Joe Cortez To Ref Joe Calzaghe-Bernard Hopkins

[Verstyle]

My worst fears have been realized. Joe should never have agreed to fight in Vegas.

Cortez terribly biased refereeing in the Hatton fight indicated he doesn't like British fighters. He'll let Hopkins get away with his sneaky headbutts and other dirty stuff, while deducting a point or two from Joe for no good reason. We may have an early stoppage in Hopkin's favor.

Wow. You conclude that after seeing him ref one British fight. Like its Cortez's second time reffing a British fighter.haha. He's been a ref for more then 20 years, I'm sure he didnt "screw" over all British fighters he reffed now.

[Mozza]

Hopefully Cortez has a better night than he had on December 8th.

[sparked_85]

Tailor made excuse for CZalzaghe fans! Cortez better warn zaghe to close his ***in hands when he slaps jus as well as he should warn bhop for his headbutts. Fair?

obviously not.

Calzaghe throws alot of in-tight punches. They can appear to be slaps. If he calls Joe for slapping then he is ****ed.

Like he had preconcieved ideas about Hattons clinching and nailed him for it.

I just think Frank Warren is not that ******, Joe is well looked after.

[βetamax]

Also, for all we know Cortez could have been influenced by a higher power to pay extra close attention to Hatton based on his previous fights.

I personally think it's possible that Cortez is being brought it because of Hopkins rough tactics which can't be a good thing for him.

[FRKO]

Is this fight going to be on PPV??

Nope. It's not.

[Tuggers1986]

Nope. It's not.

It will be in the UK

[FRKO]

It will be in the UK

Setanta? How much does it cost to get Setanta for a month?

[rj_ct]

Pzzzzt wrong...... Houston Rockets vs. Dallas Mavricks 1st round of the playoffs a couple years ago.

you mean game 5? that was terrible. but you know what? there are 6 other games in a series. i stand by what i said. refs suck in all sports. but you need to find a way win regardless of the situation. bottom line, it's up to the players to put the rock in the basket.

[sparked_85]

it's not on ppv on setanta is it?

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it's not on ppv on setanta is it?

Nope, its on normal Setanta 1.

I get it free with ****** media