Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk referee was previously involved in Katie Taylor controversy
Roberto Ramirez Jr is the referee for Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury 2
Referee Roberto Ramirez Jr will be the man in the middle when Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk do battle again in Saudi Arabia. And he is no danger to Irish and English boxing fans, who might remember him from Katie Taylor's victory over Chantelle Cameron last year.
After the bout, Cameron's trainer at the time, Jamie Moore, blamed Ramirez Jr for the Brit's loss. He told BBC 5 Live Boxing: "She's obviously devastated, you can imagine. She just feels like this whole scenario, everything was set up for her to lose. We were sort of determined to prove everyone wrong, similar to what we did last time. But she got away with holding last time. I'm not saying-first of all, I just wanna say, for what I was actually watching, it was a close fight, it could have gone either way.
"We were denied a knockdown in the first round, which should have been. 100 per cent legitimate knockdown. I begged the referee in the changing room before the fight, please last time, she got away with holding a lot. My fighter's best work is up close. Please don't let her hold the way she did last time this time. And he allowed her to go on worse this time than it was last time."
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After securing the victory, the Bray brawler claimed the title of a two-weight undisputed world champion before Cameron herself cast doubt on the impartiality of the referee for their rematch. Speaking to BBC Radio Northampton, she remarked: "It wasn't just me and Katie in that ring. If it was, I'd take the loss and say the better women won on the night. I had everything against me. The ref on the night... it was such a high-status fight, why would you put in a referee that no-one had heard of? That's not my job, it's my job to fight. I don't look into who's reffing, who's judging. I'm just frustrated - if I could turn back the hands of time, I would make sure that was all looked into. I've learnt my lesson."
Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk are set to lock horns again on December 21 with the Brit attempting to avenge his defeat by the Ukrainian in May. Victory for Fury could also set up a huge domestic showdown with bitter rival Anthony Joshua next year
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