TYSON FURY is “crazy” for agreeing to three American judges calling his rematch with Deontay Wilder, according to former world champ David Haye.
The 2018 classic went down to the wire, with Fury getting handed a controversial draw after climbing off the canvas twice late on.
Haye cannot believe Fury has agreed to three US judges calling the fight against American Wilder in Las Vegas
First time around, in California, the state commission sanctioned one Canadian, one Argentinean and one Brit official.
England’s Phil Edwards called it a draw, Canada’s Robert Tapper went with Fury but US-based Mexican Alejandro Rochin – who Fury labelled “disgraceful” – scored it heavily in Wilder’s favour.
On Saturday in Sin City, American referee Kenny Bayless will be assisted by three compatriots in Glenn Feldman, Dave Moretti and Steve Weisfeld, after Nevada picked from their pool of officials.
And Haye cannot understand how Fury’s new team have not protested against the decision.
The former heavyweight king said: “I do not know how there are three US judges, that is crazy.
“How can there be a British fighter versus an American fighter and three American judges?
“It makes zero sense and I don’t know how it got agreed. He really needs a British judge.
“That should have been taken care of, I do not know how that slipped through the net.
“There should have been one American, one Brit and one neutral. Wilder would never have agreed to three British judges.
“I feel Fury’s best chance of winning is on points but having three American judges just takes away that glimmer of hope.
“If Fury believes the judges will screw him them it might force him to fight in a different way, he is a master boxer, a strategist with footwork and double jabs.
“Knockouts are not his thing, he has never looked for them in previous fights but now, if he is forcing the knockout he could fall into a trap.”
Last week, Haye – who has been offered a £100,000 bet by Fury’s dad John that his lad will beat Wilder – revealed he was hearing worrying things about Fury’s sparring form.
In Vegas, the Hayemaker did his best to quash the rumours but confirmed the whispers from the small boxing fraternity are worrying.
He said: “There are just some unsubstantiated gym-talk rumours, I am just not hearing all the glowing reports I was getting ahead of the first fight.
“Sometimes when things are going fantastic you drip out that they are not and other times when things are not going that great you leak the opposite.
“I just heard it has not gone as smooth as the previous camps have, the sparring has not gone as great but that just might mean he has been really pushing it.
“The fact I have not heard great things about his training camp might just mean he is doing harder and longer rounds.”
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Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
