Comments Thread For: Ian John-Lewis Downgraded by BBBoC In Wake Of Taylor-Catterall Scoring Controversy

[Smash]

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A Star means u get a book written about u, youngest guy to reach a star status too, aged 37, quite the chap

[Smash]

Barry Hearn thinks the boxing ring is the toughest place on earth, guess hes never been to syria then

[1hourRun]

Damn, just a week shy from being knighted.

[diplo]

Can’t ref or judge world title fights. So probably only domestic fights now. Sure the pay is significantly less..

What's to stop him being 'upgraded' again for some arbitrary reason in the future? And tbh it still doesn't fill me with confidence that he only gets to do lower level domestic fights now- he gets to **** up people's livelihoods and careers who have even more on the line (in terms of their actual lives) now. Good for him.

[joe strong]

What's to stop him being 'upgraded' again for some arbitrary reason in the future? And tbh it still doesn't fill me with confidence that he only gets to do lower level domestic fights now- he gets to **** up people's livelihoods and careers who have even more on the line (in terms of their actual lives) now. Good for him.

I have no idea how it works. I don’t know if it is permanent or if there is a time frame he is downgraded for. I would say it is probably a significant pay cut…

[fistic flow]

Team Fury didn’t bother to get a british licence nor will they allow the BBoC to appoint the ref or scoring officials. The BBoC has finally realized they will be losing out on a lot of money. 41 million purse bid & they won’t get a dime. The Taylor fight has them worried as how many more will side step them after that result? Early stoppages for the visiting fighter. Now they need to do the same to Howard Foster & one other dude that I am forgetting. The 3 amigos. Now the NYSC & NSAC need to do the same to a few of their judges.

Terry O'Connor?

[diplo]

Does a good referee make for a good judge, opinions?

[joe strong]

Terry O'Connor?

Yes sir!!! That’s him! The only fight I saw that he did a good job on was the first Chisora/Whyte fight. For once he let them slug it out without interfering & at one point called them in for a warning but really it was only to give them both a breather as the action was furious. Neither guy benefited more. That was the one & ONLY fight I thought he did a **** up job… Total dud as a judge though & shouldn’t be anywhere near a world title fight.

[Liondw]

The ruling hasn't changed the result, so essentially they haven't done much.

[harry-greb]

He should be downgraded to judging two flies going up a wall