Farewell to the King of Rings: Kenny Bayless Steps Down After 40 Years

Legendary referee Kenny Bayless is hanging up his whistle after 40+ years in the sport. Bayless, one of the best refs in the game, has worked many of the biggest fights during his career as an official and is viewed as one of the fairest.

For the fans that have been watching boxing over the years, they’ll remember Bayless for the Manny Pacquiao. Kenny worked some of the biggest fights in Las Vegas, involving the likes of Canelo Alvarez, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Deontay Wilder, Roy Jones Jr., and Many others.

Some of Bayless’ fights he’s officiated during his career:

– Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez – 2012
– Erik Morales vs. Paulie Ayala
– Bernard Hopkins vs. Oscar De La Hoya
– Roy Jones Jr. vs. Antonio Tarver
– Antonio Margarito vs. Kermit Cintron
– Shane Mosley vs. Fernando Vargas
– Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton
– Ricky Hatton vs. Paulie Malignaggi
– Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Michael Katsidis
– Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Shane Mosley
– Vitali Klitschko vs. Kevin Johnson
– Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto
– Mike Alvarado vs. Mauricio Herrera
– Erik Morales vs. Pablo Cesar Cano
– Paulie Malignaggi vs. Jose Miguel Cotto
– Andy Lee vs. Matt Karobov
– Alexander Povetkin vs. Carlos Takam
– Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos Maidana
– Adrien Broner vs. Carlos Molina
– Tim Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao
– Floyd Mayweather vs. Canelo Alvarez
– Jessie Vargas vs. Manny Pacquiao
– Canelo Alvarez vs. Amir Khan
– Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez vs. Arthur Abraham
– Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Andre Berto
– Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
– Keith Thurman vs. Manny Pacquiao
– Tyson Fury vs. Thomas Schwarz
– Lucas Matthysse vs. Manny Pacquiao
– Danny Garcia vs. Brandon Rios
– Oleksandr Usyk vs. Mairis Briedis
– Gennadiy Golovkin vs. Canelo Alvarez
– Canelo Alvarez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr
– Carl Frampton vs. Leo Santa Cruz
– Oscar Valdez vs. Shakur Stevenson
– Keith Thurman vs. Mario Barrios
– Josh Taylor vs. Jose Ramirez
– Shakur Stevenson vs. Toka Kahn Clary
– Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury
– Carl Frampton vs. Tyler McCreary
– Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz

Kenny Bayless has announced that he is retiring at the age of 73, after over 40 years as a boxing referee… pic.twitter.com/OP0vEn40Wu

— Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) December 29, 2023