The British Boxing Board of Control (BBBoC) is standing by its choice of a British referee for Joseph Parker's WBO title defence against Hughie Fury on September 23.
Parker's promoters, Duco Events, and the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) have criticised the appointment of British referee Terry O'Connor for the bout in Manchester next Saturday.
Parker's American promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank told Newshub that this decision "puts Parker at a potential disadvantage".
But the General Secretary of BBBoc Robert Smith told Sky Sports UK his body won't make an exception to its own rules.
"Our standard policy is to have a British referee, a British judge, an official from the country where the boxer is coming from and another from a neutral country [on the judging panel]," Smith told Sky Sports.
"We advised the WBO some time ago our referee we want to appoint is Terry O'Connor and the judge being Marcus McDonnell.
"We asked them to supply us their names for the other two. They supplied us two other names, which didn't include a New Zealander. When that was questioned, we said we are very happy for a New Zealand judge, absolutely right, got no problem with that at all.
"But we still haven't had any New Zealand judge sent to us from the WBO for approval. That's ultimately their responsibility.
Smith confirmed Duco Events had been in touch to plead for O'Connor's removal but didn't believe it was warranted.
"As far as we're concerned, we've had a bit of correspondence from Parker's team. We have heard nothing from the actual promoter in this country, Mick Hennessey, but we certainly had something from Parker's team, giving us their thoughts.
"We take on board what their thoughts are, we don't agree. We feel on this occasion, there is no need to deviate from our standard policy."
Joseph Parker meanwhile is not letting this distract him as he remains solely focused on training for the fight.
"It is important when you fight that you are on a even playing field but it is not my job to worry about the referee," said Parker.
"My job is to be in great shape and prepare myself for fight night. I'm going to focus on what I have to do. There is nothing to worry about when you train hard and you back yourself. I back myself to put in a great performance and take him out."