I just re-watched Mayweather vs Hatton & Cortez!

That dude is a total ******, don't waste your time.

 

Cortez was a total disgarce, ruined the first half of the fight, hate the guy for it.

Floyd would probably still have won on points though.

 

Don't forget Dave Parriss.

 

I agree. Cortez wasn't just breaking up clinches immediately, he was breaking up clinches that had yet to occur. He broke them up a couple of times when they were just standing close without grabbing. Terrible referee. Hatton still would have lost, though.

 

It didn't matter if Cortez was the ref or not Hatton would of still lost the dam fight. In the middle rounds and up the fight was pretty much over and Mayweather took control of the fight. To be honest Hatton with all that holding never benefit him because he was the one getting worked inside anyways !

 

Exactly.

The bulk of the good work on the inside was being done by Mayweather. Actually, nearly all the clean shots in the fight were landed by Mayweather. It wasn't a close fight, or especially competitive either. Just because a guy is coming forward and making his opponent work harder, it doesn't mean he's being effective, if he's the one eating most of the shots.

In the clinch and up close on the inside, Mayweather was landing the better shots, especially when his left arm was locked up with Hatton's right arm. Mayweather was repeatedly landing that right hand to the stomach throughout the fight, which probably took a bit out of Hatton.

Cortez breaking up so many of the clinches in the early going might be a better excuse for Hatton if Hatton wasn't getting beaten in that regard as well.

 

The thing is, Hatton knows Mayweather may well have been able to beat him during the fight but he will never know how much better he himself could have done because of how bad Cortez refereed the fight, he basically stopped Hatton from fighting his fight which got him frustrated and basically made him go gung ho and lose the plot.

 

jezuz. Holding and grappling is not legal in boxing.

Get it through yur thick ass skulls.:roll:


If Cortez this, if Cortez that. What? If Cortez didn't referee and uphold the laws of boxing it would have been a different fight? You don't ****ing say.

 

Clinching is a tactic to be used when you're buzzed, but the ref is well within his rights to split you up because it is illegal.

What part of 'against the rules' do you not understand? Let's say your mate speeds down the motorway at 100mph and doesn't get caught. The next day you do the same but get pulled over and ticketed. Is your defence "my mate did it and got away with it" going to work, or is it more a case of what you did was illegal so you get a ****ing ticket.