Usyk vs Fury 2 fight set for major shake-up after last minute change following coin toss
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A coin toss has decided who will be the replacement judge for Tyson Fury's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk. A last-minute change needed to be made ahead of the heavyweight showdown in Riyadh after one official was forced to withdraw due to due to illness.
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Miami's Fernando Barbosa was not well enough to travel to the Middle East and join the other two judges, American Patrick Morley & Puerto Rican Gerardo Martinez. Two back-up officials, Steve Weisfeld and Ignacio Robles, were then brought in to serve as potential replacements.
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However, the two camps could not come to agreement as to which would join the judging team on Saturday night. After the discussions reached an impasse, Fury's promoter Frank Warren suggested that a coin toss should settle the matter. Tyson Fury and Oleksandr Usyk will meet in their much anticipated rematch on Saturday night.
The subsequent coin toss determined that the Panamanian Robles will serve as the judge. Warren told Sky Sports: 'One of the judges has taken ill of the three that were decided upon. 'There are two standby judges, both of them are flying in and we've got to decide which one it's going to be.
'We want one of them and the other camp wants the other, so I've suggested we spin a coin.'. 'This will get sorted. Use a bit of common sense, and actually both camps are very, very professional and know what they have to do.'. Fury and Usyk clashed in one of the biggest fights of all time in May in Saudi Arabia.
