Is Joe Cortez the worst referee in boxing

[-CANE-]

cane,you shouldn't have any excuses.your a good poster.cortez didn't do anything wrong.when both these fights happen to have two fighters from the uk and both fights end up clinch fests it's hard to take away points from a big fight like those.people would've made excuses to why so and so lost cause of the ref either way.

I think there is holding and holding if you know what I mean. If someone constantly holds then the fighters need to be broken apart, but not the second they clinch. I think you have to give a little time and see if they are gonna fight on the inside, but if they are holding and hitting then yeah that's not right and break them apart. I just think he was too quick to break them apart and in my eyes (maybe I'm biased but it was Hopkins and Mayweather who were doing the holding when close) and if a fighter repeatedly holds then warn them that if they don't stop you WILL take a point away. Cortez never warned them and seemed to think Hatton was the instigator in the holding in his fight with mayweather. Mayweather did use illegal forearms and not warned but whenever he or his cornerman complained about Hatton he seemed to back them up and side with them.

Hopkins use of the head should have a least deserved a warning, he just mentioned constantly about the use of heads but kept saying it to both fighters, when it was Hopkins that was pushing his head into Calzaghes face.

Like I said earlier maybe I'm biased and got caught up in the emotion of the big fights and not seen things clearly, but at the time and now this is how I see it. Maybe in 5-10 years time when I sit and watch the fights again I will see things differently.

[dwidsid3d]

This guy shouldn't be allowed to ref any big fights again. This isn't sour g****s but he is biased towards american fighters. He never gave Hatton a chance and repeatedly warned Hatton which threw him off his game plan and denied us a better fight.

Don't get me wrong Mayweather would have won anyway and is clearly the better fighter but the fight could have been better as could last nights fight.

Respect to Hopkins he is a class fighter and a very difficult opponent and made Joe look ordinary but again the ref ruined the fight and allowed the american fighter to get away with illegal tactics.

I hope this guy is never allowed to ref any big fights again between an american and non-american fighter.

CORTEZ isn't for americans he'sfor GOLDEN BOY FIGHTERS ,thats why he refs all the big GOLDEN BOY FIGHTS.I'm sure he's the only REF in boxing drinving a BENTLY though.