Francois Botha was fuming after a late decision to switch his Sonny Bill Williams bout from 12 rounds to 10 probably cost him victory. SONNY Bill Williams says his controversial title fight win over Francois Botha was always scheduled for ten rounds. This is despite the run sheet for the night stating it was 12 rounds, and the judge's scoring slips being written out for 12 rounds. Botha deservedly lost to Williams on points after an entertaining and highly dramatic bout at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre last night. Botha's camp will protest their client's loss to Williams on the grounds that it was scheduled for the traditional 12. However, Botha's promoter Thinus Strydom said they did agree to a ten round bout on the day even though Botha was adamant he had no idea. The number of times the word re-match was mentioned post-fight lends credence to the belief it was all a show, a WWE style night of entertainment. The only truth that can be found in the sordid affair is that the sport of boxing suffered. Williams pointed out that WBA International title fights can be only ten rounds, not the mandatory 12 for most titles. "I thought it was going for ten, just like the New Zealand title I fought for," Williams said. Our whole preparation was for ten rounds. I pride myself on doing everything above board. I don't have a bad bone in my body. He was punching the back of my head, standing on my feet to stop me moving. I was winning the rounds. He only caught me with a couple of shots at the end. I had never gone past six rounds. I'm just proud of my self that I took on someone of his experience. If we do a rematch, I would love to have one in South Africa, in Cape Town where I have more fans then he has. Hopefully I gave the crowd their money's worth. Botha said the fight was fixed and a perfect example of the country's rotten sporting culture the Australian Crime Commission exposed earlier this week. "There's this whole damn match fixing thing going on here... isn't this match fixing?" he said. In the tenth round I knew I had two more to go. I didn't get to finish him. I want a re-match in Cape Town.