Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder have been barred from conducting their final face-off at the weigh-in on Friday.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission took the decision on Thursday morning after chaotic scenes at the press conference the previous day.
Security had to rush on stage to separate the rivals and the press conference was delayed by several minutes.
The clash between Fury and Wilder is a rematch of their 2018 classic and it had been a war of words before they came face-to-face on Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Frank Warren confirmed to Metro.co.uk the NSAC had indeed stepped in to stop the heavyweights facing off, while the Commission released a short statement explaining the decision.
It read: ‘The actions of the fighters pushing each other, which wasn’t staged, is not indicative of the image of our sport.’
Warren, Fury’s co promoter, was unhappy with how the press conference was organised, calling it ‘strange’ and questioned why there were no efforts to have security on stage to keep the peace between Fury and Wilder.
He said: ‘It’s a stupid decision, the face-off is traditional. They should have had security at the press conference.’
The weigh-in staredown has long been a mainstay in boxing and is the final time fighters are able to face their opponent before a bout.
Fury and Wilder go to war again on Saturday night inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena, with fans struggling to call a winner between them.
David Haye, who is backing Wilder to beat Fury, slammed the NSAC for selecting three American judges for the rematch.
‘I do not know how there are three US judges, that is crazy,’ he said.
‘How can there be a British fighter versus an American fighter and three American judges? It makes zero sense and I don’t know how it got agreed. He really needs a British judge.’
‘That should have been taken care of, I do not know how that slipped through the net,’ he added.
‘There should have been one American, one Brit and one neutral. Wilder would never have agreed to three British judges.
‘I feel Fury’s best chance of winning is on points but having three American judges just takes away that glimmer of hope.’
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