Richards, 33, somehow ended up on the end of a defeat in the eyes of the judges despite appearing to dominate throughout their 12 rounds at Montreal Casino Thursday night.

Judge Nicolas Esnault had the Londoner winning 116-112 but both Rodolfo Aguilar and Ricardo Duncan scored 115-113 in favor of Ramirez in what was widely considered one of the worst decisions of the year.

The pair had met in a rearranged clash for the WBA interim light heavyweight title and now The Ring has learned that Richards (19-2, 4 KOs) and his management team will lobby the sanctioning body about last week's result.

Having returned to the UK on Friday evening, Richards traveled to central London Monday morning for a meeting with S-Jam to decide how to proceed. It is understood that their appeal will be lodged in the next 48 hours.

Richards told The Ring: "Honestly the last few days have just felt like a blur. It's been three days and been a blur.

"I'm waking up every morning and it’s almost like I'm thinking 'did this actually happen?' It was a robbery, simple as that.

"I need justice in this because he did not win the fight. I've watched it back and even being harsh on myself I won that fight 10-2 in rounds, at worst it was 9-3. That's enough to win a fight, it's not even close.

"I think the result should be overturned and if not, it should be a no contest because I should not have that on my record. The correct thing to do would be order an immediate rematch for the belt."

Richards was supposed to face Venezuelan Ramirez (23-0, 19 KOs) on February 5 but the fight was postponed just 24 hours prior. The WBA confirmed the news after Ramirez was diagnosed with acute appendicitis.

Once Ramirez had recovered, the fight was then rescheduled for June 4. It looked like it had been worth the wait for Richards, who screamed in celebrations at the end of a contest he was certain to have dominated.

After the result was read out, Ramirez is said to have apologized to Richards' trainer Dave Coldwell and admitted the Brit should have got the nod.

Despite the judges' decision, Richards has now entered The Ring's 175-pound rankings at No. 8 while Ramirez, 34, has dropped from No. 3 to No. 9.