31.   Reid can be thankful for the excellent handling of the contest by experienced American referee Frank Cappuccino.

32.   Romario was manhandled by the Russians in a match controlled by Mauritius referee Lim Kee Chong while American referee Arturo Angelos was blind to Greek violence on Maradona.

33.   The fighters slugged away at each other but there was too much clinching for the liking of American referee Gino Rodriguez who frequently had to separate them.