Ring Officials Report at WBC Convention in Thailand

The boxers are at the vanguard of the support, while the Ring officials are their guardians.

Considerable practice here of the enhanced scoring system which has a section requiring not just the score, but the assessment of decisive, very decisive, close or moderate.

More than three hundred people attended the two sessions. Firstly the referee essentials and mechanics. Proper signals and precise voice commands. Also the communication of decisions. The assessment of cuts, the referee assessment of the rest period. Then the judges’ analysis of fights, the key elements and factors in determining the score.

Referee of the year is Hector Afu and Judge of the year is Daniel Van De Wiele.