Comments on: Froch and Kessler tower over Abraham http://boxingwriter.co.uk/2009/07/14/1660/ Boxing news, thought and opinion Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:27:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Southpaw64 http://boxingwriter.co.uk/2009/07/14/1660/#comment-6304 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:44:04 +0000 http://boxingwriter.co.uk/?p=1660#comment-6304 One aspect of paramount importance the die-hard boxing fans have been on about for ages is that they want the best just to fight the best and not avoiding risks by fighting hand-picked tomato-cans in front of their home crowd avoiding losses by all means. Well, this tournament is a big step in the right direction.

Of equal importance, though: Many boxing fans have turned their backs on the sport because of obviously “fixed” fights and totally unfair decisions.
Therefore: As Showtime will put up this tournament along with the promotion teams, I ask myself who will chose the referees and judges for all those bouts?
Seriously, I don’t want Mikkel Kessler to lose a UD against Andre Ward after ouboxing him for 12 rounds without a knockout just because the fight will take place in the US. The same thing could happen to Jermain Taylor vs. Arthur Abraham in Berlin, to Andre Dirrell vs Carl Froch in Nottingham, etc.

Briefly: Make sure, there’s perfectly fair and neutral scoring going on regardless of the fighters and teh venues. Who’s gonna name refs and judges for the fights?

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