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Boxing judge Terry O’Connor to be investigated as footage appears to show him using PHONE during Ritson vs Vazquez fight

, Boxing judge Terry O’Connor to be investigated as footage appears to show him using PHONE during Ritson vs Vazquez fight

BOXING judge Terry O’Connor is to be investigated by the board of control after appearing to be on his phone during the Lewis Ritson versus Miguel Vazquez fight.

And promoter Eddie Hearn has called for the official to be ‘removed’ if the claims are found to be true.

Terry O’Connor is ringside judging Lewis Ritson versus Miguel Vazquez – but his attention seems to be elsewhere

, Boxing judge Terry O’Connor to be investigated as footage appears to show him using PHONE during Ritson vs Vazquez fight

Many people think judge Terry O’Connor appears to be looking at a mobile phone ringside

A photo was circulated on social media that appears to show the 67-year-old looking at a mobile as he is seated ringside.

Matchroom boss Hearn, who promoted the show in question that saw Ritson secure a controversial points win, called for action.

Hearn shared the photo on Twitter, writing: “If that’s a phone (and I presume it is) then then BBBofC should immediately remove him.”

, Boxing judge Terry O’Connor to be investigated as footage appears to show him using PHONE during Ritson vs Vazquez fight

Eddie Hearn wants action if it is proved the judge was on his phone

And WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman also retweeted the snap, writing: “This image is extremely troubling to any person involved in boxing”.

Now British Boxing Board of Control general secretary Robert Smith has promised to investigate the matter.

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He told Boxing News: “I’m very, very disappointed. This has to be looked at and investigated as it will be.

“I am so frustrated that this seems to have happened. After the hard work we do behind the scenes we have something like this emerging.

“Personally I am so disappointed. I can’t say anything more on this at this point.”

, Boxing judge Terry O’Connor to be investigated as footage appears to show him using PHONE during Ritson vs Vazquez fight

, Boxing judge Terry O’Connor to be investigated as footage appears to show him using PHONE during Ritson vs Vazquez fight

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman thinks O’Connor was indeed on a mobile device
, Boxing judge Terry O’Connor to be investigated as footage appears to show him using PHONE during Ritson vs Vazquez fight
Lewis Ritson somehow won on points against Miguel Vazquez

In terms of the bout he was judging, O’Connor awarded it to home fighter Ritson, 117-111.

This was despite Sky Sports commentators, pundits and even Hearn himself believing Vazquez had comfortably done enough to win the fight.

Fellow judge Michael Alexander also scored it to Ritson, 115-113 with Marcus McDonnell handing it to the Mexican, 116-113.

Smith added that the ‘fight will be looked at’ as he ‘can completely understand why people felt Vazquez had won’.

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The British Boxing Board of Control confirmed to SunSport they would be looking into the incident.

It’s not the first-time O’Connor has been caught up in controversy.

He was one of three judges who gave Callum Smith a wide-points win against John Ryder in November last year.

Many thought Ryder had shocked the champ into his first ever loss. O’Connor gave that fight 117-111 too.

The Birmingham judge was also slammed by promoter Mick Hennessey in 2017 when he gave Joseph Parker a 118-110 decision against Hughie Fury.

Hennessey said that O’Connor had ‘buckled under pressure’.

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