{"id":124259,"date":"2024-04-11T11:15:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T16:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124259"},"modified":"2024-04-11T11:15:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T16:15:24","slug":"could-fury-vs-usyk-break-new-ground-with-six-ringside-judges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=124259","title":{"rendered":"Could Fury vs Usyk Break New Ground with Six Ringside Judges?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you got a group of boxing fans together and asked them what annoyed them most about the sweet science, contentious judging decisions would be somewhere near the top of the list.
\nIn the past year alone, we\u2019ve seen Tyson Fury saved by the judges in his crossover bout against Francis Ngannou, and Vasiliy Lomachenko reduced to tears after the scorecards ruled in favor of Devin Haney. Not to mention Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall’s rematch in May after the former was gifted victory over the latter in 2022.<\/p>\n

But what can be done about it? Employing better judges would be one move, but boxing is often as subjective as it is objective, and with just three judges at ringside, personal opinions will often play a part in the outcome.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s why a proposed rule change for the unification bout between Fury and Oleksandr Usyk in May has been welcomed\u2026<\/p>\n

Six of the Best<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Those placing a Fury vs Usyk bet<\/a> will already know how close this bout is expected to be, with the Paddy Power boxing<\/a> odds pricing the pair at +100 and -125 respectively \u2013 implied probabilities of 50% and 55.6% (the extra 5.6% is the sportsbook\u2019s over-round).<\/p>\n

So, if these often-shrewd judges have got it correct, this is a heavyweight unification bout \u2013 the first in 25 years \u2013 that will likely go all the way to the cards with the two men perhaps separated by a point or two at best.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the need for clarity and transparency will be vital ahead of the card at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which is why one strategy outlined by WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman \u2013 while received with scorn by the boxing public initially \u2013 is now being revisited as a potential win for the sport.<\/p>\n

Sulaiman wants there to be six judges sat at ringside for Fury vs Usyk, with the fight acting as a guinea pig for a potentially permanent change of direction in the future.<\/p>\n

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Shakur Stevenson on Devin Haney UD Vasyl Lomachenko: “Lomachenko should be the undisputed champion. He won. He won that fight.”<\/p>\n

\u2014 Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) May 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n