General consensus on here on whether Cortez signaled to "Box" in May vs Ortiz fight??

[Sgtairborne24]

Probably been a thread before but after watching the fight again it appears to me that 99.99999 percent of the f@#k up falls on Cortez and the other small portion falls on Ortiz for the dumbass headbutt and make up session. He wasn't even looking at the damn fight and still had them on a break. Any other referee would have disqualified Floyd right then and there or at the very least it's a No Contest. Victors dumbass blew it but it would have been interesting how that fight turned out. It's not like Floyd was dominating, it was actually shaping up to be a halfway decent fight.

[meme_man]

Probably been a thread before but after watching the fight again it appears to me that 99.99999 percent of the f@#k up falls on Cortez and the other small portion falls on Ortiz for the dumbass headbutt and make up session. He wasn't even looking at the damn fight and still had them on a break. Any other referee would have disqualified Floyd right then and there or at the very least it's a No Contest. Victors dumbass blew it but it would have been interesting how that fight turned out. It's not like Floyd was dominating, it was actually shaping up to be a halfway decent fight.

[Holystroke3]

There's no debate that Cortez signaled to fight, he clearly did. The real question is why Ortiz went for another embrace and apology after Cortez signaled to fight.

And just before the headbutt Ortiz finally had some momentum, prior to that it was all Floyd.

[Johnwoo8686]

There's no debate that Cortez signaled to fight, he clearly did. The real question is why Ortiz went for another embrace and apology after Cortez signaled to fight.

And just before the headbutt Ortiz finally had some momentum, prior to that it was all Floyd.

This. Cortez signaled for them to fight and Ortiz approached Floyd with his hands down. It seems like Ortiz was so in his own world he didn't even hear Cortez's commands.

To the OP there wouldn't have been a no contest or a DQ. Floyd did what was within the rules while Ortiz did not.

[danceswithfire]

i blame that **** to first and foremost:
1. the mental midget in ortiz(protect youself at all times)
2. joe cortez, a crappy ref
3. floyd, an opportunistic fighter

in that order that rules out the 2nd and 3rd..ortiz was just a dumbass

[Metho_4u]

He gave the signal to box, Ortiz ignored THE MOST important rule in boxing.

[Holystroke3]

I saw an interview with Cortez (I think it was fairly recent) and he said after he signaled to fight he looked to make sure the time keeper saw because it was so loud and chaotic in the arena

[Sugar Adam Ali]

There's no debate that Cortez signaled to fight, he clearly did. The real question is why Ortiz went for another embrace and apology after Cortez signaled to fight.

And just before the headbutt Ortiz finally had some momentum, prior to that it was all Floyd.

This^^^^^^^^^

Ortiz finally started to have success, then headbutted like an idiot, then after he apologized like a bytch, ref restarted fight, idiot Ortiz looked to hug and apologize and Floyd lit him up.. dude even got rocked by the hook, and just looked at ref without putting up his hands.. he deserved to get knocked out..

[Metho_4u]

This^^^^^^^^^

Ortiz finally started to have success, then headbutted like an idiot, then after he apologized like a bytch, ref restarted fight, idiot Ortiz looked to hug and apologize and Floyd lit him up.. dude even got rocked by the hook, and just looked at ref without putting up his hands.. he deserved to get knocked out..

I didn't see any real success Ortiz was having. I saw him swinging, not landing. Floyd smiling and then he got frustrated and torpedoed his head into Floyd's face.

[mlac]

I'd love someone to show me when He signaled to box?

He was not paying attention, and was looking out of the ring