FANS are fearing Tyson Fury has to knock out Deontay Wilder in their rematch after the announcement that the referee and every judge is from America.
Fury, 31, takes on Wilder, 34, on Saturday in Las Vegas for the WBC title 15 months on from their contentious split-decision draw.
Fans are fearing Tyson Fury will have to knock out Deontay Wilder in their rematchCredit: Richard Pelham – The Sun
The Gypsy King largely outboxed the Bronze Bomber in Los Angeles but was twice dropped, and all three judges scored the bout differently.
Mexican Alejandro Rochin scored the fight 115–111 for Wilder, Canada’s Robert Tapper had it 114–112 for Fury and amazingly Brit Phil Edwards judged the contest a draw with a 113–113 scorecard.
New York-born referee on the night Jack Reiss was hailed for giving Fury the chance to miraculously beat the count after being put on the canvas in the final round.
But Wilder slammed the Reiss’ 10-count, adamant the Gypsy King was given more than the allocated time to survive being counted out.
For the rematch the Nevada State Athletic commission chose experienced and regular Las Vegas trio Glenn Feldman, Dave Moretti and Steve Weisfeld as the judges.
And Kenny Bayless will be the man in the middle of Wilder and Fury – with the WBC sanctioning the decisions.
The all American panel has British fans fearing Fury will be victim of “another robbery” in Sin City.
One said: “So fury will need a KO.”
Another said: “Hope they don’t cheat Tyson like the last lot.”
One added: “Another Robbery in the making!”
After coming within a whisker of winning the world title in December 2018, Fury went on to beat Tom Schwarz and Otto Wallin last year to build his Stateside profile.
And after consecutive wins in Vegas, the unbeaten Brit has no qualms about the US judges – because he is adamant they will not be needed.
Fury said: “No British judges? Fantastic. It was the British judge who went against me last time, hence why I’ve not got a British judge this time.
“I’m happy and will be happy with the judges. They all do a fantastic job. But I’m not going to need those judges anyway. I’m not leaving anything in their hands.
“I’ve been knocking my sparring partners out cold so I’m definitely feeling more powerful. I will win by a second-round knockout.”
Every judge and the referee for the Bronze Bomber’s rematch hails from AmericaCredit: Richard Pelham – The Sun
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
