I'm sorry but...how the fuck is Joe Cortez a referee?

yep, calzaghe lunges in like a retarded kid chasing ice cream and gets hit with hopkins head as hopkins ducked and came back up. BTW I made this gif and it's been passed around like hepatitis B now thats classic :lol1:

yep, calzaghe lunges in like a retarded kid chasing ice cream and gets hit with hopkins head as hopkins ducked and came back up. BTW I made this gif and it's been passed around like hepatitis B It's the gif that keeps on giving.

Cortez is a master of getting a fighters head and shoving it towards incoming punches. He is also a master at throwing fighters head first into the ring post. His expertise is unrivaled. :rofl: ha hah ha..

After the soto fight, rumour has it cortez won't be taking part in any major fight again. i bet he does..

After the soto fight, rumour has it cortez won't be taking part in any major fight again.

I think if Cortez realistically saw the head-butt he would of said something... i think Cortez was looking at both fighters as a whole and the headbutt wasn't extremely noticeable... Obviously from the angle we see it at, its very noticeable... but standing where Cortez is, it might be a different situation.

At first I thought it was a dirty head butt as well, but if you look closely you will see Joe attempt a left hook and b-hop ducking and joe coming in head first. With an unbiased eyes you can see it if you look closely but I’m not sure you find too many unbiased eyes around here.

Looks more like a head clash that Calaghe initiates. Hopkins just gets the better of it. Initiates how? By moving forward? It is what it is, and it is very plain to see.

Cortez is a master of getting a fighters head and shoving it towards incoming punches. He is also a master at throwing fighters head first into the ring post. His expertise is unrivaled. I was thinking the same thing........Dude is a beast....(No Homo) just to clarify i know theres a lot of wrestling pics going around....

Cortez is a master of getting a fighters head and shoving it towards incoming punches. He is also a master at throwing fighters head first into the ring post. His expertise is unrivaled.

Some retard posted this GIF animation in another thread, what grabbed my attention wasn't Calzaghe's windmill...... but the deliberate headbutt by Hopkins. Now watch Cortez carefully, he had a birds eye view of the headbutt and didn't say shit??? WTF? this is the first time I've seen this. http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll67/barobinson1/hopcalz-1.gif?t=1218784000 yeah joe suks but stop whinin, B-Hop didnt try 2 headbut him there. he ducked & keeps his chin 2 his chest & if u come forward u gonna get it cuz B-Hop is not movin it...& 4 joke-cal-slappy's windmill slaps, now that looks like an amature...

That butt doesn't look intentional at fight speed. In real time that would be a tough call for any ref to make. I can see it being deliberate, and I can see the head movement as Hopkin's anticipating what he thought was going to be a left hook and not some sloppy left to the body. That potential foul was more on Cal there anyway. He amateurishly lunges jaw first into BHop on top of cluelessly fly swatting. Reckless. I don't know about that clip but Hopkins, Holy and others are known for the use of their heads in fights. Cortez in my book is a shitty reff. i saw the Hatton Vs Floyd and the Calzaghe vs Hopkins fight and I thought Joe was much worse in the Hatton fight. But the worst I have seen was when he stopped the Soto fight and ruled against him for hitting him while the opponent was down. That was a crappy call in my book. Lets face it guys in this sport there is alot of money to be made and the judges the reffs aren't making the bulk of it so if someone waves some money around and says we are looking for this fighter to come out on top let's amke sure he has every advantage to do so and we will give you XXXXX...Guys like DOn King....ETC they have their reffs you follow what I am saying?? Lefty

Looks more like a head clash that Calaghe initiates. Hopkins just gets the better of it.

It annoys me how he still manages to get the big fights though, you reckon there's some corruption going on? It wouldn't suprise me if he was getting back handers. Fight fixing basically. I don't think it's quite at that level, he just got a lotta experience in big fights so the commission gives him the benefit of the doubt, even tho he's blown important reffin assignments more than once.

I cant stop laughing all those wrestling sig pics lol

That gif was the fight in a nutshell for me That butt doesn't look intentional at fight speed. In real time that would be a tough call for any ref to make. I can see it being deliberate, and I can see the head movement as Hopkin's anticipating what he thought was going to be a left hook and not some sloppy left to the body. That potential foul was more on Cal there anyway. He amateurishly lunges jaw first into BHop on top of cluelessly fly swatting. Reckless.

Some retard posted this GIF animation in another thread, what grabbed my attention wasn't Calzaghe's windmill...... but the deliberate headbutt by Hopkins. Now watch Cortez carefully, he had a birds eye view of the headbutt and didn't say shit??? WTF? this is the first time I've seen this. http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/ll67/barobinson1/hopcalz-1.gif?t=1218784000 He doesn't have the pleasure of instant replay. I didn't even realise this until someone made the GIF.

Yeah, Cortez sucks, but this is old news. It annoys me how he still manages to get the big fights though, you reckon there's some corruption going on? It wouldn't suprise me if he was getting back handers. Fight fixing basically.

Yeah, Cortez sucks, but this is old news.

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