Roberto Ramirez Jnr will step into the ring as the referee for the heavyweight clash. Ramirez Jnr's appointment has raised some eyebrows due to his controversial role in a recent high-profile women's boxing match.
The Puerto Rican official oversaw the rematch between Chantelle Cameron and Katie Taylor. Taylor won that fight and became a two-weight undisputed world champion. But Cameron's camp wasn't happy with how Ramirez Jnr handled the action.
Jamie Moore, Cameron's trainer, voiced his frustrations after the bout:
"She's obviously devastated, you can imagine. She just feels like this whole scenario, everything was set up for her to lose. We were sort of determined to prove everyone wrong, similar to what we did last time. But she got away with holding last time. I'm not saying-first of all, I just wanna say, for what I was actually watching, it was a close fight, it could have gone either way."
Moore pointed out specific issues with Ramirez Jnr's officiating:
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"We were denied a knockdown in the first round, which should have been. 100 per cent legitimate knockdown. I begged the referee in the changing room before the fight, please last time, she got away with holding a lot. My fighter's best work is up close. Please don't let her hold the way she did last time this time. And he allowed her to go on worse this time than it was last time."
Cameron herself expressed disappointment with how the fight played out:
"It wasn't just me and Katie in that ring. If it was, I'd take the loss and say the better women won on the night. I had everything against me. The ref on the night... it was such a high-status fight, why would you put in a referee that no-one had heard of? That's not my job, it's my job to fight. I don't look into who's reffing, who's judging. I'm just frustrated - if I could turn back the hands of time, I would make sure that was all looked into. I've learned my lesson."