Who is Giuseppe Quartarone, the referee at the middle of Joshua vs Parker and what other big fights has he officiated?
The KO kings went the distance at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, where the Brit won in a unanimous points decision
ANTHONY JOSHUA beat Joseph Parker to unite the heavyweight championship titles in a blockbuster bout tonight.
The KO kings went the distance at the Principality Stadium, Cardiff, where the Brit won in a unanimous points decision.
He took the scorecards 118-110x2 and 119-109, to add the IBO strap to his WBA, IBF and IBO belts.
But it was referee Giuseppe Quartarone who took all the headlines with a dreadful performance officiating the bout.
Every time the two fighters came close and were about to explode, the Italian would get in the way and break them up.
Twitter exploded with fury at the ref, claiming he had ruined the showdown.
Anthony Joshua beats Joseph Parker on points to move one step closer to becoming undisputed heavyweight champion of the world
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Quartarone has previously officiated fights involving Scott Quigg, Martin Murray, Chris Eubank Jr and Kid Galahad.
His most recent UK appearance was at York Hall last December for Katie Taylor’s WBA title defence against Jessica McCaskill.
Quartarone has experience of heavyweight fights having refereed Alexander Povetkin’s WBA title win over Cedric Boswell seven years ago.