Hubert Earle

Hubert Earle is a Canadian boxing referee and boxing judge, born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Earle's career has spanned from 1980 to the present. The Nova Scotian boxing official has judged hundreds of matches and reffed over 300 fights in local boxing rings and venues across the world. Earle was the first Canadian boxing referee to officiate a main bout at Madison Square Garden. He officiated Joe Calzaghe vs. Roy Jones Jr. in 2008.

Early life
Hubert Earle was born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada.

As a young man, Hubert would attend boxing matches at the Halifax Forum which was his inspiration to become a boxing official.

Career
To become a referee, Earle spent three years working with Bobby Beaton, whom he refers to as a mentor. Hubert Earle's career as a boxing referee and boxing judge would begin in 1980. He would referee his first two bouts on the same night on September 24, 1980, at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. A month and a half later, Earle would go on to judge his first bout on November 11, 1980, at the Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

In the early 1980s, he officiated fights for notable Nova Scotian fighters including Ricky Anderson, Cedric Parsons, Chris Clarke, Ralph Hollet, and others.

Earle refereed his first world championship boxing match in 1986 when Brian Mitchell TKO'd Alfredo Layne for the WBA World Super Featherweight title in South Africa at the Sun City Superbowl. During his tenure with the WBA, he officiated numerous world boxing championships.

In 1990, he judged his first World Boxing Association-sanctioned fight between Virgil Hill and Tyrone Frazier for the WBA World Light Heavyweight title.

During his career, he served as the referee-in-chief for the Canadian Professional Boxing Federation and the Nova Scotia Boxing Authority. In 1996, Hubert Earle was the chairman of the Canadian Professional Boxing Federation's official committee and hosted clinics for referees.

In the early 2000s, he had judged the likes of notable fighters such as Shane Mosley, Winky Wright, and Oscar De La Hoya. On November 20, 2004, he judged the Winky Wright and Shane Mosley II bout for the WBA/WBC Super Welterweight Championship at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. Wright won by a majority decision, and Earle was the judge who called it a draw.

The New York State Athletic Commission appointed Earle as a referee in 2008. He holds the distinction of being the first Canadian referee to oversee a main bout at Madison Square Garden. On November 8, 2008, he officiated a world-title bout between Roy Jones Jr. and undefeated Joe Calzaghe in New York City.

Earle's officiating career spans from 1980 to 2022. According to BoxRec, the Nova Scotian boxing official has judged 100s of bouts and reffed over 300 bouts. He has officiated in local boxing rings and venues all over the world, including the United States, Germany, South Africa, Japan, Thailand, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Indonesia, Australia, France, Finland, Venezuela, Italy, Nicaragua, Panama, South Korea, and Ireland.

In 2020, Earle resigned from the World Boxing Association after 40 years as an international boxing official to work as the Director of Combat Sports and President of the ring officials in Nova Scotia.

Honors and awards

 * Inductee of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame. (2011)
 * Inductee of the Sackville Sports Hall of Fame. (2013)