Hatton-Mayweather revisited : Joe Cortez won the fight for Floyd...

[BigStereotype]

No. No, it wasn't going that way at all. Floyd is just better than Ricky Hatton in every sense...harder puncher, faster hands, better inside fighter, infinitely better defense. I wish Cortez had let them fight more because he turned it into a slow, boring, choppy fight, but there was no way that Hatton would win. And Floyd gets points for the most hilarious knockout ever. Hatton going face first into the turnbuckle...priceless.

[Dynamite Kid]

But the ref made hatton as desperate as he was, and effected his performance you cant deny.

You could argue that, then again you could also say that if Hatton has the ability to adapt he does not get frustrated.

[TmZaclk]

Funny that Cortez didn't let Hatton hug all night then in the Hopkins Calzaghe fight, let's Hopkins get away with hugging and butting for 12 rounds.
I'm sure it is only a coincidence.

[The Loller]

You could argue that, then again you could also say that if Hatton has the ability to adapt he does not get frustrated.

It was the Ref that got hatton frustrated. Too much interfering from the Ref that was always at the advantage of Floyd

[FeFist]

It was the Ref that got hatton frustrated. Too much interfering from the Ref that was always at the advantage of Floyd

In boxing you're not allowed to clinch and hit. If it was Bayless he would have said punch and get out, then step in when Hatton doesn't let go.

People are giving Cortez too much flack for this fight.

Hatton was in over his head against Floyd, from round 3 onward it was clear as day that Floyd was outboxing Hatton.

[Lead Cenobite]

The fight will have certainly ended with a TKO/KO win by Hatton if it werent for the the timely interfering by ref Cortez everytime Hatton seems to be taking Floyd where he wants him to be.



The referee should be at least honored by Floyd fans as he exerted extra effort in refereeing while at the same time making sure that Floyd can execute his plan.

banned as needed

[paulf]

**** outta here. Ricky came over here and the ref didnt let him fight dirty. Boo hoo hoo.

[Easy-E]

Yeah I mean why break up fighters when they are holding and hitting?
And Cortez specifically said before the fight that he would take a point away for any illegal action he thought was intentional. Hatton clearly INTENDED to land an illegal rabbit punch, even though the punch didnt land clearly.

[ILLuminato]

I do agree in some sense that Cortez wouldn't allow Ricky to rough up Floyd on the inside. That's part of Hatton's gameplan. Rough the opponent up and then get to work.

[HitmanHattonAY]

I dont think Hatton would have KO'd Mayweather !!

I think Hatton would have landed some body shots and casue a few problems