Was Cortez interfering too much in Mayweather-Hatton?...

....If you believe this, then would you agree that Bayless, in the short time that Pac-Hatton lasted, interfered too much in that fight, as well?

The reason I bring this up, is because the other day I read a few comments which again made the claim that Hatton was hindered from Cortez’s insistence on halting the action. But really, if you take a look at the first two rounds of both fights, you’ll find that his [Cortez's] performance wasn’t any different to that of the revered Kenny Bayless. The orange numbers are for

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Round 1:
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Round 2:
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Totals:
Cortez jumps in to break the action 19 times out of 24 clinches/holding.
Bayless also jumps in to break the action 19 times out of 21 clinches/holding.

Note: In the first round of the Pac fight, 8 of those interferences from Bayless occurred before the 2 knockdowns happened. So in just 2 minutes of the first round, he stepped in exactly the same amount of times Cortez did in the 3 full minutes of the Mayweather fight. It’s also important to remember that Pacquiao, unlike Mayweather, is less likely to force clinches and spoil; thus (you would think) giving Bayless less reasons to step in.

So again I ask; if you believe Cortez was stopping the action way too much, then would you say the same for Bayless? Or would you agree that, due to the excessive holding/spoiling from both men, Cortez in fact had little choice but to continuously separate the two, and that the reason Hatton couldn’t perform as well wasn’t because of the referee, but because he simply couldn’t hand Floyd on the inside.

Here are the fights if you wanna' bother watching again:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YZP_bfoqSc[/ame]


[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmo9MmAV-2Q[/ame]

 

Yeah, not quite a checkhook, but the very first significant punch Mayweather lands in the fight, was a beautiful hook as Ricky was coming in.

 

In the second round, Cortez stopped the action to warn both guys. Not just Hatton.

 

Yeah, I forgot about that one. He was pretty firm that night, too.

Thanks Divi. :good

(Although, all I've done is count clinches )

 

The fight was a difficult one to manage, to be fair. You can see it for yourself the amount of holding and spoiling that was going on in just the first two rounds alone. 24 clinches. That's one every 15 seconds.

 

Don't you think it was more of a case of Mayweather not letting Hatton fight his fight?