by David P. Greisman

Robert Byrd has been selected to be the referee for the featherweight title fight between Vasyl Lomachenko and Romulo Koasicha.

Byrd was approved at Thursday’s meeting of the Nevada Athletic Commission. Lomachenko-Koasicha will take place on the Nov. 7 undercard to Timothy Bradley vs. Brandon Rios at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.

Byrd has worked one Lomachenko fight before: his technical knockout of Gamalier Rodriguez earlier this year. Byrd is not listed on BoxRec.com as having worked any of Koasicha’s fights.

The judges selected for the bout were Patricia Morse-Jarman, Dave Moretti and Don Trella.

Morse-Jarman was a judge for Lomachenko-Rodriguez. She has not worked any of Koasicha’s fights. Neither Moretti nor Trella has worked a Lomachenko or Koasicha fight before.

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