You are the one who said Parris did some monumental hack job. I was merely making a comparison to put things in there proper perspective instead of the exaggerated accusation you leveled. All anybody has to do is youtube around for Cortez interfering and it would probably give you ten links including some with complete breakdowns round by round.


You see it’s really quite simple and it goes hand in hand with the situational use of both “underrated” and “overrated”. It’s the ends justifies the means again regardless of what people actually witness. When this happens objectivity leaves the room.

For example, when a fighter that is the perceived underdog challenges for a title and wins that title, the referee regardless of degree of interference is blamed for the result. People double down if the ref happens to be of the same nationality as where the fight takes place.

However if the same fighter challenges another titlist a division up on that persons turf with a ref of the champions nationality and the ref is seen by the entire planet interfering to the extent of warning the wrong fighter for an infraction along with never letting the challenger get close to the champion the ref was not a factor.


But all this is academic. Ricky would be a handful for any 140 pound fighter in history with or without a British ref.