Three judges who left Manny Pacquiao without winning a story against Mario Barrios are now confirmed that Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford on September 13 in Las Vegas.

Already raising the eyebrows among fans and the media, the Nevada Commission also appointed Thomas Taylor as a judge. The same official supervised the thrilling performance of Pacquiao, which ended with a controversial draw of the majority.

Pacquiao vs Barrios Fallout

In July, Pacquiao, at the age of 46, went back after years, which many considered almost a story about their career.

Although he appeared in the World Boxing News Scorecard (115-113) competition, the fight was considered a draw after the official height of 115-113 Barrios and two cards in 114-114.

As WBN reports at that time: “The verdict proves that there is no sentiment in boxing, because Pacquiao looked like to do enough, but he did not make a decision, not for the first time in his career.”

The result refused Pacquiao the opportunity to become the oldest world champion in welterweight history, with widespread accusations that the legend was “robbed” of the right decision.

Deja Vu for Canelo vs crawford

Now the same judges whose opinion opinion in the whole sport will sway again when the undisputed master of the super medium weight Canelo Alvarez meet with three digits of Terenka Crawford.

With September 13, the world of the world argue that the meetings risk the overshadow of what the organizers settles as the biggest fight in boxing.

Fears of impartiality have already begun to appear on the Internet, and fans ask why the Nevada Commission would recycling the same officials from one of the most disputed results this year.

For Pacquiao it was another bitter reminder of the raw reality of boxing. For Canelo and Crawford, this can be a difference between the undisputed heritage and the next night of controversy.

The fact that very few referees are ever attaining to their decisions is still one of the main headache in boxing.

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