Judge Adelaide Byrd, who recorded the score 118: 110 in favor of Mexican Saul Alvarez in a fight with Gennady Golovkin (Kazakhstan), suspended from work. This was announced by the executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission Bob Bennett. His words lead the LA Times. "I'm not going to return her to work immediately. She will continue to serve as a judge. but she needs a little breath. A person of any profession can have a bad day. Unfortunately, it did not work very well. the gap in the score was too high, "said Bennett. It is noted that Byrd is not the first time to make decisions that cause controversy among the boxing experts. In particular, she defeated American Timothy Bradley in a fight with Filipino Manny Pacquiao in 2012. The fight between Golovkin and Alvarez was held in Las Vegas on Saturday evening, September 16. The fight ended in a draw: one of the judges gave victory to the Kazakhstan boxer (115: 113), the second (Adelaide Byrd) to the Mexican (118: 110), the third decided that the match was equal (114: 114). In the record of Byrd, there are assignments for 442 combat since 1997. After the match between Alvarez and Golovkin, she was criticized in social networks.

Original article: The woman-judge who gave victory to Alvarez was suspended from work.