The fix is in. Luis Pabon named referee for Joshua vs. Ruiz II

[johnbook]

Is there any ref who has stood up against the corruption?
Prob not. He'd simply never get picked again.

[AKAcronym]

I also like Willis.

Real dude who knew when to step in to stop the slaughter of Lemieux

He's a guy you can tell loves what he does. No one else is that animated during a fight.

[chirorickyp]

You read it here first.
Ruiz gets in trouble, ref steps in quick stoppage.
Or Ruiz goes down, if the count goes to 5, ref stops the fight.
Then they make big bucks on the Trilogy fight.
Ruiz is going to have to go after him right from the bell with combinations and eventually catch him with a big punch to win in any way.

[daggum]

we all remember wilder's 30 second break to buy him time to recover well joshua will be getting a 30 minute break!

[_Rexy_]

He was the ref from the David Haye/Chisora fight and Povetkin/Wladimir fight.

So what you're saying is.....They're training Joshua on how to clinch.

[_Rexy_]

I was worried it would be Giuseppe Quartarone, so that's good at least.

[Ray*]

So what you're saying is.....They're training Joshua on how to clinch.

No amount of training is going to fix that, Joshua doesnt know how to clinch. Doesn’t have an inside game either.

[NorvernRob]

Uhh.. Pabon is not a bad referee. The best example people bring up is wlad clinching, where every knowledgeable sports writer realized wlad clincher because povetkin ran at him all night long. Pabon is well regarded, I have no clue who the troll you're quoting is.

http://theboxingtribune.com/2015/02/21/luis-pabon-to-the-fore/

Also, what fix are you talking about? Aj has no inside game and is not a dirty fighter. The worst ref can do is give aj a slow count or ruiz a fast count, something that will have to happen in front of everyone, and it happens anyway with good refs.


Refs matter when they let dirty fighting go unpunished, otherwise they're all of similar quality. Stop seeing conspiracy everywhere because you hate aj and Hearn.

They’re getting the excuses in early. They all said Ruiz would KO AJ again, but now the fight is getting close they’re not so confident so are trying to cry ‘fix’ and that everything is loaded against Ruiz, which is complete BS.

[dannnnn]

Luis Pabon is a terrible ref. That said, at least it's not Ian John Lewis.

[shenmue]

Ref will not help him when Ruiz throws those combinations, Joshua has to KO him, he ain't lasting the 12 without getting dropped and stopped again.