Joe Cortez could have chosen to count in english...

[chito]

Why did he choose to count the marquez-pacquiao fight in spanish? There are complaints especially from the pro-pacquiao fans that cortez' counts were a little bit slow than usual. Well, i agree because he chose spanish.. uno, dos, tres, quatro (and if you compare it with english, one, two, three, four - that's just one syllable word each as compared to two-syllable spanish words, uno, dos, tres, quatro!)

I'm just wondering is there an official rule in choosing a language for counting a boxing match? And pacquiao is a filipino, although he understand it quite fully because it's just a count, this is not the point i am raising, i mean why not count in english because this is the standard language use all over the world? Is it because marquez speaks in spanish and he's the one being count? If pacquiao was the one being knocked down, would the referee count it in english? Well, just for a point of clarification, anyone?

[THRILLAinmanila]

Why did he choose to count the marquez-pacquiao fight in spanish? There are complaints especially from the pro-pacquiao fans that cortez' counts were a little bit slow than usual. Well, i agree because he chose spanish.. uno, dos, tres, quatro (and if you compare it with english, one, two, three, four - that's just one syllable word each as compared to two-syllable spanish words, uno, dos, tres, quatro!)

I'm just wondering is there an official rule in choosing a language for counting a boxing match? And pacquiao is a filipino, although he understand it quite fully because it's just a count, this is not the point i am raising, i mean why not count in english because this is the standard language use all over the world? Is it because marquez speaks in spanish and he's the one being count? If pacquiao was the one being knocked down, would the referee count it in english? Well, just for a point of clarification, anyone?

U-no (longer than saying "one), quatro (longer than saying "four"), get the gist ? Senile referee should be
retiring already....

[Sir_Jose]

are you kidding me with this ****?

I have never laughed harder reading a thread. Let me get this straight, are you people actually trying to tell me it took him longer because he counted in spanish?

[THRILLAinmanila]

are you kidding me with this ****?

I have never laughed harder reading a thread. Let me get this straight, are you people actually trying to tell me it took him longer because he counted in spanish?

C'mon man ! Get a grip on yourself !! We're just trying to have some fun here ! We all know JMM got up before 10 ok? Lighten up dude !!

[chito]

are you kidding me with this ****?

I have never laughed harder reading a thread. Let me get this straight, are you people actually trying to tell me it took him longer because he counted in spanish?

ok laugh some more, you try counting uno, dos, tres, quatro... after that, try to count in english this time! and time the count... which is faster? i know, this is a silly argument to make but my only question is why didn't he choose to count in english instead? if you are on a witness stand, you will be charged in contempt by the court because you didn't answer the question as it is!

[elveiel]

I dont think it matters what language you count in, if Marquez speaks spanish wouldnt it be unfair to count in english!?!?

if you wanna see cheating watch the Tyson vs Williams fight because the ref didnt start counting until he had walk Williams to a corner and walked back!! about 5 seconds after he dropped first dropped him!!

MannyPac should have hit him harder if he didnt want him to beat the count!!

[PRboxingfan]

So, Russian fighters would have the biggest advantage because it's like, onski, twoski, threeski? LOL

[mic573]

It's not uncommon in fact it happens most if not all the time for a referee to count in spanish to a only spanish speaking fighter. Smoger counted in spanish to Mayorga when he was knocked down and I believe he counted in spanish to Tito when he was knocked down.

[ejk22]

Why did he choose to count the marquez-pacquiao fight in spanish? There are complaints especially from the pro-pacquiao fans that cortez' counts were a little bit slow than usual. Well, i agree because he chose spanish.. uno, dos, tres, quatro (and if you compare it with english, one, two, three, four - that's just one syllable word each as compared to two-syllable spanish words, uno, dos, tres, quatro!)

I'm just wondering is there an official rule in choosing a language for counting a boxing match? And pacquiao is a filipino, although he understand it quite fully because it's just a count, this is not the point i am raising, i mean why not count in english because this is the standard language use all over the world? Is it because marquez speaks in spanish and he's the one being count? If pacquiao was the one being knocked down, would the referee count it in english? Well, just for a point of clarification, anyone?

That **** Joe Cortez is the biggest pro-spanish referee. He has cost fighters many times by helping out the spanish boxer. He saved Ruiz's ass by allowing him to use his bull**** tactics and also called a low blow in the Holy vs Ruiz fight when it was apparent that a low blow was not thrown. He is a piece of **** and he needs to be investigated.

[tracylee]

are you kidding me with this ****?

I have never laughed harder reading a thread. Let me get this straight, are you people actually trying to tell me it took him longer because he counted in spanish?

i'm with you on this one Jose! When all else failed (tight socks, etc...) now it's BACK to this? Worse than Klit fans....who would have thought!