According Russ Anber which cooperates among others with Oleksandr Usyk, Vasyl Lomachenko and Deontay Wilder, says that for half an hour before the ring walks Whyte's team announced it will use another pair of gloves - not the one that was approved the day before at the rules meeting.
Moreover, representatives of Rivas found that Whyte has already put on his gloves, and they were not able to check them, and were able to observe only the beginning of the taping process. Russ Anber said that the issue of the gloves had been challenged before the start of the battle, and the observer from the WBC was notified of the situation.