Comments Thread For: Parker vs. Fury Referee Will Not Change, Says British Board

[BIGPOPPAPUMP]

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.
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[turnedup]

Super shady on their part considering it's in the contract that the ref has to be neutral.

[N/A]

Super shady on their part considering it's in the contract that the ref has to be neutral.

It's not shady at all. This is how the UK works. British local ref, one local judge, a judge from the country of the visiting fighter and one neutral judge. Standard procedure.

The "contract" has nothing to do with anything. If a fight is schedule for New York and the fighters put in the contract that the ref can't be from New York, New York is going to laugh at you. A contract between two people who have no jurisdiction over the decision is completely irrelevant.

What if we signed a contract with you stating that Nevada must use a pig as the referee? Neither us nor you have the authority to decide that, so what we put in the contract is absolutely meaningless.

[Corelone]

This can go bad for Fury. These guys will let Parker beat on him until he ropes like okra. Parker wasn't impressive in NZ, so he better not let Fury get to the last bell. Fury will get any close rounds for surviving and boxing skilz.

[Karoriori]

Ridiculous. A neutral ref isn't an unreasonable request and should be mandatory really. This muppet Terry is a Fury lover only have to look at the farce he officiated over in the Tyson vs McDermott fight. He will let Hughie get away with holding all night, low blows you name it. Parker needs to connect early he wont get a decision. Dodgy dodgy dodgy. If you're a fan of heavyweight boxing the last thing you want is Hughie holding the belt. Toxic bunch

[PunchyPotorff]

It's not shady at all. This is how the UK works. British local ref, one local judge, a judge from the country of the visiting fighter and one neutral judge. Standard procedure.

The "contract" has nothing to do with anything. If a fight is schedule for New York and the fighters put in the contract that the ref can't be from New York, New York is going to laugh at you. A contract between two people who have no jurisdiction over the decision is completely irrelevant.

What if we signed a contract with you stating that Nevada must use a pig as the referee? Neither us nor you have the authority to decide that, so what we put in the contract is absolutely meaningless.

Except, don't WBO sanctioning body rules override any local rules? Wouldn't that be the logical way to go? As it stands now, seems to me Brit boxing just stepped into a huge steaming illegitimacy dookie pie for evermore. Just my 37 cents worth.

[SN!PER]

All Hughie has to do is let Parker punch himself out.

Once he's tired, unleash the Fury flurries til the British ref stops it.

[Mick Higgs]

As far as I'm concerned (& I'm English) All International title bouts be it World, European or Commonwealth ETC should have neutral officials.

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Except, don't WBO sanctioning body rules override any local rules? Wouldn't that be the logical way to go? As it stands now, seems to me Brit boxing just stepped into a huge steaming illegitimacy dookie pie for evermore. Just my 37 cents worth.

No. Sanctioning body rules never override local rules. The local rules are laws set by the government. Sanctioning body rules are voluntary rules being agreed to by the fighters by their own choice.

Local ref, one local judge and two foreign judges, one of which from the country of the visiting fighter, is a lot better than you'd get in Nevada. Nevada insists on Nevada ref and three Nevada judges.

The Brit policy is far more fair. Nothing shady here at all. This is standard procedure. If the fighters put in the contract that the ring had to be surrounded by alligators, the local government is under no obligation to humor that.

[Lomasexual]

BBBoC needs to do this, otherwise their refs would never get a single job. Who would hire them if they could avoid it?