Welcome back ricky....

[THE PHILOSOPHER]

Remember folks, this is the same guy that said, "There's no way Floyd can knock me out, he must be mad" and "I was winning the 2nd round by a country mile!" in a fight where he was steamrolled

By the ref yes! Also hatton is better suited to LWW. All the odds were in floyd's favour that night, the ref, home town, his division! Cortez played a big part in that fight! Floyd beat's ricky 9 times out of 10 but a hatton who is allowed to 'dog it up ' (Which was hatton's Modus operandi after all!) on the inside give's floyd a much harder night! Hatton pre-tszyu (not the UK media darling fighting in the US) gives floyd a rough night IMO.

Barry Mcguigan: "Joe Cortez was very biased I thought" I agree. Also mcguigan stated before the fight "Cortez will have a crucial role to play in determining how the fight develops. I just hope the referee Cortez allows [Hatton] to get inside because that will be his best tactic"

Hatton pleaded with referee Cortez to let fight flow beforehand in an interview too, so he was aware of the influence joe would have prior to the fight. Compare cortez's interference with the hatton/castillo fight (HARDLY INTERVENED!) and then watch him in the mayweather/hatton fight (He broke the two when they touched for more than a split second and took a point from Hatton for an illegal punch that didn't even land LOL!)

Check out cortez in the Whitaker vs. Savarese fight! He told Savarese to get up. I think if he hadn't whitaker would have won by KO.

So sorry but cortez ruined that fight for hatton. It seemed like cortez ignored a lot of floyd being the one who was holding on in clinches and was using his forearm-elbow push off constantly and wasn't really warned about it. Stopping ricky from fighting on the inside is like taking wladimir klitschko's jab away!