Joe Cortez watch.

[El Kabong]

.....So the fight would have been different if Cortez wasn't the ref

I still see Hatton getting blasted by Floyd, I still see Calzaghe winning by decision, and I still see Wlad winning by KO.


I fail to see the point of all this bitching...since the Sam Peter fight Wlad hasn't done as much clinching as people bitch about and WHY for fucks sake does he get complained about and not Hatton?


It's just the Hatton fans trying to make an excuse for his loss when all you really need to say is "Ricky fought outside his comfort zone of 140 and PBF was too scared to fight him there"


The worst thing Cortez did in the Wlad fight was taping Thompson's glove....Tony was ready to go but got a little stamina back when that timeout happened

[LEGION]

After reading the title of the thread I became perplexed. I thought Rolex lost their collective minds and were going to put a Joe Cortez watch on the market

That would be an unreliable timepiece: too fast, too slow, not working properly and erratic 1/2 the time

[El Kabong]

What specifically should Cortez have done in each fight to be a better ref?

[Markusdarkus]

What specifically should Cortez have done in each fight to be a better ref?

CONSISTANCY!

[Markusdarkus]

.....So the fight would have been different if Cortez wasn't the ref

I still see Hatton getting blasted by Floyd, I still see Calzaghe winning by decision, and I still see Wlad winning by KO.


I fail to see the point of all this bitching...since the Sam Peter fight Wlad hasn't done as much clinching as people bitch about and WHY for fucks sake does he get complained about and not Hatton?


It's just the Hatton fans trying to make an excuse for his loss when all you really need to say is "Ricky fought outside his comfort zone of 140 and PBF was too scared to fight him there"


The worst thing Cortez did in the Wlad fight was taping Thompson's glove....Tony was ready to go but got a little stamina back when that timeout happened

That doesnt matter a fighter should be given every opportunity to fight his fight. Millions of fans and tens of millions of dollars are invested in a fighter. Hatton is not allowed to fight his fight but Hopkins is? it should be an even playing field fair but it is not. Weather Hatton would have won or weather Thompson would have won is doubtful and quite irrelivant and seriously how the hell would anyone know?

Its like getting Floyd to fight Hatton and take away his best chance of winning.

Ok to kill someone with cancer because HAY they are gonna die anyway? NO.