Are all high level officials(refs) involved with corruption?

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  1. TEAM_LOMA

    TEAM_LOMA This is Boxing Full Member

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    I was just re-watching Fury vs Wilder 2 and it couldn’t be more obvious how biased Kenny Bayless was in favor of Wilder which got me thinking...to get to the highest level of boxing...can you be a professional ref and get those big fights without agreeing to some sort of corruption? Can you name 1 high profile ref that has a clean record?
     
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  2. lefthandlead

    lefthandlead Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The best one.
    Steve Smoger
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  3. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    I think it's a bit like athletes and PED's. There's always a number of good ones that make it without resorting to drop to that level.
     
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  4. Jennifer Love Hewitt

    Jennifer Love Hewitt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Steve Smoger.
    Best ref of all time. Let the fighters fight. Reffed every fight the same way. Unlike Bayless who switches his reffing style to favor whoever bribed him.
     
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  5. MorvidusStyle

    MorvidusStyle Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The Bayless bias was quite predictable. Both he and Wilder are major history buffs.
     
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  6. Richmondpete

    Richmondpete Real fighters do road work Full Member

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    This is like asking if all Russian fighters were given steroids as ams
     
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