How are refs picked?

[Hitman932]

hey morons, the question was..

"how are refs picked?"

not

"who is your favorite ref?"

maybe someone can answer the actual question please.

[Dice]

relax bro, its only the net, and if you looked you'd see that I already answered it.

The Atletic Commissions simply pick the refs, the sactioning bodies pay them.

[Dice]

A ref is important tho, if Smogar wasn't the ref, Pavlik would have been stopped. He got dropped then was wobbly, anyone else would have waved it off. Thats why I love Smoger, however the fights in Vegas so Smogar probably won't ref it, the job can go to Bayless, Caiz, but may like land with Joe Cortez

[kforbs126]

I don't think they'd let Smoger do 3 straight Pavlik fights, probably wouldn't look good.

Anyone know who's the ref?

Also anyone else going to the fight?

Been to a lot of Pavlik fights but this is the first one I haven't been able to go to in a long time...

[Dice]

Damn Las Vegas lol but hey he's in the big time now so us lil guys are stuck watchin it on tv

[typeone]

As long as Cortez is not involved they can pick who they wont the fella is a bum Bandit big time!!

[Pantera2000]

No no no... The athletic commission does not pick the ref and judges.
The promoter who is putting on the show pics them. For big fights, both promoters need to agree on who the judges and refs are. Sometimes one side will get to pick a ref and one judge and the other gets the other two judges. It is not as easy as it seems. Sometimes there is a long battle before the two sides can agree.

For mandatory title fights, the sanctioning bodies can choose the refs and judges and it is very hard to make any changes.

[Texanballer]

better question is asking how they are picked for fights over seas. I see american judges almost all the time in Germany and Japan and other places, a month ago or so Joe Cortez did a WBO Title fight in Argentina. Last month Bayless also did a fight in Japan

[Dice]

Well wen I did my research to become a ref, it states the athletic commision picks the ref but a promotor may ask for another one if the ref has a bad history

[STEELHEAD]

type of gloves, size of ring, who refs,future fights,etc are usually bargaining chips between the two fighters and thier promotors. ask floyd about oscar!
after its decided then the promoters puts it in front of the commision and sanctioning body. don king runs and owns the wbc and *********.cm