Yes cause he wasn't constantly being nailed by the left hook in his last fight against a powerless fighter.
He did beat Hatton on the inside a lot of times - though Cortez was doing him favours. What was that elbow choke all about.
Cortez was a factor and an elbow is NOT a punch. Ricky was far superior inside Mayweather beat him on the outside and coming into the inside - NOT actually inside. Honestly I wonder sometimes if people on this website have eyes or just bias :-(