Here’s the latest available update on Mark Bates, the boxing referee.
- The British Boxing Board of Control reviewed Mark Bates’s performance after the Wilder-Chisora fight and decided not to take further disciplinary action. The Board stated Bates handled a chaotic, fast-moving contest honestly, and no action was necessary.[4]
- Multiple outlets reported that Wilder and others criticized Bates, but official feedback from the Board indicated satisfaction with his overall management of the bout.[2][4]
- Broad coverage noted that if the Board had found issues serious enough to warrant punishment, action could have included license concerns or downgrades, but that was not pursued in this case.[3][4]
If you’d like, I can pull more specifics from those articles (direct quotes, timeline of events during the fight, or the Board’s exact statements) and format them for quick reference.
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Referee Mark Bates was criticised for his officiating during Deontay Wilder's win over Derek Chisora.
www.dazn.comReferee Mark Bates was criticised for his officiating during Deontay Wilder's win over Derek Chisora.
www.dazn.comAfter reviewing the performance of the referee for Saturday’s 12-round non-title heavyweight clash between Deontay Wilder and Derek Chisora, the British Boxing Board of Control will take no further action. Mark Bates, who has refereed 807 bouts since 2017, came under fire from split-decision winner Wilder, Wilder’s manager Shelly Finkel, and multiple voices on social media, for his apparent failure to retain control of a chaotic contest staged at London’s O2 Arena. … Should the Board have...
www.boxingscene.comThe Board’s recruitment drive to find new officials approaches its end and so too does our investigation into the process. With 43 candidates now whittled down to 10, Elliot Worsell reports on the final rounds
pocketmags.comThe British Boxing Board of Control has chosen not to punish referee Mark Bates in the wake of Saturday's fight between Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder.
www.ringmagazine.comThe Mark Bates Referee debate ended with no discipline, even after a night in London that left questions hanging over control, judgment and timing. The British Boxing Board of Control reviewed the referee’s handling of Saturday’s 12-round non-title heavyweight clash between Deontay Wilder and Derek Chisora and decided to take no further action. That decision …
www.el-balad.comThe British Boxing Board of Control has chosen not to punish referee Mark Bates in the wake of Saturday's fight between Derek Chisora and Deontay Wilder.
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