Jeamie "TKV" Tshikeva is confident the British Boxing Board of Control will ‘make the right decision’ when they meet to review his controversial stoppage at the hands of David Adeleye.

The 31-year-old was dropped twice in the sixth round of the clash for the vacant British heavyweight title at the Co-op Live Arena when referee Ron Kearney waved it off.

However, Tshikeva’s team, including promoter Ben Shalom, were seething with the decision after Adeleye appeared to land the heavy left hook which caused the first knockdown illegally.

Kearney could be heard to say ‘break’ twice and even moved Tshikeva’s hand before Adeleye connected with the hook which ultimately led to the stoppage.

Boxxer have since lodged an appeal with the British Boxing Board of Control regarding the fight and as reported by The Ring on Monday, the Board are due to meet on Wednesday to discuss the situation.

Even Adeleye’s promoter Frank Warren, who staged the event in Manchester, has admitted that the referee ‘got it wrong’ and he is now awaiting the Board’s decision.

So too is Tshikeva, who was in a relaxed mood when he spoke to The Ring on Tuesday afternoon.

“I’m not sure what’s going to happen but I do believe that the Board will make the right decision,” he said. “They will make the right decision and we are just waiting on that.

“They have to decide. They know what to do and they will know what the right thing is here. It’s up to them.”

When asked whether it would be disappointing to have a defeat of that nature on his record, he said: “As long as the people know, that’s all that matters.

“There’s not much emotions that I feel. But the main thing is I’m ok. I’m not down, I’m not upset and I’m not angry.”

On the possibility of an immediate rematch, ‘TKV’ added: “We need to assess what show is best. I’m ready to go anytime. Now this could possibly headline its own show in London.”

Shalom had quickly labelled the moment as ‘the most disgraceful thing’ he had ever seen in his career as a boxing promoter and called for it to be overturned. TKV’s trainer Barry Smith, meanwhile, suggested that Kearney was simply not up to officiating such a big fight.

“Maybe he hasn’t had such experience or maybe he just wasn’t experienced enough for those type of fights,” TKV said. “Let’s put it down to experience.

“I feel like if the fight was to happen again, that mistake wouldn’t happen again. The Board would put one in place who could deal with the situation and would be able to make the right decision in the fight.

“I believe I was on my way to victory. I felt like I was winning all the rounds and I was boxing his head off with just the jab. I didn’t really have to add anything else to the variation of the jab. I feel like it was going really well.

“People are reacting to what they saw so I’m happy with how it went and the reaction it has been getting so far. If I was getting beat up and I was losing the rounds and nothing was going my way I guess there wouldn’t be this whole situation. It would have been harder to take if that was the case.”

In the immediate aftermath of the fight Adeleye’s trainer Adam Booth had suggested that Tshikeva had failed to follow boxing’s most simple instruction: protect yourself at all times. But TKV countered.

“I do believe that is true but that is not a rule it’s a recommendation,” he said. “But in that situation it wasn’t about that - the referee said ‘break’ and was supposed to pull us apart. I put my arm out to show that I’m not the one holding.

“He was supposed to break us. At the time I knew it was bad and that’s why I looked at him so confused but he started counting. The referee just got it so wrong on the night.

“I was confused at first with the referee because I was surprised that he was even counting. I thought ‘I’ve got to get up here’ because he was saying ‘break’. He had said to me already that if I throw a shot when he says break again, he will take a point off. I was just trying to obey the referee’s instructions.

“So as we get into the clinch, Adeleye has my arm. The referee is talking to me saying ‘break, break’. I thought he was going to pull apart because he had said break twice and pulled my arm. But just as I was about to turn my head he threw a shot and I didn’t see it.

“When he started counting I knew I had to get up, so I did. He threw a barrage of punches but nothing landed and he pushed me over with his forearm. I looked over to my corner and they said ‘take the eight count and then get up’. If I was out of it I wouldn’t have heard those instructions. But then the referee waved it off and everyone is going mad.

“We were all pissed off with the situation but what can we do?”