Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford are less than one month away from their highly anticipated ‘super-fight’.
Crawford is making the move up to super-middleweight for the first time in his career, going up against a man that has dominated the division since making the move up from 160lbs back in 2018.
Canelo began his second reign as undisputed champion at 168lbs on May 3, when he defeated Cuba’s former IBF world super-middleweight champion William Scull at the ANB Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
As the fight edges closer, it has now been revealed which referee and three judges will oversee the monumental showdown between Canelo and Crawford in Las Vegas next month.
Veteran referee Thomas Taylor will be the third man in the ring on fight night, whilst judges Tim Cheatham, Max DeLuca and Steve Weisfeld will be tasked with scoring the bout at ringside, the exact same quartet that was involved with Manny Pacquiao‘s controversial draw with Mario Barrios last month.
Pacquiao made a sensational return to the ring against the reigning WBC world welterweight champion at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on July 19, making his first ring appearance since the summer of 2021.
After a competitive 12-round battle. the fight itself was declared a majority decision draw, with two out of the three judges scoring the bout 114-114 even, whilst the other had it 115-113 in favour of Barrios.
It has been argued that the Filipino icon had done more than enough to walk away victorious and become the oldest world welterweight champion of all time, but it wasn’t to be for the 46-year-old.
The decision to use the same referee and judges in the huge clash between Canelo and Crawford has the boxing world talking, with fans and analysts left wondering whether there will be even more controversy when the pound-for-pound stars meet in just three weeks.
