Kenny Bayless enforces the rules as well as anyone, much better than Cortez. Remember the Soto fight...... 'It had to be a point deduction or a disqualification so I had no choice......' The Hatton camp would pull out of the fight rather than have Cortez as referee, of that I am certain. Has Bayless reffed Paulie before, I know that this is his first Hatton fight....
His Hopkins V Calzaghe performance was hardly consistant with the Hatton V Mayweather performance though was it?
Cortez doesnt tho. Floyd had his elbows in the throat vs Hatton and then Cortez decided to DQ a guy after he got brushed on the back of his head after being KOd in a fight shortley after and his naff little catch phrase does my head in. The fighters are the stars not him. Caiz/Bayless/Smodger all decent
Good ref. It will be a fair fight then. Happy it isn't the refs Hatton likes to have when he fights at home.
Good one of the best all-time! It least Hatton will only have to fight one man in the ring instead of two (ahh, Cortez-it will go on his tombstone for changing that Mayweather fight).
That anyone can consider Cortez, after his performances in the past year, a superior referee to Bayless is baffling to me.
Kenny sounds good but still I am expecting him ( like I would from anyone else after Cortez) to warn Ricky to back away and 2 steal his inside game advantages in doing so. Thank God Paulie cannot posssibly take it down there underneath and behind his right elbow and his pretty face will get busted up as soon as left hooks start to fly and land violently.