11/14 ESPN: Terence Crawford vs Kell Brook (WBO Welterweight Title)

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Terence Crawford-Kell Brook: Judges, Ref Revealed For Fight
By Keith Idec

Published On Thu Nov 12, 2020, 08:24 PM EST

LAS VEGAS – Two Nevada veterans and a Canadian will judge the Terence Crawford-Kell Brook bout Saturday night.



BoxingScene.com has learned that the Nevada State Athletic Commission has assigned Las Vegas’ Patricia Morse Jarman, Las Vegas’ Dave Moretti and Quebec’s Benoit Roussel to score the 12-round, 147-pound championship bout between Crawford and Brook.

The NSAC also approved Nevada’s Tony Weeks as the referee for Crawford-Brook.

Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs), of Omaha, Nebraska, will make the fourth defense of his WBO welterweight title against Brook (39-2, 27 KOs), of Sheffield, England.

Morse Jarman has been one of boxing’s busiest, most consistent judges since the sport resumed during the COVID-19 pandemic June 9.

She has judged 50 fights in the Top Rank/ESPN “Bubble” over the past five months at MGM Grand Conference Center, where the Crawford-Brook card will take place.

In one title fight during that time, she had Jamel Herring ahead of Jonathan Oquendo, 80-70, when Oquendo was disqualified during the eighth round September 5. Judges Tim Cheatham (80-70) and Julie Lederman (79-71) had Cincinnati’s Herring way ahead as well, although Puerto Rico’s Oquendo appeared to be gaining momentum prior to his disqualification.

She previously scored Joshua Franco a 114-113 winner over Andrew Moloney on June 23. Lederman (115-112) and Moretti (114-113) also scored that fight for Franco.

San Antonio’s Franco (17-1-2, 8 KOs) will make the first defense of the WBA world super flyweight title he won from Australia’s Moloney (21-1, 14 KOs) in their immediate rematch on the Crawford-Brook undercard Saturday night.

Moretti, meanwhile, has submitted a couple cards since June 9 that aren’t consistent with his reputation as one of boxing’s better judges.

He scored the Mike Plania-Joshua Greer Jr. bout a draw, 94-94, on June 16. Cheatham (96-92) and Morse Jarman (97-91) both scored that fight for the Philippines’ Plania (24-1, 12 KOs), who beat Chicago’s Greer (22-2-1, 12 KOs) by majority decision in their 10-rounder.

Five weeks later, Moretti only had Oscar Valdez ahead of Jayson Velez by one point, 85-84, when Mexico’s Valdez (28-0, 22 KOs) stopped Puerto Rico’s Velez (29-7-1, 21 KOs) in the 10th round July 21. Morse Jarman (89-80) and Steve Weisfeld (88-81) had Valdez ahead much more comfortably when their scheduled 10-rounder ended.

On August 29, Moretti scored the Jose Ramirez-Viktor Postol fight a draw, 114-114.

Cheatham (115-113) and Weisfeld (116-112) each gave Ramirez credit for winning that 12-round, 140-pound championship match for Ramirez’s WBC and WBO belts. Ramirez (26-0, 17 KOs), of Avenal, California, defeated Ukraine’s Postol (31-3, 12 KOs) by majority decision.

In Roussel’s most recent high-profile fight, he scored IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua a 118-110 victor over Andy Ruiz Jr. in their immediate rematch last December 7 in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. England’s Joshua (23-1, 21 KOs) beat Ruiz (33-2, 22 KOs), of Imperial, California, by big margins on the cards of judges Glenn Feldman (118-110) and Steve Gray (119-109) as well.

Six weeks earlier, Roussel scored the 12-round, 140-pound title unification bout between Josh Taylor and Regis Prograis a draw, 114-114. The two other judges – Italy’s Matteo Montella (117-112) and Mexico’s Alfredo Polanco (115-113) – scored that fight for Scotland’s Taylor (17-0, 13 KOs), who beat New Orleans’ Prograis (25-1, 21 KOs) by majority decision in October 2019 at O2 Arena in London.

 

[desjardins]

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Maybe this is real or maybe it's a leverage move by Bud to get paid even more to career mode
I'd crack up if Bud hops to PBC and gets a Manny fight before Spence

 

[Agent Mulder]

terence crawford has a ko percentage of 68% at lightweight, 86% at junior welterweight, and 100% at welterweight. as he has moved up he is hitting harder. one of the rarest kinds of boxers: a hard hitting pure boxer.

Have you considered that his competition has declined as he's moved up? I mean, whats his best win at welter? Khan?

