Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, the president of the World Boxing Association, on Thursday ordered a rematch of a middleweight title fight between Ryota Murata and Hassan N'Dam of France after the bout ended in controversy.

Mendoza also said that two judges, Gustavo Padilla of Panama and Hubert Earle of Canada, are suspended for six months over their scoring of the fight last Saturday at Ariake Colosseum.

"My scoring, as well as the scoring of five judges and the supervisor of the fight were different from that of Mr. Padilla and Earle," Mendoza was quoted by the WBA's official website as telling a news conference.