I’ve heard nothing new on the selection of a referee for the Antonio Margarito-Manny Pacquiao bout Nov. 13 in Cowboys Stadium but one obvious solution would be for Texas to ask Nevada to lend lease either Kenny Bayless, Tony Weeks or Vic Drakulich for the job.
Then again, would Nevada then be somewhat bestowing its imprimatur on Margarito, a fighter that state’s commission saw fit not to grant a boxing license to?
Some of the haughty NSAC commissioners who weren’t ready to give Margarito a second chance until he got clearance and some absolution from California might look askance at that.
But the Nevada boxing board does not “own” its officials.
On the other hand, Nevada officials, refs and judges, have quite often worked outside the Silver State. In North Dakota, for example, promoters have been able to bring Nevada rules, regulation and personnel to their shows.
There has also been numerous times when Nevada refs and judges spanned the globe working title bouts for one governing body or another.
Margarito-Pacquiao is for the WBC Silver super welterweight crown, another new invention from the Sulaiman Clan.
