Sad to report that boxing judge Debra Barnes has passed away. She just judged a fight at the Borgata Hotel Casino in Atlantic City last Saturday. A veteran of 32 years at ringside, Barnes was a fixture at ringside in Atlantic City and judged many world title fights including Manny Pacquiao vs. Lehlo Ledwaba, Winky Wright vs. Fernando Vargas, and Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Hector Camacho among others. She was inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame back in 2016.
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Wow – I was at The Borgata in AC, NJ, for this event.
RIP former boxing judge.
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She was a judge in some really big fights. Obviously wasn’t needed but she was on Foreman – Cooney. She was there for Kostya Tszyu’s first loss against Vince Phillips. When Oleg Maskaev knocked Hasim Rahman out of the ring she was a judge and one of my favorite fights ever, James Page – Jose Luis Lopez. She was also a judge for Vivian Harris – Ivan Robinson where Harris won a unanimous decision only to get a draw because they used majority scoring. And like it said, Matias – Ananyan 2, just a week ago.
A life well lived! Rest easy Debra Barnes!
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Just a great woman, sorry to hear of her passing. She was a great judge as well, and we never heard of any controversy surrounding her scoring for any of her fights.
This is very sad news. Judge Debra Barnes was a great woman and a great boxing judge as well. There was never any controversy surrounding her scoring of fights. She didn’t start out in boxing. She started out selling real estate, while attending business school for paralegal studies. She then went to work for a NJ law firm, then later in the legal department of a major insurance company, a position she held for 20 years. During that time, she became an amateur boxing judge. In 1988, she was appointed a professional boxing judge.