8CN broke the issue of confusing Whitaker?s earlier in the day today and the issue has taken another more dramatic turn with the appearance of a third Whitaker, Hilton Whitaker II, who is reported by the Star-Ledger to be the judge of the bout in New Jersey.
To attempt to make heads or tails of this issue we received information from credible ringside sources through photo identification that it was in fact IBO executive Hilton Whitaker III.
Just when we had this thing licked or as we thought, I received an email from a Jeremy Levine stating he was VP of the IBO
? Wrong, Hilton. The Judge was Hilton the second, the WIBO Prez?s father as far as I know?
The International Boxing Organization currently has Paul Williams ranked as their #1 challenger for the Light Middleweight title and Lara is ranked #7, and have Whitaker III listed as USBO President on their website.
Whatever the case may be , my personal opinion is that whether Grandfather , Father, or Son , the New Jersey commissioner made a drastic error appointing a judge that was either related to someone who stood to receive financial reward based on the outcome of this bout or an executive of a sanctioning body that stood to gain from the outcome.
Even if it just appears to be a conflict of interest it was poor judgment and lack of due diligence on the part of the State of New Jersey and I know they have more than three people who can judge a fight.
On contacting Boxrec.com, their management is insistent that it is Whitaker III and that they have many listings of him judging fights in the state of New Jersey.
I suddenly get the feeling I?m stuck in an endless game of three card Monte!
