Charlie Edwards kept his WBC title at the weekend when use of a video replay resulted in a’no contest’, but would VAR be introduced into boxing?
The British flyweight was left distraught after a late onslaught by Julio Cesar Martinez led to a third-round knockout, however, WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman immediately overturned the outcome because a’no competition’, citing the governing body’s willingness to utilize’instant replay’ to address controversial incidents.
Following the widespread use of VAR in football, the British Boxing Board of Control confirmed they would be open to debate about the prospect of introducing technologies to assist officials.
Asked whether VAR could be introduced, Robert Smith, General Secretary of the BBBofC told Sky Sports:”I think we’re always seeking to improve things. It had been.
“There’s a lot of things you have got to think about, where you’re getting the perspectives from etc.. Who’s currently supplying it?
“Do not forget we’d 286 shows last year. Are we just going to pick not the shows that are little and the big shows? Do not feel that works, therefore we’ve got to look at it, but ultimately on Saturday it was used.”
Sky Sports pro Matthew Macklin had agreed with all the WBC’s decision to overturn the results after using a play in The O2.
‘That is the ideal choice,” Macklin told Sky Sports. “He was obviously hurt, he did get stuck down.
“He had been stunned from a head , then he definitely got crippled having a body shotlike he admittedhe said I took a knee, tried to get my breath again and after that he was on his knee, then that’s when Martinez struck him with that significant body shot that completely took the wind from him. Absolutely the right decision to call a no contest.”
The BBBofC regularly bring board members to explore issues that are current and Smith says VAR could turn into a talking point.
“We have meetings on a regular basis. We constantly talk about things to attempt to improve the game,” he said.
“If it was determined we’d use it, we’d bring it as soon as we possibly can. Virtually potential, though it had been decided, but as I mention, it had been utilized on Saturday.”
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