Tyson Fury’s conflict with Oleksandr Usyk set for main rule change because of WBC

Tyson Fury’s upcoming battle with Oleksandr Usyk may have six judges as an alternative of three. Fury was purported to battle Usyk in Saudi Arabia however needed to withdraw from the bout as a result of he suffered a minimize over his eye whereas coaching.

They’ve moved the battle to May 18. WBC chief Mauricio Sulaiman is frightened that one dangerous rating may mess up this necessary battle. It’s a giant deal as a result of the winner would be the first undisputed heavyweight champion since 1999. He thinks having extra judges may cease any issues with the scores.

“That is my recommendation. We will see,” he informed Sky Sports. “Boxing is a sport in which change is very difficult to get. We’re purists, traditionalists, we don’t want changes. I will continue to make the proposal. Some like the idea, some of the people in the decision-making process. We will see.

“Anybody can have a foul night time. If you have got one choose have a foul night time and the 2 others get it right, you continue to save the battle. You have two judges with a tough battle after which one spherical can shift the entire consequence. If you have got extra officers then the potential for a fallacious rating goes to a minimal. That’s the one intention to verify there isn’t any controversy.

“We had proposed to use five judges or six judges. However that was not considered. It did not happen. I would still recommend. We do have a remote scoring system which is used for training and evaluating ring officials from all over the world. They score live in the WBC system that we developed. We have found through fights done in this system that the more officials that score a fight, the less possibility of a wrong decision.”

Sulaiman admitted his thought of additional judges continues to be in a basis section, however is hopeful that video replay might be used for the undisputed battle after beforehand utising it for Fury’s battle with Francis Ngannou.

“The initial idea was to put together specific guidelines of the usage of instant replay and we’re in that process. So we’re going to work with the producers of the feed to see what equipment and what communications are needed, what the review panel will be, just go into details,” he added.

“The idea of having the possibility of reviewing a major controversial happening inside the ring, to make the right decision, the right call at the time is basically it. To have the absolute certainty that there will not be a controversy. That in a fight of this magnitude would be absolutely unacceptable.”