Cortes is a great referee

[Yun85]

Cortez is a great referee or making bad decisions

[ChampionsForever]

You what?

[KCD]

Cortez is a great referee or making bad decisions


He is a decent referee... but not the best. I think Smoger is the best referee at the moment.

[4Rounder]

Cortez is a good ref, but he has become inconsistent, making bad decisions from time to time.

[nulty]

He's shit. He lacks consistancy which imo is the most important thing in ref.

[Jude]

He's shit. He lacks consistancy which imo is the most important thing in ref.

Agreed he seems to be influenced by the event

[TBooze]

So good you can not get his name right on the thread.;)

Cortez is an excellent referee, in an era where we have many. Cortez IMO, is as respected as any of his peers.

[TRUEBELIEVER 66]

Mr fair but firm, has been around forever and a day, but age may be catching up with him, he's a little slower and more inconsistent than he used to be, he may have a few more years left than that's it, he was a little off the mark in May-Hatton but ref's like fighters have off night's too:deal

[albeziel]

I respect him, but in the Maywether vs Hatton fight he was very annoying and out of his mind

[albeziel]

Yunguillo

[dan-b]

Dumb thread anyone?

[psychopath]

Cortez is a great referee or making bad decisions

I don't like Cortez . . . a he has been involved in a lot of controversial incidents.

[TFFP]

He's garbage. He reminds me of Uriah Renniah, a "soccer" ref, in that he thinks the crowd have come to see him

Best ref:
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[Mikey]

Just loves being a celeb ref, his catchphrase is fucking shit as well.

[kirk]

1 - Smoger
2 - bayless
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3 - cortez
4 - and no i dont think steele is that bad.... he made one bad call (and thats debatable)
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worst - nady




oh and gang... this thread, arguments, and post..... is a sign that your a boxing addict lol

[Drew101]

1 - Smoger
2 - bayless
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3 - cortez
4 - and no i dont think steele is that bad.... he made one bad call (and thats debatable)
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worst - nady




oh and gang... this thread, arguments, and post..... is a sign that your a boxing addict lol

Hi...I'm Drew...and I'm addicted to boxing. :D

(one or two people call out "Hi Drew!):lol:

Not a bad list at all, kirk. I think I might put Tony Weeks above Cortez right now, because Johnson fight notwithstanding, he never really seems to make a bad call. (and I'm not even sure if he really screwed up in that case, either.)

Agreed about Nady. he's incredibly inconsistant.

[kirk]

oh man... my bad... when i put down bayless out of my head went weeks too... i ment to have him there,

1 - Smoger
2 - Bayless
3 - Weeks




4 - cortes/steele

[RafaelGonzal]

Im fair but Im firm I dont like that damn saying, shouldnt the correct usage of the term as I recall from my days as a US Marine be.... Im firm but Im fair and Cortez that idot has it backward? and everytime I hear him say it well drives me nuts.

The implication being Im going to be a real nasty hard task master and you will hate me but I will always be fair to you hence dammit the Im firm then but Im fair shtik that Cortez has backwards. Am I right or wrong?

[Zerwas1]

It's official Cortes is shot, he had to many wars. He's a Gatekeeper now for other refs

[doomeddisciple]

There's a few Cortez moments I really dislike -

A) When he DQ'd Tszyu for hitting on the break against Leonardo Mas.

B) When he ruled the body shot that dropped John Ruiz by Evander Holyfield was a low blow - Thus making us endure another whole 15 or so rounds of Holy man Vs Boo-iz

C) His over officious early handling of the Hatton fight.

However - There's a slew of fights - The Fenech years come to mind - Where when you have two guys willing to duke it out on the inside - Where he'd let them work for the most part.

Three examples of his off nights when the guy must have officiated over 1000 title fights doesn't make him a crap ref - It makes him human.

[Pimp C]

1.Bayless
2.Weeks
3.Smoger

Cortez has started to slip a little but is still decent.

[Fighting Weight]

Mills Lane was always my favourite back in the day, thought he was quality but he fucked up the Tyson/Holyfield rematch - he wanted to DQ Tyson after the first bite but got dissuaded from doing so by Marc Ratner (I think) who was obviously worried about a premature stoppage. Lane was right in that instance, Tyson should have been DQ'd but he allowed outside influences to talk him out of his decision which was a sign of weakness.

OK Cortez's performance in the Hatton/Mayweather fight wasn't exactly perfect but Hatton fans cling to that as though it's what caused their hero's downfall as opposed to the absolute FACT that Hatton was out-gunned in every department in the ring anyway, the referee made no difference even though he was a minor irritation.

Compare Cortez's performance against the shocking crap that Eddie Cotton (I think that was his name) came up with in the Lewis- Tyson fight and then talk to me about bias, Cotton was FAR worse yet it's forgotten because all his bullshit didn't make any difference to the result.

[Shane]

Cortez is a great referee or making bad decisions

Cortez is one of the best i wish he would have refereed the kostya tszyu bout
hattons style is annoying, he grabs to much!! i know hatton is a better boxer and has the ability to outbox most fighter's in the sport, but instead he rely's on wrestling and smothering his own punches in the process, he needs to rely on his boxing ability rather than his irritating wrestling matches in the future.
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[rodney]

Cortez -- Great Ref.
Did a good job with Floyd/Hatton.
Broke up cliches and kept it a boxing match.
It could of ended up a foul fest or disqualification.

[cardstars]

Cortez isn't "horrible" by any means, but I like about half a dozen others over him

[PATSYS]

Cortez is a great referee or making bad decisions

Of all the refs out there today, IMO Joe Cortez is the best. I don't I have seen him make obvious bad decisions ever.

Jay Nady is the worst, with Rany Newman a close 2nd.

[Gonzo]

Without a doubt one of the best ref's around today.

[eze]

I like how Cortez is done as a ref after he didn't allow hatton to cheat.