Cortez tainted Floyd’s Victory

Cortez just refereed normally. Hatton and Hattons fans are just used to seeing him get away with a lot of wrestling and were shocked that he wasnt on this occasion. He had it comming. Its his own fault for being so damn 1 dimensional that when a referee takes away his clinching ability he finds himself lost for tactics and hope.

 

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Really, its a perfect illustrations of Hattons sever limitation as a boxer. Can you imagine another fighter so adversly affected by and dependent on the way a referee officiates a fight? No. Compare that to Floyd, who was comfortable on the inside, boxing on the outside, off the ropes, toe to toe, whatever. You cannot come into a fight with all your eggs in one basket. The fact that Hatton was like a lost puppy and sulking after round 6 because he couldnt hang all over Floyd shows he is an extremely incomplete boxer.

 

i don't think so. pbf won and people gave credit to him. the only people who think that the result would have been different without cortez as the referee are the brits.

cortez or no cortez, pbf whips hatton. end of story

 

I have a hard time understanding this. Mayweather clearly was better on the inside during the fight, so Cortez referreeing was irrelevant! Maybe Cortez should have tired Mayweathers hands together and allow Hatton a free for all hugfest.

 

I wanted Hatton to win, but this is really getting embarrassing. If people are really thinking that the ref. changed the outcome of this fight then quit whining and lobby like *******s for a rematch with Smoger as the ref. Hell, try to get the ring shrunk, and get the fight in England. The main thing I never expected was for Hatton to lose his cool and get desparate after the 1 point deduct. Great fighters rarely, if ever do that! They make adjustments and that's what Floyd does as well as anyone and Hatton proved he does not. Even if the KO did not happen, Floyd has an even bigger advantage in a rematch than fight #1 because he learned way more about Hatton than Hatton knows about Mayweather. If Hatton fans sack up and back their man instead of make excuses, I imagine I'd root for him again in a rematch, because even with all his flaws he fell on his shield.

 

Jeez ! how many times is that insult slung around !

The guy was just giving his thoughts on this fight. There is no quesion Cortez was tougher on Hatton than he was on Mayweather. Would a different ref have resulted in a different reslult ? probably not but a different fight ? almost certianly yes.

Im a brit and a Hatton fan who admits Mayweather was the better man and fought the better fight but that doesnt change the fact that for the first 4 rounds ( at least ) Cortez was firm but NOT fair.

( Perhaps the noise during the National Anthem pissed him off a little ?)

 

Cortez did an excellent job.
Ricky Hatton is one of the dirtiest fighters in the sport.
He malls, bulls, butts, wrestles, holds, etc.
Well. Floyd gave him some of his own medicine.
Cortez did what he had to in order to keep it a boxing match and to avoid a foulfest possibly leading to a disqualification.
Fair but firm.
Because Hatton couldnt out box Floyd, didnt give him the right to make it a street fight full of fouls.
Boxing is about throwing punches, blocking, parring, slipping, bobbing, weaving and hitting your opponent on the chin.
Ricky sure lost that one.

 

Having watched the fight again I don't think Cortez did as bad a job as I initially thought. In the first couple of rounds he was awful, he broke them up at every opportunity and didn't allow them the chance to engage on the inside. He was clearly aware of the the possibility of controversy if Hatton was allowed to hold on excessively. In fact he seemed to not realise that it was more often Mayweather not Hatton who was initiating the clinches.

By the 3rd round he was more composed and allowed them to fight in close which initially favoured Hatton. But as the fight progressed Mayweather actually started beating Hatton at his own game. He got off first then tied Hatton up in close.

If a referee had allowed Hatton to fight his fight he still would have lost as Mayweather beat him at his own game. If you had a ref that broke up every clinch, Mayweather would have won from the outside.

If anyone was to blame it was Hatton. He was very competitive in the first 5 rounds but after the fair point deduction in the 6th he lost his composure and became very predictable.

 

Watch Hatton v Castillo, then watch PBF v Hatton

Cortez reffed those fights completely differently, thats a fact

Referees should be consistent in how they handle fights

 

fair point deduction? what fight do you watch? yes I agree Mayweather wins this one anyway you like but far point deduction? Both fighters were warned for hitting behind the head and floyd proceeded to do it 3 more times without penalty before the incident that had hatton stripped of a point. plus he hit the rope and nopt floyds head and Floyd turned his back deliberatly which is also illegal.

 

Cortez did not tainted Mayweather victory, but its looks like you are trying to

 

Hatton was clearly warned twice before being deducted a point. Perhaps Cortez was a little harsh but he was warned. Initially I thought the point deduction was outrageous but having watched the fight since then I don't believe it was as bad as I had previously thought.