A fight is de­vel­op­ing out­side the ring weeks be­fore Ria Ram­nar­ine steps in­to it to tack­le Japan­ese Et­suko Ta­da for the the WBA, WBC Cabofe and WI­BA world ti­tles at Jean Pierre Com­plex in Mu­cu­rapo. Ram­nar­ine's co-man­ag­er and co-train­er, Boxu Potts re­vealed yes­ter­day that the Japan­ese team of Ta­da has in­struct­ed the WBA to se­lect all judges and ref­er­ees for the fight on April 24. "I am ob­ject­ing to the WBA se­lect­ing the ref­er­ee and judges for this fight," Potts said yes­ter­day. "The WBA can­not con­trol the fight," he said. "They must learn to be cir­cum­spect when they are com­ing in­to peo­ple's coun­try and un­der­stand they are com­ing un­der the aus­picies of the lo­cal Box­ing Board of Con­trol. They can rec­om­mend, not con­trol."

Potts be­lieves that if the Japan­ese could in­flu­ence the WBA on what to do, then they could in­flu­ence the out­come of the fight. "If this hap­pens, the WBA would have a ma­nop­oly on the fight and they would be con­trolled by the Japan­ese. So, the T&T Box­ing Board must se­lect one of­fi­cial from each sanc­tion­ing com­pa­ny (WBA, WCA and WI­BA) and one of their own so as to en­sure fair­play. "Whilst both teams re­serve the right to op­pose the judges and ref­er­ees, in cas­es like these the fi­nal de­ci­sion is al­ways left with the Box­ing Board of Con­trol.

"We are hop­ing the Board would do the ho­n­ourable thing and se­lect neu­tral judges and ref­er­ee." Mean­while, top Amer­i­can fe­male train­er Bon­nie Can­ni­no will be in Ram­nar­ine's cor­ner along­side lo­cal train­ers Barath Ra­moutar and Ul­ric John­son and Potts. Can­ni­no, a for­mer world cham­pi­on, has trained many top fe­male fight­ers, in­clud­ing Ada Valez, a two-time world cham­pi­on in the su­per ban­tamweight di­vi­sion. She will be com­ing in three days be­fore the fight along with Ram­nar­ine, who is present­ly in Mai­mi com­plet­ing her prepa­ra­tions un­der the watch­ful eyes of the Amer­i­can. Ram­nar­ine al­so called for sup­port in the biggest fight of her ca­reer. "Be­lieve in me, trust me, be there for me and I will make you proud."