Petition to ban Joe Cortez

[Robert619]

petitionspot.com/petitions/banjoecortez
I mean cmon, how many more controversial fights does he have to be in before people see how much his mistakes affect the outcome of a fight?

Fightnews article mentioning how Maidana's camp even requested not to have Joe cortez
fightnews.com/Boxing/team-maidana-statement-70198

[Dizaster]

A petition to ban a respected member of his profession just for doing his job at what some people would consider a world class level, is completely disrespectful....

You should be ashamed.. How would this person feel if they read a petition to get them sacked from their job..?

There is no excuse for this....

Shame Shame Shame...




Oh fuck,, wait,,,, it's Joe Cortez.....


Sign me up...

[Robert619]

I have great respect for a referee that has to put his name on the line and make tough calls and split-second decisions, but this guy is a disgrace.

[Gandalf]

Yes, ban him from ever officiating another fight. And I mean ban him from all fights. Young up and coming fighters shouldn't have to put up with his nonsense either. Maybe Cortez is a nice guy, I don't know. But if you can't do your job with any degree of consistency nor professionalism then you need to be given the boot.

It is time for him to go. There are a group of awful referees that I would like to see put in the retirement home and some judges too.

[erics44]

aye ban him

ricky would have been lb for lb

[Kev]

Ban him for what? For awarding a justified point deduction to Maidana?

[ono]

Oh dear.

[Ant Live]

Ban him for what? For awarding a justified point deduction to Maidana?

I wanna know too! For what?
Basketball, if a player throw a punch without connecting he will be fined and ejected.
Football, they can't even touch another players helmet.
Hockey, Hell I love the way they let them fight!!!

Point is, MM threw an elbow on purpose.
"1 point
1 point
1 point",
say Cortez!!!

[Dizaster]

Ban him for what? For awarding a justified point deduction to Maidana?

I personally don't care about that.... In fact I havn't even seen that fight... And I afford anyone in their job a mistake or two,,, if it even was that....


I just can't stand how many times he gets between fighters in just about every fight I have seen him ref...

Some are complaining about how certain fighters were hard done by with him reffing and that he's affected outcomes of fights.... I havn't found things to that extent, although I have noticed his reffing style really benefit certain fighters or styles and hinder others...

And by that style I mean getting himself in the middle of fighters much much more than is needed, and way to prematurely in the fight, and during almost every exchange... Many many times over i've been really into a fight, and he slowly draws me out of the excitement with what I would honestly call "interruptions" to the proceedings..
I think the Maidana thing just brought it back to everyone's attention, but he's personally hindered my enjoyment of the majority of matches i've watched him ref...

But, he keeps getting top bouts because someone really wants him in there,,,, I just understand why many fighters don't want him reffing their fights...

[El Kabong]

There are so many people more worthy of being banned...Gale Van Hoy for instance.

Cortez is a ref, not all refs do their job the same way....Laurence Cole for another example is a million times worse than Cortez.

[bcollins]

There are so many people more worthy of being banned...Gale Van Hoy for instance.

Cortez is a ref, not all refs do their job the same way....Laurence Cole for another example is a million times worse than Cortez.

Yeah...let's get rid of him too.

[:::PSL:::]

petitionspot.com/petitions/banjoecortez
I mean cmon, how many more controversial fights does he have to be in before people see how much his mistakes affect the outcome of a fight?

Fightnews article mentioning how Maidana's camp even requested not to have Joe cortez
fightnews.com/Boxing/team-maidana-statement-70198

I'm pretty sure you're somebody's alt.

[J_C]

I thought refs get put out to pasture when they reach 65? Cortez must be pushing that. Maybe thats only a rule in the UK though I dont know.

[Mar]

People want to ban cortez in a sport that just got done watching margarito cheat, loose and still get a title shot ? Cortez's own mom and obama could sign a petition and as long as people watch and buy tickets it won't change anything.

[El Kabong]

I know there are a lot of Brits that hate Cortez because of Hatton-Mayweather and Cortez wouldn't let Ricky hold or maul Floyd. Now part of me wonders how those very same fans would react if Cortez was to ref the (hopefully) soon to be made heavyweight unification fight.