Cortez: "Hatton wasn't allowed to fight his style"

[bdevils]

I haven't actually specified my complaints with the referee so you are jumping to conclusions.

Let me make this abundantly clear because some people are obviously having great difficulty taking this in: THE REFEREEING HAD NO IMPACT ON THE OUTCOME OF THE FIGHT, MAYWEATHER WOULD HAVE WON THE FIGHT ANYWAY.

Hopefully the window lickers among us will have understood that and digested it which allows me to make my next point. Although the refereeing had no impact on the fight, that does not mean it should be ignored. Bad refereeing is bad refereeing period and Cortez should be accountable for his performance.

I shouldn't of directed right towards you but it's getting annoying reading thread after thread about this.

I think the only thing it is really doing is taking away the gutsy performance that Hatton gave.

[nmuburner22]

Oh **** I just watched the highlight s again and it was Cortez who hit Hatton with that check hook!!!!!

[Chipp3r]

Oh, and that picture is not from the third round, where the cut was opened.
This is really getting sad.

At what point did i say Hatton was cut by the elbow in the picture?

I really cannot understand how anyone can argue with the point deduction, it was a deliberate attempt by Hatton to hit Floyd in the head after being warned twice.

Why wasn't Mayweather warned about turning away and ducking out of the ropes? Hatton had his right arm free, and his left arm was being held by Mayweather as he ducked, turned around and stuck his head out of the ropes. Hatton followed that up with the punch, resulting in a deduction.

[Ray Ray]

Well Cortez' point is a sly one. He is diverting attention from himself by claiming that anyone complaining about the decision is a sore loser which I find more than a tad condescending.

So let me ask you this:

If Hatton would have fell through the ropes and Floyd hit him in the back of his head and he took a point. I willing to bet all of my points you would agree with it.

The point I making is that he gave the fighters instructions in their locker rooms and he was very specific.

Floyd was hanging out of the ring and Hatton decided to hit him why he was defenseless. Come on now the point deduction was justified.

[sonofisis]

Oh **** I just watched the highlight s again and it was Cortez who hit Hatton with that check hook!!!!!

Damn, I missed!! It only happened in a split second like Ali's phantom punch. I knew a runner like Mayweather wasn't capable of such a spectacular KO, I knew it!

[Jim_Davis]

Hatton got KO so you guys who are saying Cortez caused that, you seriously need some ****ing help.

Read the thread you ****ing twat

[Mozza]

It isn't at all condescending and indeed, it can be used as a fallacious manevuer, but for you to not admit that this is a convenience and that it is the truth, then you are working under the same motives as you accuse him.

Well actually I'm not doing that at all. I would have highlighted Cortez performance irrespective of the outcome of that fight and let me say that not all of his mistakes went against Hatton but the majority did and I feel refereeing of that standard is unacceptable at this level.

[C.Y.]

Hatton wasn't far behind on the cards at the time of the knockout.

In fact it wouldn't be far fetched to think he was even leading. Because I had Floyd up by at most 1 or 2 rounds and 1 from the point deduction.

hatton was down on all the score cards
1 judge had it a 7 point margin and the other two had it by 6

[Chipp3r]

Read the thread you ****ing twat

Well said mate

[Azteca]

Reffing in Britian and America is much, much different.

In Britian alot of the fighters do wrestle and try to jockey for position. In America, they are famous for the americanized style which is pretty much hit and run. Sorry but that is the sad truth.

A great fighter gives as good as he gets. And that's exactly what Mayweather did.