IAN JOHN-LEWIS REF FOR KLITSCHKO VS BRIGGS

[DIRT SUGAR]

Big chance at last for Gillingham's ex-pro and top referee on Saturday as he gets chance to take charge of 'richest prize in sport'. Good for him.

[GlobalBox]

Agreed. "I am the wefawee" has hit the sport's pinnacle and I know he'll do a good job. Good on him.

Can you imagine the Germans with the English into German phrase book - looking under W for wefawee to find out what he is.

Well Done IJL best of luck

[Lenny]

I imagine IJL won't let Chisora take too much of a beating which is good.

[DIRT SUGAR]

I imagine IJL won't let Chisora take too much of a beating which is good.

Wrong fight Lenny, he's reffing Klitschko v Briggs

[Lenny]

God knows how I read that...

I imagine IJL won't let Briggs take too much of a beating which is good.

[lurkyshaka]

He's not a bad referee....but does anyone remember the time he was being announced ahead of a fight and he looked at the camera, started wagging a finger and proclaiming himself No.1....it was hilarious but cringeworthy stuff DD

Thankfully i think he must have seen the tape, realised what a tool he looked and hasn't done anything quite like that since.

[Newport Daz]

He's not a bad referee....but does anyone remember the time he was being announced ahead of a fight and he looked at the camera, started wagging a finger and proclaiming himself No.1....it was hilarious but cringeworthy stuff DD

Thankfully i think he must have seen the tape, realised what a tool he looked and hasn't done anything quite like that since.

yeah, I watched that and he's certainly not done it recently that i've seen. Unfortunalty Joe Cortez hasn't seemed to get the message though. Having said that I've not seen that much of him lately, so maybe it's been decided there's not enough room in the ring for two boxers and Cortez's head!

[jonny]

Well done and good luck to him, good ref

[alexpaterson]

Ian John Lewis is a really good ref! Good to see the British refs getting some big fights!

[Howard Foster]

good on ya mate

[hurlock]

cant stand the nugget myself. i hope a punch stray's & spark's him.

massively over rated & i hope he dont show himself up.

[crusader]

Last fight I saw him work was Aydin-Dan and he did a horrible job. I am not too familiar with him as a ref, but he hasn't done a good job when I have see him.

[ERIC GUY]

him an I used to train together at the now dufunct lonsdale gym in Carnaby street in 87, really nice guy, loves his boxing, and very knowledgable, good to see him get his 1st world heavyweight title job,

[revporl]

Is the fight on UK TV at all?

[whatashambles]

Is the fight on UK TV at all?

Primetime, think it's £8.99

[bennie]

Nine quid to watch two men with a combined age of about 144.

[bennie]

Well done to Ian, incidentally, who is one of life's 'doers'.

[jamesmcdonnell]

Top draw! Nice to see one of our boys get the job. He's also quite young and actually in reasonable shape too, which can only be a good thing with these two beasts.

[Floatlikeabutterfly]

Top Ref, nice guy, good on ya son.