Boxing Fans Suspect “Robbery”: Boxing News: Errol Spence Jr. and Terence Crawford will finally battle on Saturday in Las Vegas, and the winner will be crowned the undisputed welterweight champion of boxing. This will be one of the biggest fights in recent memory. Follow Boxing News Updates with InsideSports.IN.
David Sutherland is one of the three judges who will be seated ringside, one week after he declared the George Kambosos Jr.-Maxi Hughes fight a draw.
Errol Spence Jr. vs Terence Crawford Official Judges and Referee Disclosed- “Hell Nah”
At its regular meeting on Tuesday morning, the Nevada State Athletic Commission overwhelmingly cleared Oklahoma’s Sutherland to serve as a referee for the Errol Spence Jr.-Terence Crawford fight.
Additionally, the NSAC unanimously decided to pair veteran Nevada judge Tim Cheatham with veteran New Jersey judge Steve Weisfeld to oversee their Showtime Pay-Per-View main event on Saturday night at T-Mobile Arena.
Harvey Dock, a referee with a base in New Jersey, was chosen to oversee Spence-Crawford. The most recent high-profile fight in Las Vegas, Devin Haney’s close victory over Vasiliy Lomachenko on May 20 at MGM Grand Garden Arena, was handled by Dock, Cheatham, and Sutherland.
As judges, Tim Cheatham, David Sutherland, and Steve Weisfeld will each get $3,000. Referee Harvey Dock, who will officiate the fight and be paid $4,000, will be the third guy in the ring.
Boxing Fans Suspect “Robbery” As Errol Spence Jr. vs Terence Crawford Official Judges and Referee Disclosed- “Hell Nah”
As soon as the judges and the referee for the Eroll Spence Jr. vs Terence Crawford were disclosed, countless boxing fans disclosed their disclosure over the internet, as the judges have made countless controversial decisions in the past.
Fans agree Harvey Dock is a good referee choice, but having the other two judges can lead to similar results from the past fan’s quote “Buyers beware”.
Someone else tweeted “ The usual suspects. This is a robbery waiting to happen”.
Numerous similar tweets have been made on how boxing had been lowering its quality.
Someone else also tweeted “Hell nah man these the refs from the kambosos fight”.
Sutherland awarded Haney a 115–113 victory over Lomachenko in their 12-round, 135–pound title battle two months prior. Cheatham also gave Haney credit for defeating Lomachenko 115–113.
Another veteran Nevada-based judge, Dave Moretti, determined that Haney defeated Lomachenko with a score of 116–112. The 78-year-old Moretti’s final scorecard for the Haney-Lomachenko bout and his 10-10 decision in the second round of the Gervonta Davis-Ryan Garcia fight appeared to disqualify him from the Crawford-Spence judging panel.
At T-Mobile Arena on April 22, Davis knocked Garcia out in the second round, but Moretti didn’t give the victory to the powerful southpaw. Garcia (23-1, 19 KOs) was eventually knocked out in the seventh round by Baltimore’s Davis (29-0, 27 KOs), who eventually sent Garcia to the canvas once more.
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