WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman has given an update on the plan for extra judges ahead of Tyson Fury's battle with Oleksandr Usyk next month.
In February, Sulaiman suggested a significant change, the appointment of an extra judge for the fight in Saudi Arabia on May 18 (live on DAZN PPV). He reiterated this proposal in an interview with OLBG, however, he acknowledged that implementing such a change could pose challenges.
He said: “The proposal is there, and we are going to have discussions but in reality, it is hard to make changes in boxing.
“There is resistance to change and heavy comfort in leaving things as they are and being traditionalists even though we have seen so many fights with split decisions in the last six months and high calibre judges making 116-112 for one fighter and 116-112 for the other last weekend.
“The reason for having six judges is to have more information. The more judges there are, the less possibility of bad scoring that is the reality. If four or five out of six see one winner, then it is more concrete than a split three.”
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