Cortez did a good job.
He knew Hopkins was just acting with the low blow.
Cortez did a good job.
He knew Hopkins was just acting with the low blow.
I'd give him a 4 out of 10. He gave him a full 5 min to recuparate energery for a non-existent low blow and what is more Hopkins tried the same thing again. It took cortez like 10-15 secs to make him turn around and fight after blatently acting as if he was hit on the back of his head.
If a fighter takes a low blow, he is entitled to a full 5 minutes to recuparate if he needs it.... It is generally not up to the ref to decide whether someone is acting or not... He went down, he stayed down, he got up and looked in pain.. The ref in the meaning of safety, should asume his nut got squashed by the cup or something, and needs the recovery time...
I wouldn't say it was a poor job at refereeing... And it was one small part of a whole fight... And it didn't have a huge impact on anything...
A referee can't know where a fighters balls are in relation to their cup at all times, so he gave Hopkins the benefit... That is fair enough by most people's standards...
Cortez sucks, he clearly is biased for American fighters. Hopkins threw a million illegal blows tonight, but instead of getting a point deduction or a warning, he gets a free rest so that he could it again. What a disgrace Cortez is. All in all the refereeing tonight was a sham, Joe wouldve KTFod or schooled Nard if not for Cortez acting like Nard's accomplice.
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