I hate to burst your bubble but the REF let those fighters you mentioned get down and fight.
Joe Cortez did not let this fight become all it could be. Anytime Hatton was about to attack, Joe pulled on Ricky's collar. He did thise long enough to frustrate Hatton and take Hatton out of the fight. At this point, my mother could have jumped in and knocked Hatton out.

Don't compare this fiasco with something special and great like was Barrera/Morales, Duran/Leonard, Ali/Frazier and so on. Floyd looked like a fighter who was being protected by the Ref.