Octavio Meyran


Octavio Meyran Sanchez is a Mexican former boxing referee.
During his career Meyran officiated at over twenty-seven world title fights including the No Más fight between Roberto Durán and Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980, Wilfredo Gómez's WBC Featherweight title-winning match against Juan Laporte, Gomez's loss in his first defense of that title to Azumah Nelson, and Buster Douglas' Mike Tyson vs. [Buster Douglas|upset win] over Mike Tyson in 1990. After the fight, Meyran was accused by Tyson's manager Don [King (boxing promoter)|Don King] of giving Douglas a "slow count".