by David P. Greisman
The referee for the June 20 fight between Adrien Broner and Shawn Porter will be the highly respected Tony Weeks, who was selected for the bout during the June 11 meeting of the Nevada Athletic Commission.
Broner vs. Porter will headline a “Premier Boxing Champions” card airing on NBC. With Broner now fighting at junior welterweight and Porter a welterweight, the fight has a contractual catch-weight of 144 pounds.
Weeks has not worked fights before involving either boxer, according to BoxRec.com.
The judges, meanwhile, will be Adalaide Byrd, Eric Cheek and Dave Moretti.
Byrd has not worked any of Broner’s fights before. She was the judge for Porter’s technical knockout of Paulie Malignaggi and for Porter’s majority decision loss to Kell Brook. Byrd was one of the two judges to have Brook ahead on the scorecards.
Cheek worked an early Broner fight, the boxer’s fifth pro bout, a speedy stoppage of Scott Furney back in 2008. He is not listed as having worked any of Porter’s fights.
Moretti is not listed as having worked either man’s fights.
Leonard Ellerbe of Mayweather Promotions, who identified himself as the promoter of an event that also has Warriors Boxing as a co-promoter, said there were no objections to these officials.
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