Stopping the fight, according to Cortez, offers the losing fighter a chance to come back, to fight again, to win. Protecting the fighters in the ring gives Cortez the greatest satisfaction. When tragedy strikes in the ring, many of whom who have never been involved with the sport are quick to call for the banning of boxing. To put the statistics in perspective, there are more fatalities in horse racing and auto racing than there are in boxing. To call for a ban in boxing, there would also need to be a ban on football, automobiles, and airplanes.
Life is a risk.
In a boxer s job there is risk. Proper training and defense help lower the risk associated with the sport. Cortez is always looking to perfect his techniques to be better than the next guy. This determination is even more important today when people look for reasons to discriminate against the sport. Cortez works constantly to try to better the image of boxing through his own personal work.