had mayweather-hatton had NOT of been reffed by cortez.....

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I don't know how anybody could ever think that Joe Cortez did not play a significant role in how events unfolded. In that respect HattontheHammer has made some valid points. Mayweather might not have needed Cortez, but having him at his beck and call certainly helped make a difficult task much easier.

In the wake of the Pac loss, I think we are seeing a case of strong revisionism taking place regarding the career of Hatton. None of it for the positive. A shame really because Hatton has been a very decent fighter. Getting blown out in two was always going to be fuel for the cynics and I think we are seeing that on forums today.

I dont know how anyone could say Cortez was more biased than Dave Parris!
Hatton was a good fighter who flourished in Britain when everything was on his side, but besides the Castillo fight he struggled in every other bout he had after the Tszyu fight. He was a majorly overhyped fighter who was world class but not elite. He beat one top guy in 40 odd fights and that was in a fight where the ref, ring size, crowd etc etc etc was all in his favour.
Cynics tend to go after people who are overhyped and Hatton was massively overhyped and overpaid for his ability.

I think they were both extremely questionable performances, but I'm not interested in trying to debate which one was worse.

Hatton was a very good fighter. In fact skillwise I think he regressed against Kostya and failed to show that versatility he had shown prior in subsequent fights. Hattons tactics became somewhat stale and I don't think his levels of fitness were quite the same again. Even then he still beat Collazo, Urango, Malignaggi and stopped Castillo. He actually displayed some lovely skills for half a fight against Urango but got weary and went back to holding. Even when ugly Hatton has the ability to just grind things out. And to be fair Hatton was even in the Mayweather fight up until half way when he lost the plot somewhat.

Hatton won a few trinkets and lost a couple of the big ones. No biggie. He did a lot better than most.

Well if u agree that Parris's ref display was questionable and helped Ricky win then how can u complain if Hatton is then on the recieving end. It is a massive double standard by you. Its ok if a ref is dodgy when it helps a fighter u like but not when it helps a fighter u dislike?