As the weighin was over there was a pre-rules meeting meeting as it turned out there was no agreement between the WBA and the WBC regarding the interpretation about the rules - with of course the WBC cut eye rule in center of the attention. As it was WBC President Jose Sulaimain left the meeting reportedly saying that only the WBA title would be at stake. The WBA supervisor, George Martinez, tried to reach a compromise and leave it up to the rules of the Danish Federation, which follows the ones of the EBU. With EBU President Ruben Martinez on hand as supervisor for the WBC that seemed allright to all but mr Sulaimain wouldn´t give in and the discussions continued. Mogens Palle made it clear that his biggest nightmare was that Beyer, who have a history of cut eye incidents, would walk away with his title after being judged as the winner of a technical decision after being cut - accidentally - a rule that leaves the uncut boxer with a points decuction even if it is after an accidental clash of heads. Two points are deducted if it is a cut ruled to be caused by an intentional headbutt. After a lengthy discussion Team Palle accepted, under protest, the WBC cut eye rule but reserved the right to file a protest if there was any kind of controversy ... and then WBA´s supervisor made it clear that Palle could only protest to the WBC.
Eventually the rules meeting took place with Ruben Martinez reading the rules, with translation handled by EBU General Secretary Enza Jacoponi. Mr Martinez emphasized he wanted a fair fight and reminded the judges and the referee there was a lot of money invested in the fight by the promoter ... then the cut eye rule came up again and for awhile everybody at the table seemed to have their worst case scenario / interpretation of the rule. After a lengthy discussion someone asked if they could pick gloves - and that started the next big discussion.
At the end is was decided that Beyer and Kessler will enter the ring tomorrow night in green Grant gloves. Everybody shook hand and left - from the weighin to the rules meeting was there was about two hours of discussions - most of it around the WBC cut eye rule.