Having watchen Matweather Hatton a few times Cortez was a disgrace!

At the time I didnt think the ref was that bad ( was pretty arsed , it was 5 in the morning ! )

But after watching it back on the BBC the other day I have to agree Cortez broke them too often , he let Mayweather away with ducking below the waist all the time ( which is supposed to be against the rules ) and the punch he took the point for didnt actually connect. Not only that Mayweahter initiated a lot of the clinches and he was using his forearms.

I really really hate to sound bitter after the fact but the more I think about it the more annoyed I am

Floyd is the best , he shouldn't need the refs help !

I originally thought Ricky would get thumped in a rematch but in a fight in the UK with a different ref he might well do the business. Moot point though no way no how is Mayweather coming here.

 

If it was the other way round you would of said Cortez did a good job. The ref thaty was a discrase was the guy who did Hatton vs Tysuzu, letting him get away with all that bull****.

 

i did think Cortez was ref'ing poorly. The thing is we'r not talkin about the ref in the Tzsyu fight, we'r talking about Cortez. For a well paid pro ref he was crap!! Mayweather was ducking far too much and i heard Cortez tell Mayweather about his elbowing about 9 times, no points deduction though. I'm not taking anything away from Mayweather but Cortez was a joke.

 

So you are trying to say that Cortez broke them up too often, but at the same time let Mayweather get away with clinching? That doesnt make sense.

Face it, even on the inside, Mayweather was outworking Hatton. Even if Hatton was allowed to do his huggy bear routine, he would have been beaten.

You are truly deluded.

 

Truly Deluded ?? **** you !

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GETTING INSIDE AND TRYING TO PUNCH AND TANGLING YOUR ARMS UP SO PUNCHES CANT BE THROWN MAYWEAHTER WAS DOING THE LATTER.

man you really know boxing eh ? ****in areshole !

 

There is no doubt that Cortez broke them too early in the first few rounds, none at all and anyone can see that. Mayweather was very clever in getting into the his head about Hatton holding then doing a bit himself knowing full well that Cortez would be on Hattons case.

 

Sorry dudes I shouldn't swear so , but I put a post out there for discussion and it all it gets are insulsts, Losing my rag isnt cool tho !

 

the ref was breaking things a little too quickly.

but i've not been very vocal about the ref.

i accept that hatton was beaten by the better fighter.

end of tbh.

 

Both fighters held/clinched and were broken quick, which is the rule, Hatton didnt work on the inside he reverted to clinching and was punished by the ref for it.

Cortez made a balls up at 1 point of splitting them before they held but he was in the rythm of breaking them because of Hattons tactics by that point.

 

From an American perspective -- so dismiss as you see fit -- I thought Cortez was a little early in some situations, but I'd rather have that referee performance than a repeat of Hatton/Kosta.

Mayweather is by far the superior fighter and showed it. He had Ricky under control, and unless a ref simply allowed Hatton to maul the entire fight, the inevitable would have occurred.

 

Fair comment , as I said IMO Floyd is the better fighter of the two . However if would have been a better (and undisputable) victory had Cortez allowed Hatton to fight more.

I'm not taking anythong away from Floyd though , he is an incredible boxer.

 

Cortez was disgusting.

Floyds still fabulous but Hatton made it good over 6 and Cortez was doing a little worse than Cotton in Tyson-Lewis.

 

I thought Cortez was terrible too, he was always seperating them and getting involved way too much, im a fan who likes a bit of rough inside fighting but its a dying art as referees seem to be told to break them up so we just see clean boxing .... I dont think it made any difference whatsoever, Hatton had plenty of opportunities to land on Floyd but he smothered his own work and Floyd is a defensive master, i dont necessarily agree that Hatton would have had anymore success if Cortez had of let it flow more, in fact i think Mayweather would have probably got the job done faster, he was stronger, hes no bum on the inside and he could of landed plenty more uppercuts, a punch that Hatton is always open for , so Cortez had a nightmare but it didnt effect the result, Hatton unfortunately wasnt in Mayweathers class, its that simple

 

Cortez did a good job imo; hatton wasn't 'fighting on the inside' he was running straight in and holding, what is the referee supposed to do? The lack of a very very lenient referee is a big part of why hatton has looked so mediocre in America.