Joe Cortez's performance during the Hatton-Mayweather fight

[armyash]

Was just so frustrating to watch. We all have our favourite fighters and i'm sure a lot of people thought Hatton would win but i would rather see a good, tough, give and take fight with the ref just there to keep the action flowing smoothly with no blatant dirty illegal fighting.

Yeah Hatton was up against it but i always thought that with his non stop pressure, crunching body shots he would have at the least been a very tough fight for Mayweather. Not saying there would have been a different winner but with Cortez keeping his interference to a minimum we would have seen a much more composed Hatton and a very competitive fight where Mayweather would have been made more uncomfortable than he was accustomed to.

[chinchekked]

Yeah, I want to make it clear that I am not saying that Cortez's actions caused a different result but I am just saying that he stunk up the joint. He would step in at times half heartedly which gave both fighters opportunities to throw extra shots and he just generally seemed aloof and overwhelmed IMO.

[Mars_ax]

Yeah, I want to make it clear that I am not saying that Cortez's actions caused a different result but I am just saying that he stunk up the joint. He would step in at times half heartedly which gave both fighters opportunities to throw extra shots and he just generally seemed aloof and overwhelmed IMO.

Joe Cortez isn't one of the worst refs, but he's one of those that can turn a fight into the "Joe Cortez Show". In other words, instead of the focus being on the 2 fighters where it belongs, you're constantly being distracted by what Cortez does. I really don't like Cortez as a ref, he's just way too interfering in big fights.