Tyson Fury’s heavyweight fight with Oleksandr Usyk is just one day away, and the rival camps are in a tussle over a replacement official.
Usyk will face Britain’s Fury in a rematch this Saturday live on the Riyadh season bill. Sky Sports box office.
Usyk’s WBO, WBA and WBC championships will continue.
Fernando Barbosa was supposed to be one of the three judges on the night of the fight, but due to illness he could not travel to Riyadh.
Two officials are brought in to replace him, but the two respective fight teams are divided on which referee should be used on fight night, and promoter Frank Warren suggests a coin toss to settle the matter.
It is a dispute, which the commission must find a way to solve.
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