Indian boxing coach Shiv Singh on Monday questioned the referee's decision to award standing counts against Sarita and Saweety Boora but refused to term it the reason for their losses.
Former world champion Sarita, who lost a close bout in 60kg against Kellie Harrington in a 3-2 split decision on Sunday, faced a standing count in the third round while Saweety endured the same situation in the second round of her 75kg bout against Elzbieta Wojcik.
Singh said both Sarita and Saweety fell down not from the punches of their opponents and wondered how standing counts were done against them.
"Sarita slipped after her legs entangled with those of her opponent and it was not from a punch. In Saweety's case, she was pulled down. It was not from a point scoring punch," the coach told reporters.
"In case of Saweety, the referee was on the blind side (and so did not see it) when she fell down but still gave a standing count. In case of Sarita, the referee saw it (how Sarita fell after entangling with her opponent) but he also still went for a standing county against Sarita," he added.