Joe Cortez is a ****ing joke Just leave the fight go already, we've paid to see a boxing match and not a ref ****ing warning them every 2secs LEAVE THEM FIGHT
That was an embarrassing job by Cortez. PBF was intent on wrestling from the beginning. You would have thought he was Hatton. But despite that poor reffing, the thing that took the cake was the point deduction. That was a farce, PBF turned away on purpose. Bad reffing, but that's not what cost Hatton the fight in the end.
I also think Cortez did a HORRIBLE job, looked to me that he was about as pro-Mayweather from the opening bell as you can get. Though in the end it didn't matter.
Cortez put in arguably the worst refereeing performance of the decade. But still, let's not deny that Mayweather's best performance in 5 years is ultimately what made the difference.
At the beggining he was TERRIBLE, but toward the end he was alright, in the middle of the figh the started them fighting the fight a little bit.
It's a good thing Mickey Vann didn't ref. He would have let Hatton arm bar, body slam and headbutt PBF.
If you wanted to watch a boxing match you shouldn't have wasted your money buying a Hatton PPV! He isn't a boxer, he is nothing but a wrestler masqerading as a boxer who got his just desserts!!!!
ref was alright, and honestly, it wasnt just ricky holding on there. Pbf had some hugging moments too. Nice fight, turned out how most expected it would, just not the KO i guess!?