Tyson Fury’s side has just responded to the proposal to increase the number of judges to score the classic title unification match with Oleksandr Usyk on May 18.
The proposal to increase the number of judges from 3 to 6 in the world boxing classic heavyweight title unification match between Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk has received feedback from half of the boxer representatives.
The latest person to speak up is the promoter, powerful boss Bob Arum, the head of the Top Rank promotion unit. Currently, Top Rank along with Queensberry of famous promoter Frank Warren are the two co-management units for Tyson Fury.
Previously, the proposal to increase the number of judges from the traditional 3 people to double, 6 judges, was put forward by the president of the prestigious boxing organization WBC Mauricio Sulaiman.
According to this character, adding the expert will “minimize the risk of the most important belt unification match in world boxing history in the past quarter of a century, Fury vs Usyk being decided by controversial starting points.” from mistake”.
“Controversies stemming from unnecessary errors in the scoreboards in the all-important Fury vs Usyk match will kill boxing. Matches like these need to ensure fairness, transparency, and must be conducted. protect against any mistakes that may occur from the assessment and grading work. I will do everything possible to ensure that this proposal (arrangement of 6 assessors for grading) is approved by management agencies, organizational units, and units. The promoter and the fighter themselves approve,” the WBC president once declared.
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In addition to the WBC (heavyweight belt held by Tyson Fury), other organizations such as WBA, WBO and IBF (the heavyweight belts of these organizations belong to Usyk), promoters such as Queensberry, Top Rank ( representing Fury), USYK-17 Promotions (representing Usyk), and Fury – Usyk themselves will have to reach an agreement for the “6 grading appraisal” plan to be approved.
However, boss Bob Arum spoke out against it and it can be understood that Tyson Fury’s side does not want this “historic change”. “6 appraisals might be better than 3 appraisals. I doubt it, although it might be better. You can’t introduce that major change, for the first time, into a match history like this”.
“No one knows if it is better because it has never been applied. Although I respect my friend Mauricio Sulaiman – who loves boxing and has done great things at WBC – I still will not support the arrangement. 6 examiners worked on the Fury – Usyk match,” Bob Arum announced.
Thus, it can be understood that without a “earth-shattering surprise”, the classic belt unification match Fury – Usyk aims to find the absolute world heavyweight boxing champion for the first time after 25 years since Lenox Lewis fought. defeated Evander Holyfield (1999), there will still only be 3 judges to score.
And when the match had not yet started, from Tyson Fury’s side, specifically boss Frank Warren, expressed concern about the referee’s work. In the most recent statement on this issue, Frank Warren asked the organizers to arrange the “toughest” referee in the ring in case… Usyk tries to fight and put pressure.
Frank Warren cited the Usyk – Dubois match last August. At that time, Dubois had a body shot that caused Usyk to kneel on the floor in round 5, but the referee ruled that the punch was illegal because it went below the waist, near Usyk’s crotch.
The next scenario that everyone knows is that Usyk gets up and presses Dubois again before winning a technical knockout in round 9. That victory helps Usyk continue to hold the WBA, WBO, IBF belts and now Now preparing to enter the classic title unification match with Fury.
