Quote Originally Posted by El Kabong View Post
Well to be honest the fans of the WBA title holder already have a list of excuses when it comes to Wladimir and oddly enough if they are really that bothered by Wlad holding (which he really hasn't done all that much of since the first Sam Peter fight) then Joe Cortez would be the referee they would want in the ring as the main argument with him in the Hatton-Mayweather fight wasn't that he allowed Floyd to use his elbows (that's revisionist history from ono and furthermore it should be expected from the style Floyd uses, meaning Hatton should have trained for it) it was that Cortez broke up the clinches too quickly and Hatton never got to maul Floyd like he mauled Kostya Tszyu.

That being said who would you guys be satisfied with as ref of this fight (should it actually happen this time)?
In fairness, Wlad hasn't really been in a serious fight where he hasn't been on a different level to his opponent since he got rattled in the first Peter fight, which really shows the dominance of the Klitschko's over recent years.

The hope is that Haye can get past the ramrod jab and start to rattle Wlad a bit and make it competitive, but I don't see the fight being close enough to need excuses, it's either a Wlad points win or Haye KO.

I just hope that the penpushers on both sides get the details out of the way and get them in the ring together.