Quote Originally Posted by ElTerribleMorales View Post
Quote Originally Posted by TitoFan View Post
As I posted on another thread:

"Well hell of course it's Cortes's fault again. He should have stopped Ortiz from kissing and hugging Floyd a second time, after Cortes had said to fight on. He should have held up a banner that said "CONTINUE FIGHTING" instead of just saying it verbally. He should have leaped in the middle of Floyd's one-two and taken the punishment instead of the clueless Ortiz. The headbutt by Ortiz was Cortes's fault also. He should have seen the headbutts coming, and pushed Ortiz away or something. Hell.... in the dressing room, before the fight, Cortes should have said to Ortiz: "Hey listen... no blatant headbutts in there, or I'll have to deduct points away from you and maybe disqualify you. But if you DO headbutt... don't go kissing and hugging after I've told you to continue. You're liable to get clocked." That damn Cortes. He should be fired (like Merchant)."

It's so "in" to blame Cortes for everything.

bro you're just blinded by the flag if you actually think that Joe did a good job on Saturday night, IMO the fight was no different than the Humberto Soto DQ, if he said BOX well he's supposed to be watching the action and not staring off at God know's what, it's not like it's the first fight he's fucked up

No flag here, bro. I could care less if Cortes was Japanese, Greek, Armenian, or from any other country. I'm just going by what he did RIGHT. He was quick to deduct a point from Ortiz. A warning just wasn't going to do. He signaled the fighters to continue. Why did he look to the side while Mayweather landed his haymakers? Who knows? I'm not letting idiot Ortiz off the hook THAT easy. It's too easy to dump on Cortes nowadays. But Ortiz was the one in there with the gloves on. He had been instructed to carry on, but yet chose to continue the smooch-fest with Floyd. Even when he gets tagged with the left hook, he's stupid enough to keep his hands down and look over at Cortes, like some kid waiting for the teacher to scold the bully. So Floyd knocked his ass out. They were legal shots... and everybody says so. Could Cortes have taken control of the situation a little better and maybe have been more assertive? Sure. Hindsight is 20/20. With instant replays, we're ALL geniuses.

So Ortiz getting KTFO'ed is nobody's fault but his own. To top it off... he didn't seem to be that broken up about it. (HE didn't blame the ref). He just said "It was fun." Go figure.