That's unfair, Hatton has fought out of the comfort zone in the US several times - Joe has only been there once. Cortez was hardly kind to Hatton either. I really can't believe your crying foul play for Joe in Cardiff where he has absolutly everything on his terms (like every home town guy does) - it's a new one on me.
Many here have NO love for Cortez at all. He is bad for boxing. It is hard to say if he is biased or a bad ref. It has been a while since I watched Hatton/Mayweather, but is it he wouldn't let Hatton fight on the inside but would let Hopkins clinch? :huh
I never said Cortez helped Hatton. I meant that for Mayweather. In Hatton's last fight, the ref bailed him out.
Look at the Kessler-Calzaghe fight. The ref (Ortega, I think) interfered for no reason when Kessler was hurt, and Calzaghe was zeroing in on him. If that's not ref-help, then what is? Also, Ortega doesn't look like someone from Wales to me.