Frank Warren, co-promoter of WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury, indicates that there won't be any British judges for the upcoming fight with Dillian Whyte.
Fury will make a mandatory defense against Whyte on April 23 at Wembley Stadium in London.
There has been a mountain of controversy over the scoring for last month's junior welterweight bout between undisputed champion Josh Taylor and challenger Jack Catterall.
Taylor won a close twelve round split decision, in a fight where many observers had the fight scored for Catterall.
To avoid any controversy, there will be neutral judges for the fight.
"There will be neutral judges for this fight. It's not an issue, it's agreed. It's done. Contrary to what my PR man, Eddie [Hearn], has been putting out there, it's been done," Warren told IFL TV.
The British Board of Boxing Control is currently investigating the scoring of Taylor vs. Catterall.
Warren would like to see incompetent judges punished.
"You change it by making people accountable. You do what they do with football referees. If a football referees screws for any reason or he's not put in a good performance or a couple of performances, then the Football League, the Premier League, whoever it may be, the association, they look at it and then they decide what they're going to do," Warren said.
"And invariably, if they feel it's appropriate, they downgrade them. You have to do something, you can't just let them keep rolling over onto the next one. And just say, 'We're going to have an inquiry, we're going to have a chat about it at the next board meeting.' Have a chat the next board meeting and say, All right, that was bad.' And they appoint someone again for a big fight. That can't happen anymore. It's got to stop."
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