Hatton v Tszyu

A bit over the top, I don't think Hatton made all those infringements. Low blow yes, constant holding yes, the odd rabbit punch yes. Overall its fair to say he got away with a lot - too much IMO but this has become the norm for Dave Parris one of the most outrageously bad referees in any sport in history.

The rest is true. Pacquiao and Mayweather was five levels above him, the excuses from his camp on both occasions were very weak and bad sports.

 

TFFP you know I love to disagree with you as a point of principle however Hatton and his team and fans complaining about the rough stuff PBF gave him in their contest was pathetic and laughable especially viewed in the context of the Hatton versus Tyzu fight as well as numerous Hatton fights.

 

Indeed. It is quite staggering they had the nerve to complain about referees for those of us that wonder quite what Hatton is allowed to get away with. But I genuinely don't think Hatton realises he gets away with a lot, he has compared himself with Julio Cesar Chavez in style on more than one occasion. It's an extreme case of delusion I feel.

 

Unfortunately you are right about their delusion. Hatton has got no where near the skill level that Chavez and Duran had.

 

Did people complain about 'rough stuff'?

I complained about Cortez, he was poor IMO. Broke the action far too soon, to a point that was almost suspicious. He had been played good and proper by the Mayweather camp.

If people think Parris was poor in the Tszyu fight, that doesn't change the fact that Cortez was poor in the Floyd fight (much worse IMO)...


I think you've misunderstood what people actually complained about after the Floyd fight

 

How was he worse? Cortez let nothing go and Parris let everything go. They were both just as bad as each other on each end of the spectrum.

Parris definitely had more impact on the result though, if Hatton wasn't mauling him to death and Tszyu got a fair crack he firstly wouldn't have been worn down as quick, and secondly he'd have more opportunity to get punches off in his range.

 

I think both results were clear cut enough regardless

Cortez was most annoying because some of his antics were actually wrong; they can be proved to be wrong, no interpretation needed.

He DID break the action once before they even touched - proof positive that he went in with the intention to stop Hatton 'working' inside

That's on the borderline of biased officiating in my opinion and I'm not usually one to buy into the conspiracy theory crap

 

Proven to be wrong in what respect?

Yeah it was clear cut because Hatton had his complete and utter way in that fight, and it was STILL relatively close on points. Had there been even a slightly more forceful referee (which is strange..considering Parris usually is :roll things would have been a whole lot closer. If the ref was a little more proactive in breaking up untidy work Tszyu would have had more in the tank.

Hatton was getting whooped inside and out against Mayweather it made no difference at all.

 

The truth of the matter is that Cortez had no impact on the fights outcome. PBF is actually a better fighter than Hatton on the inside. Hatton and his team thought they would rough him up on the inside but they failed to realise that PBF is from the Mid West were the best fighters in the US tend to come from. The result is that PBF taught Hatton a few more of the dark arts on the inside. Put it this way there is a reason Uncle Roger Mayweather was given the name "Mexican Killer " in his fighting days.

 

Can you please stop lazily lumping all "Hatton fans" together as a group when you discuss what you'd like to think they feel about a given subject?:huh

 

Their minds are all the same, destroyed by lager.

 

hic!!

 

In that he broke them before they even engaged on at least one occasion