Cortez will be Klitschko-Thompson ref

[borikua]

Cortez Klitschko-Thompson ref!

By Karl Freitag
Under fire by U.S. media for his handling of the Humberto Soto-Francisco Lorenzo clash two weeks ago in Las Vegas, referee Joe Cortez will be back in the limelight on Saturday. The "Fair but Firm" Cortez will be the third man in the ring for the HBO-televised IBF/WBO/IBO heavyweight championship fight between world champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBO mandatory challenger Tony Thompson in Hamburg, Germany. Judges will include Michael Pernick (USA), John Stewart (USA) and Manfred Küchler (Germany).

Thursday, July 10 2008

[MELLY-MEL...]

FFS does it ever end?

[warp1432]

Jesus christ...why the hell is he getting another shot.

[daggum]

boxing never learns. they continue to mess up fights with ****ty refs and judges. this "sport" is a joke and should never be taken seriously.

[Zerwas1]

Finally something which could make the fight interesting!!!

[Mr. Ryan]

Finally something which could make the fight interesting!!!

I wonder how this affects the odds.

[Dirt E Gomez]

You people freak out like Cortez has done this time and time again and has been proven to be malicious or in somebody's pocket.

Lighten the **** up people.

[GodOfWarII]

Klitschko might lose his belt by dq, since cortez dq's people for ****** reasons because he smokes crack.

[warp1432]

What he did with the Soto-Lorenzo situation was unbelieveable. He was critized for Mayweather-Hatton and I thought he did fine, but Soto-Lorenzo was just awful

[Mr. Ryan]

You people freak out like Cortez has done this time and time again and has been proven to be malicious or in somebody's pocket.

Lighten the **** up people.

Malice suggests intent, incompetence doesn't.