FOREIGN judges have been brought in for Tyson Fury’s grudge match with Dillian Whyte following the farcical scoring Jack Catterall’s showdown with Josh Taylor.
Chorley clubber Catterall was robbed of a hard-earned victory over the undisputed light-welterweight champ last month due to horrific scoring from judges Ian John-Lewis and Victor Loughlin.
Jack Catterall turned in a career-best performance against Josh Taylor but was robbed of victory
Frank Warren was so incensed by the result he’s brought in ‘neutral’ judges for Tyson Fury’s grudge match with Dillian Whyte
Fury and Whyte will throw down at Wembley on April 23
Queensberry Promotion’s bigwig Frank Warren was disgusted by the scoring of the fight, so much so he’s recruited ‘neutral judges’ for next month’s Battle of Britain between Fury and Whyte.
He told iFL TV: There will be neutral judges for this fight. It’s not an issue, it’s agreed. It’s done.
“Contrary to what my PR man, Eddie [Hearn], has been putting out there, it’s been done.”
The British Board of Boxing Control has vowed to launch an investigation into the scoring of Taylor’s controversial title defence.
But veteran promoter Warren, 70, wants incompetent judges to be banned for calling big fights.
He said: “You change it by making people accountable. You do what they do with football referees.
“If a football referees screws for any reason or he’s not put in a good performance or a couple of performances, then the Football League, the Premier League, whoever it may be, the association, they look at it and then they decide what they’re going to do.
“And invariably, if they feel it’s appropriate, they downgrade them.
“You have to do something, you can’t just let them keep rolling over onto the next one.
“And just say, ‘We’re going to have an inquiry, we’re going to have a chat about it at the next board meeting.’
“Have a chat the next board meeting and say, All right, that was bad.’
“And they appoint someone again for a big fight. That can’t happen anymore. It’s got to stop.”
Gypsy King Fury welcomed the prospect of international judges calling the domestic dust-up, telling talkSPORT last week: “I’ve seen an article recently where Frank Warren said there would be no British judges for this fight and I reiterate that as well.
“Those words echo around my training camp. We don’t want British judges for this fight.
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“We want proper, experienced, judges who will do the right thing.
“If Dillian Whyte beats me, give him the decision. Do not try and rob anybody of this fight, give the man the decision, give the man what he deserves.
“If I win, do the same for me. In boxing, these fighters don’t want any gifts, they don’t want robbery decisions.
“People want to win if they win, and lose if they lose. In the game, we’ve seen so many boxing decisions go the opposite way and I’m just thinking ‘what are they watching’.
“As for the fight that happened the other night, both fighters tried their best and done what they could do best.
“It’s not for me to say who won or lost, because I know both guys, but it was a good fight, I watched it and it was a great fight for the fans.
“Both fighters did their best.”
