Did Joe Cortez Cause Hatton to Lose to Mayweather Poll!

[Weebler I]

Cortez certainly made it harder.It was one of the worst refereeing displays ever in a major fight.That said,you have to give Floyd all the credit for the win as he did things in that fight he was supposedly no good at, i.e he was very strong in the clinches,and he worked better than hatton on the inside.the only niggle about mayweather,and this will always **** me off about cortez,is that he was allowed to keep turning his back.IMO if the fight was refereed properly I still would have expected floyd to win by UD,and I am a Hatton supporter

if it was refereed properly Floyd wouldn't have had room to breathe and wouldn't have been able to get his shots away. He also would've had points deducted for holding, turning his back, ducking and diving out of the ring.

[KESSLER]

It's the people that make the fight into a Brit vs American thing, they will never get over it.

Although I'm a huge Floyd fan.. They should rather talk about Mayweather-Castillo I than this ****.

[DrewWoodside]

if it was refereed properly Floyd wouldn't have had room to breathe and wouldn't have been able to get his shots away. He also would've had points deducted for holding, turning his back, ducking and diving out of the ring.

Just out of curiosity, how do you respond to popular opinion that Floyd was actually winning the in-fighting?

[Dirk Diggler UK]

No one watching that fight can honestly say Cortez did a good or even competent job.

Saying that doesnt imply Hatton had any chance of winning though. It was just awful officiating. End of story.

[Dirk Diggler UK]

the difference is floyd actually has skills, but hatton needs to depend on mauling for his offense

Yeh of course when Hopkins or Floyd does it, its "SKILLZ". But Hatton, its wrestling. Get the **** outta here

[DrewWoodside]

No one watching that fight can honestly say Cortez did a good or even competent job.

Saying that doesnt imply Hatton had any chance of winning though. It was just awful officiating. End of story.

I think Cortez is garbage and an d*ck to boot, but the fight result doesn't change.

[Roger Mellie]

Yeh of course when Hopkins or Floyd does it, its "SKILLZ". But Hatton, its wrestling. Get the **** outta here

co sign that,also,how the fcuk does a fighter win numerous world titles,be recognised as the best at his weight for years,be the biggest box office draw and compile a record of 45-1 without any skill,just a penchant for silverback wrestling???? there are some incredibly ****** people on here

[Dirk Diggler UK]

I think Cortez is garbage and an d*ck to boot, but the fight result doesn't change.

I agree. Im a huge fan of Ricky but I thought he'd get knocked out as soon as I heard the fight was being made.

[Weebler I]

Just out of curiosity, how do you respond to popular opinion that Floyd was actually winning the in-fighting?

Firstly i wouldn't say it was a popular opinion and secondly he was only winning the in-fighting in the later rounds when Hatton was no longer in good shape (thanks to Cortez needlessly breaking them up). In the early rounds Hatton was superior inside to the point where Floyd jumped out of the ring.

Of course Cortez allowed in-fighting in the later rounds when he saw Mayweather was getting on top just as he allowed Popkins to hang on to Calzaghe the whole fight. Where were all the break-ups in that fight? non-existent because it favoured the US fighter

btw wtf was the point of a poll on this on a yank boxing forum? the worst thing is you cried like a girl when someone voted or argued the opposite way to what you wanted the poll to turn out like. Sit down stanley.

[larryx]

Where did I say he wasnt? Dirty tactics are smart if you can get away with it. Mayweather did, Hatton didnt......wonder why.

i know you arnt biased you cool man...talk to ya boy webbler11