I don't like the idea of Bud being ranked higher than the PBC welters. In my book, Spence, Keith, Porter and Danny are far more accomplished and should be ranked higher regardless of their losses.

Kieth became champ by beating Porter and Danny BACK TO BACK

Meanwhile Bud sitting on a throne because he beat Jeff Horne

 

[desjardins]

Meanwhile Bud sitting on a throne because he beat Jeff Horne

Meanwhile all his peers rank him higher than all those dudes, including people on the "other side of the street"
The likes of Ward, Floyd, Joshua obviously see levels in dude. PBC going have 1 shot to disprove what everyone is saying about Bud

 

[patscorpio]

Kieth became champ by beating Porter and Danny BACK TO BACK

he didnt beat porter for a belt, he beat diego chaves for it...he was interim champ since he couldnt get the fight with floyd and when floyd retired the wba upgraded him to full champ

brook beat porter for the belt..beat him alot clearer than keith, spence, and especially danny garcia

 

[Agent Mulder]

Meanwhile all his peers rank him higher than all those dudes, including people on the "other side of the street"
The likes of Ward, Floyd, Joshua obviously see levels in dude. PBC going have 1 shot to disprove what everyone is saying about Bud

he didnt beat porter for a belt, he beat diego chaves for it...he was interim champ since he couldnt get the fight with floyd and when floyd retired the wba upgraded him to full champ

brook beat porter for the belt..beat him alot clearer than keith, spence, and especially danny garcia

For sure. I think Bud getting touched (as usual) and possibly dropped tomorrow.

 

[patscorpio]

For sure. I think Bud getting touched (as usual) and possibly dropped tomorrow.

i dont expect brook to lie down and for sure he will make a fight of it but i also think hes too damaged and lord knows what his stamina is going to be like going down to 147 again

 

[NormanConnors]

If Brook isnt weak from the weight drop. This will be an extremely tought fight for Crawford, he wont be able to bully Kell like previous opponents. It would be a mistake spending a lot of time trying to bang with dude. This is the fight that will sell me on Crawford or not, pending Brook's health. Brook victory for me.

 

[Agent Mulder]

If Brook isnt weak from the weight drop. This will be an extremely tought fight for Crawford, he wont be able to bully Kell like previous opponents. It would be a mistake spending a lot of time trying to bang with dude. This is the fight that will sell me on Crawford or not, pending Brook's health. Brook victory for me.

It sucks that Brook, a guy with 2 KO's against him (and 2 fractured orbital bones to go with them ) who hasn't fought at welter in over 3 years is the measuring stick for Buds greatness. Meanwhile the true battle tested and accomplished welter elites at PBC have to fight each other in order to get their praise. And then in the end, Bud STILL gets ranked higher than them. It's such a turn off.

 

[Apollo Creed]

It sucks that Brook, a guy with 2 KO's against him (and 2 fractured orbital bones to go with them ) who hasn't fought at welter in over 3 years is the measuring stick for Buds greatness. Meanwhile the true battle tested and accomplished welter elites at PBC have to fight each other in order to get their praise. And then in the end, Bud STILL gets ranked higher than them. It's such a turn off.

lmfao word. As far as 147 is concerned Spence’s resume > Bud

 

[NormanConnors]

It sucks that Brook, a guy with 2 KO's against him (and 2 fractured orbital bones to go with them ) who hasn't fought at welter in over 3 years is the measuring stick for Buds greatness. Meanwhile the true battle tested and accomplished welter elites at PBC have to fight each other in order to get their praise. And then in the end, Bud STILL gets ranked higher than them. It's such a turn off.

Brook should have taken a couple years off like Leonard did to give his face a chance to fully heal/preserve. Breh was giving GGG that work across the board before the mishap. Trying to over compensate for impact resulted in the other side of his face getting broken along with him taking a beating on top of that.

 

[aceboon]

If this fight goes the distance and is competitive, a #CrawfordPack watch might be in order. Top Rank might be on the fukkery with this one, all is not good over there

 

[aceboon]

Brook should have taken a couple years off like Leonard did to give his face a chance to fully heal/preserve. Breh was giving GGG that work across the board before the mishap. Trying to over compensate for impact resulted in the other side of his face getting broken along with him taking a beating on top of that.

 

[NormanConnors]

Same as a car that needs rear brakes and not having them repaired in a timely manner, the front brakes try to compensate/make up the loss resulting in them wearing out faster than they should same theory in regards to things that act/run as a unit

 

[aceboon]

Same as a car that needs rear brakes and not having them repaired in a timely manner, the front brakes try to compensate/make up the loss resulting in them wearing out faster than they should same theory in regards to things that act/run as a unit

nikka nonsense