Joe Cortez

what amazed me was that he didnt even appear to notice the first of the 2 punches that mayweather threw to deck ortiz...

im not a fan

 

He's been a liability for quite a while. He's been ****ing up calls for years. If he'd been on the ball rather than talking to the time-keeper we might have got more of a fight.

 

****

 

The man is a senile *****, and his performance as ever was ****!!!

 

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bunce was bang on last night saying some1 could get badly hurt with him in charge, he wasn't even watching the fight

 

Rubbish. So many incidents in recent years involving him.

 

The guys a ***** but hey boxing politics

 

paid off and doesnt even try to hide it, the hatton/mayweather fight was disgusting looking back at it, yes hatton would have lost anyway, and there was backlash at the time, it seemed like sour grapes from hatton fans, but it really WAS that bad

watch how many times mayweather elbowed hatton in the face and jammed his forearm into his throat and not a word about it, hatton misses a palm punch when mayweather turns his back and gets a point deducted immediately for punching the back of the head, not to mention the hypocrisy on the holding rule

 

Wasn't that for the WBC and afterwards the WBC overturned his decision!! Then they stated he would never referee a fight governed by the WBC. So how did he worm his way back??? Surely that is the last we see of Joe 'Firm but incompetent' Cortez

 

i'm not sure bud

just checked boxrec and they still have a DQ loss for Soto

 

Soto vs Lorenzo I. They had a re-match and Soto beat him up like he did in first fight. Awful decision from Cortez tbh when i saw him in the ring last night i shook head..

 

clown

 

Yeah I was shocked to hear he was refing that fight. He really has no idea!

 

I don't like to see people dismiss his performance as being 'one of those things'. That wasn't just a minor **** up, he was solely responsible for the end of the fight. Even now, after so many interviews and discussion, nobody knows what was actually happening. Had he restarted the fight or had he not? If he had, why did he then talk to the timekeeper? And if he hadn't restarted the fight, why was it not a DQ or a TD?

It's just a disgrace. Boxings biggest event of the year, a card stacked with excellent bouts and in the main event, this inept clown puts a dampener on everything. There is no talk of Morales winning a fourth world title, his brave opponent who got battered, there's no talk of Canelo vs. Gomez, which was a fun fight, there's no talk of Mayweather's weaknesses - Despite the positives and interesting events on the night, we are all focusing on one terrible decision by a referee who should have retired years ago and that's a shame.