We all know how the fight between Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather and Ricky Hatton ended on Saturday night.

I was very disappointed with the referee in this fight, Joe Cortez. It seems as if Cortez was biased towards Mayweather.   His constant interaction between the fighters made it virtually impossible for Hatton to win this fight.  Every single time the fighters got close or Hatton had Mayweather against the ropes, Mayweather would grab Hatton and Cortez would jump in between them and break them up.  This is Hatton’s strength and his strategy, but yet Cortez gave him no opportunity to wear down Mayweather.  In fact, Cortez would always look at Hatton and blame him for having to step in and to make matters worse, Cortez deducted a point from Hatton when Mayweather got scared and turned his head away from Hatton which resulted in a blow to the back of the head. 

This led to the inevitable deat of Hatton as Mayweather picked his spots, bobbing and weaving in the center of the ring and finally catching Hatton with a vicious left hook that sent Hatton off the turnbuckle and onto the canvas.  Any championship fight should NOT go this way.  The referees need to call the match fairly and give both fighters the opportunity to win the fight which I did not think happened in this fight.  This fight would have been much closer and more exciting had Hatton been able to fight the way he always fights.