Quote Originally Posted by Ricardo "Finito" Lopez
Anyone would think Cortez committed a crime, Cortez was warning both men, Hatton had a point deducted for hitting Mayweather twice in the back of the head, and that was fair to take a point away. Hatton was working plenty on the inside and also Hatton made it a rough untidy fight, which Hatton wanted to do to get Mayweather off his rhythm Mayweather was just better on the inside than what Hatton expected. Am i missing something here folks ?? because i didn't think Cortez's refereeing was bad at all.
Agreed, Hatton lost get over it. Another thing that pisses me off is this bullshit notion that 'Hatton would have gone the distance if Cortez wasn't such a bad ref'..How in the fuck do you work that one out?? People are making it sound like Cortez was beating the shit out of Hatton with Mayweather??
The match ended with Ricky Hatton coming in with the usual wide left hook to which Mayweather responded with a sweet check hook which spelt the end for Ricky. What role exactly did Cortez play in that? How would that K.O have been different if Cortez 'stopped splitting them up so quickly'? They weren't even on the inside when the match ended. Could have been any ref, the result won't have changed.