzi said she would go toe-to-toe again with Nelson in a rematch.“I don’t have to give her one (rematch) because there’s nothing in our contract,” she said. “But I would definitely give her a rematch because I want to convincingly beat her now.”Nelson said she too would love a rematch, preferably in her native Virginia, USA.“I would prefer to have it in my own state,” she said. “I just have to go back and do my training all over.”In the remaining professional boxing bout, featherweight Jennifer Salinas, known as ‘the Bolivian Queen’ moved a step closer to a shot at a title after recording a points win against Karen Dulin. Salinas controlled the entire six-round contest and was never really tested by her American rival.The main kick-boxing event saw Canada’s Daniel Kechecgo claim the AMTAC Intercontinental Middleweight Championship by edging Bermuda’s Sentwali Woolridge on points.Local junior middleweight fighter Nikki Bascome warmed up for his upcoming Dynamic Fighting Championship title bout in Florida with a solid display in an exhibition match with Canadian Justin Garant. Bascome stood in for compatriot Chris Wilson who withdrew at the 11th hour through injury.Recording a maiden win as an amateur at the first attempt was Royal Gazette senior sports reporter Stephen Wright who cruised to a comfortable points win over Deondre Burgess.