So Ricky hatton really did get ripped off by Cortez..

[revs1227]

haha so true
**** was a joke no way that **** was legal
10 times worst than hatton ever was

Don't compare Green to Mayweather.

lmao ?
did u hear the showtime announcer say he was a better version of roy jones !!!!!!!??????????
hahahahahhahaha

[Red Rebel]

"excessive" holding is illegal... i guess the keyword is excessive...
Yes Hatton holds & clinch, but it ain't that much, just in the right amount.

So i guess, Cortez is guilty, nonetheless, Floyd will still win.

[THE_BIG_HURT]

Hatton can fight Mayweather in his house,his father being the referee,Matthew carrying the spit bucket,his mom giving him a massage and will still get knockoed out by Mayweather

true story but the rules need to be the same in every fight, i dont have a huge issue with the way Cortez refereed that fight but then to have a Ref like Caiz Sr. tonight ref the complete opposite way...builds a conundrum for certain fighters...

[mushahadeen]

Cortez sucks.

[check hook]

Do you agree?? Ward hit green at will while getting mauled to death and the ref didn't do a damn thing. Meanwhile poor ricky got separated and warned everytime he initiated clinch and attempted to hit floyd in the clinch.

LOL but don't get me wrong floyd would have beaten hatton regardless by TKO but I just wanna know which is which. Is it legal or illegal??

I agree the Mayweathers padded that ringpost with Plaster of Paris


are you

[johncods]

I agree the Mayweathers padded that ringpost with Plaster of Paris


are you

Why so defensive?? LOL did ricky get ripped off or not??

[Sparked_1985]

true story but the rules need to be the same in every fight, i dont have a huge issue with the way Cortez refereed that fight but then to have a Ref like Caiz Sr. tonight ref the complete opposite way...builds a conundrum for certain fighters...

Cortez refereed Hopkins/Calzaghe just like Caiz.

Hopkins wasn't doing anything in the clinches unlike Ward.

Cortez should have been sacked. He is a thousand years-old and horribly bias.

[Earl-Hickey]

it's true though, Referee's should be consistent. He broke up Hatton and PBF but let Ward and Green go at it on the inside. I think if Hatton was allowed to fight on the inside then the fight would have went 12 rounds. Hatton wouldn't have been KO'd as he would have landed more punches, weakened Mayweather and wouldn't have got tagged as much himself. Hatton would still have lost the fight though, maybe 8 rounds to 4.

I wouldn't have minded his reffing against Hatton, as a matter of fact i didnt mind it, but i did object to him letting hopkins use those exact same tactics against Calzaghe about a month later

[Wreckless]

Hatton-Tszyu and Hatton-Mayweather were definitely reffed in totally different ways.

[THE_BIG_HURT]

Hatton-Tszyu and Hatton-Mayweather were definitely reffed in totally different ways.

true and for someone like Ricky it ends up hurting them big time.
Hatton doesnt necessarily have the skill to fight any differently and if you change the rules on him midway, he is destined to fail.
I dont kno, the rules just need to be a little more clear for all these refs out there