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Oscar Rivas' team has revealed they lodged an appeal over Dillian Whyte's choice of gloves before their heavyweight fight.

Whyte outpointed Rivas having been dropped in the ninth round to earn himself a shot at heavyweight world champion Deontay Wilder .

But Rivas' cornerman Russ Anber has revealed Rivas' team lodged a complaint with sanctioning body the WBC after Whyte made a late change of gloves.

In a lengthy statement on World Boxing News , Anber said: "We actually filed an official protest to the WBC prior to the fight because of some things that happened beforehand.

"Our protest was filed before the boxers even entered the ring so it’s not a case of sour grapes because Oscar lost.

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"It all goes back to the day before the fight when we had the rules meeting and glove selection meeting with the various officials and the British Boxing Board of Control.

"To be honest, I can’t begin to express our disappointment with everything that happened.

"The double standards started when we brought an extra pair of gloves to the glove selection meeting and were told we couldn't bring that pair of gloves in. We asked why not and were told it was because they had to be brought in by the promoter.

"Anyway, we ended up not being allowed to submit these additional gloves. Thankfully, we didn't end up needing them but it was an example of what was to come.

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"On fight night, about a half hour before we were set to go into the ring, the Whyte camp suddenly told us they were not wearing the gloves that they selected at the glove selection meeting. Not the number one pair that they selected and not the number two pair either, but another brand of gloves that weren't even on the table at the glove selection.

"Of course, we protested and said, 'What was the point of having the glove selection meeting if you’re going to wear whatever you want?’

"At that meeting Dillian’s representative Mark Tibbs had chosen the two sets of gloves and signed them off. No one said at the rules meeting, 'Oh by the way, if on the night you want to switch gloves you can.'

"To make matters worse, not only was Dillian allowed to wear these new gloves, but he was already gloved up and we weren't even allowed to inspect them. Bear in mind, his camp inspected our gloves – they knew what we were wearing.

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"In contrast we had no idea what they were using because they were allowed to pick whatever glove they wanted, tape it up and put it on.

"Even after we reluctantly agreed to let them make the change we still weren’t allowed to see the gloves. It’s insane and created the impression that something was going on, that there was something being hidden. I mean, if those were the gloves they were going to use all along why not select them and bring them to the glove selection meeting?"

Since the fight, it has been reported that Whyte failed a drug test three days before he touched gloves with Rivas.

The Colombian was unaware of the test and Whyte has yet to comment on the report.