The heavyweight unification bout between Tyson Fury vs. Oreksandr Usyk will be staged in Saudi Arabia on May 18, and the fight was originally scheduled to kick off this month, but unfortunately had to be canceled and postponed due to Fury's injury in action.
With the big game approaching, the WBC officially proposed this week that it wants to add five new scoring judges to the Fury vs Usyk match, in order to ensure that the victory is undisputed.
In an interview with Sky TV, WBC president Mauricio Suleiman said that due to the importance of the match, more referees need to be brought in, and Suleiman even said that more than five referees could be added.
Suleiman said"Here's my advice, let's wait and see. Boxing is a very difficult sport to change, we are purists, traditionalists, sometimes we don't want to change, but we make suggestions, some people like the idea, some people are thinking about it. We have recommended it beforeFirst name or 6referee, unfortunately it was not adopted, but I still recommend considering it. ”
In recent years, in order to improve the mechanism of professional boxing, the WBC has introduced a series of measures, such as the establishment of a rating agency for judges, the purpose of which is to supervise their work well and prevent referees from making mistakes and missing judgments in matches.
Suleiman said"We have a remote grading system for evaluationwbcReferees around the world will have their work carried out in real-time in this system. Through scoring, we found that those judges who scored higher were less likely to make a bad decision. ”
Suleiman admits that refereeing is an important part of professional boxing, and if there is a deviation, it will have an irreparable impact, which is why he called for five more referees. Normally, there are three scoring judges in a boxing confrontation, but in Suleiman's opinion, five scoring judges will further ensure that the match is fair and impartial.
Suleiman said"Anyone can have a bad night, and that's making bad judgments, bad decisions, and if one referee has a bad night and the other two get it right, it can still save the game. However, when both referees are in a tough moment, the possibility of mistakes in the game is minimized if there are more referees, which is the sole purpose of ensuring that there is no dispute. Now, we're in the middle of itThe biggest heavyweight fight of the year, you have to do your best. ”
In addition, Suleiman stressed that in the Fury vs Usyk match, it is necessary to increase the intensity of replay. Suleiman pointed out that the replay usually occurs during the break, but once there is a problem in the game, when the competition is suspended, the staff in the audience need to present the replay as quickly as possible, so that both the referee and the audience will be clear at a glance, and the referee will make a more accurate judgment according to the actual situation, the purpose is also to prevent mistakes.
Suleiman said"On this issue, we're going to focus on working with the best editors, switchers, to see what kind of equipment and communications they need, like Richard, who did last yearIn Edwards' match, his eye socket was injured in the confrontation, and the referee believed that it was caused by a heavy punch, but the British Boxing Committee quickly replayed ** on the big screen and found that it was caused by a head collision, so the mistake was avoided. ”
Suleiman added:"The current controversy of the competition needs to be reviewed in time and the right decision is made, only then there will be no controversy, especially in major events, mistakes are absolutely not acceptable. ”
It may be worth considering whether the WBC's proposal to add five referees will be able to do so in the May battle between Fury and Usyk, but if it does, it will be a huge change for professional boxing, and even if it is not implemented now, it may be implemented in the future, and in the final analysis, as long as it is beneficial to the sport, then it is worth implementing and promoting.