A professional boxing referee for a quarter of a century, renowned instructor Joe Cortez decided to impart his knowledge of the sport online, launching "www.fairbutfirm.com" using Web services from Web.com.

A former New York, Eastern and National Golden Glove champion, Cortez has refereed more than 3,000 bouts, including 159 World Championship matches -- more than any active official today and within close range of the all-time record of 167. His passion for the sport led him to launch the fairbutfirm.com site as a free resource for other referees. "I saw the potential to use today's technology to address the fact that there is a lack of uniformity in officiating today, and no international reference on proper referring," Cortez says. "This site is the first and only school for referees in the world made possible by the services and technologies such as Web.com's."

Cortez' technical consultants led him to Web.com, a provider of domain names, hosting services, e-mail service and streaming video support-a feature hastened to market at fairbutfirm.com's request. The site contains video clips of seminars that Cortez directs and films from his gym in Las Vegas, as well as input from featured guest referees, judges, doctors, timekeepers, commissioners, inspectors and other professionals pivotal to boxing.

"Web.com really went the extra mile in terms of customer service," Cortez says. "We had a specific need for streaming video and, although Web.com did not initially have the infrastructure to accommodate this, the Company simply purchased streaming media servers to satisfy our request. This meant that instead of having to shop around for another hosting provider, we could immediately focus our attention on what's important to us -- building the site, educating boxing referees and growing the sport."

Will Pemble, President of Web.com and a long-time fan of boxing, thinks the site is a knockout. "It's always exciting for us to help launch a business on the Web that's never been online before, especially when it has the potential to improve an industry. What Joe is doing with fairbutfirm.com can raise quality standards in professional boxing. Since fighter's lives are literally in referees' hands, we're proud to be associated with a site that helps them perfect the craft."

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