Pacquio loses

[SHOGUN]

Why am I not surprised by this?

[JMN]

Bradley's confused and delayed reaction tells it all. At most he took 4 rounds (1, 10-12).

[Bertuzzied]

Well at least Bob Arum didnt' fix the fight. (which i thought he might have done to up Bradley and dump the aging and almost retiring Pacquiao)

Bradley knew he lost.

From Yahoo! Sports:

"Can you believe that?" promoter Bob Arum said. "I had it 10-2! After I got into the ring after the fight, I went over to Bradley and said 'You did very well.' He said, 'I tried hard, but I couldn't beat the guy.' This is crazy. You talk about killing boxing? All three scorecards you throw out."

[Trojan97]

Manny deserved the loss by delaying the fight in order to watch the end of the Heat/Celtics. That in itself is ridiculous.

He got robbed tho, will be interesting to see what Mayweather says...

[Bertuzzied]

Wow, how bad was Pacman robbed when Floyd Mayweather Sr. thought he won.

danrafaelespn Dan Rafael
Ran into Floyd Mayweather Sr. in the casino after the fight. He had Pacquiao winning too. #PacBradley #boxing

Top Rank's Bob Arum, who promotes Pacquiao and Bradley, was stunned. He said he had it 118-110 for Pacquiao.
"When I came into the ring [after the fight], I said to Tim, 'You did very well,' and he said 'I tried hard and I couldn't beat the guy. You talk about killing boxing. Even [Bradley's manager, Cameron Dunkin] had it 8-4 for Pacquiao.
"Something like this is so outlandish, it's a death knell for the sport. This is f------ nuts. I have both guys, and I'll make a lot of money in the rematch, but it's ridiculous. You have these old f---- who don't know what the hell they're looking at. It's incompetence. Nobody who knows anything about boxing could have Bradley ahead in the fight."

[driveway]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

It's far more believable that it was just terrible judging that cost Pacquiao the fight. The idea that someone paid off the judges to screw over the biggest boxing name on the planet in the event that the fight went to the scorecards is ridiculous.

There's no way. Terrible judging would be one judge scoring the match 115-113 for Pacquiao. The idea that two judges could possibly have seen Bradley winning that fight is ludicrous. That was as rigged as Wrestlemania.

The really lame thing is now Pacquiao-Mayweather never happens. And also boxing dies, that's the other thing that happens. Boxing dies.

[Senator Clay Davis]

The obvious answer to what happened last night: Those two judges were plants by Dana White to help ensure the demise of boxing.

[transplant99]

"I thought I won the fight," Bradley said. "I didn't think he was as good as everyone says he was. I didn't feel his power."

Ringside punching statistics showed Pacquiao landing 253 punches to 159 for Bradley, who vowed before the fight to take the 147-pound title from Pacquiao. The Compubox statistics showed Pacquiao landing more punches in 10 of the 12 rounds.




http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...split-decision

[GirlySports]

I will never complain about Olympic boxing again.

[albertGQ]

I saw the fight too. Utter BS. And I don't even like Pacquio. He was robbed!

[killer_carlson]

Boxing was never the same for me after don king rigged (allegedly) the first Lemnos Lewis vs Holyfield.

For such a ridiculous result in such a high profile fight, with king promoting the rematch, it ended my serious interest in boxing . Now I'm a casual fan at best but I can't think of any ppv I bought at home for boxing after that day.


Hearing this comes as no surprise. What is interesting though is both the promoter and the venue call this as seriously badness for the future of boxing

[PeteLFan]

I haven't ordered a fight since the Tyson Lewis fight which was a farce in itself. Thank goodness for free online streaming.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by PeteLFan

I haven't ordered a fight since the Tyson Lewis fight which was a farce in itself. Thank goodness for free online streaming.

What was wrong with the Tyson Lewis fight? Tyson got knocked the f out. Also amazing weigh in trash talking by Tyson who kept on grabbing his crotch and threatening to rape female reporters and then wanting to eat Lewis's children.

[PeteLFan]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

What was wrong with the Tyson Lewis fight? Tyson got knocked the f out. Also amazing weigh in trash talking by Tyson who kept on grabbing his crotch and threatening to rape female reporters and then wanting to eat Lewis's children.

Tyson getting his #### pushed back, then after the fight declaring his love for Lewis while wiping sweat off Lewis face, and saying he just needed the money.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by PeteLFan

Tyson getting his #### pushed back, then after the fight declaring his love for Lewis while wiping sweat off Lewis face, and saying he just needed the money.

Considering he got punished and beat to a pulp i'm not seeing where the outrage is here.

[ken0042]

The only thing I can see outside of the fight being rigged was the judges sending Pacquio a message. I have watched his last few fights and have really noticed a pattern. He will have the other guy dizzy by somewhere around round 3-6, and then just spar with him to take it to 12 rounds. At no point is he even knocking his opponents down any more; never mind knocking them out.

Maybe the judges weren't scoring him based on how many hits, hit %, etc. But instead awarding a round to Bradley because Pacquio missed an obvious opportunity to end the fight early.

That said, I would have given Bradley 2 or 3 rounds; the rest to Pacquio.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis

The obvious answer to what happened last night: Those two judges were plants by Dana White to help ensure the demise of boxing.

Dana White is pissed, he isn't like most boxing fans and isn't insecure about hating the other sport to enjoy one.

Here is a tweet post fight

Nevada state athletic commission at its finest!!! Youve for to be ####ing kidding me!! that is disgusting Nevada state athletic commission!! Worst athletic commission in the country!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bertuzzied]

I like Kellerman but since he moved from Friday Night Fights as an analyst to HBO as a commentator he is becoming less controversial which sucks.

After his interviews he was stating that he had some 'connections' sitting beside the judges who scored the fight for Bradley. Well obviously he was lying because after a survey of press row 47 of the 48 surveyed had Pac Man winning. Insane.

Boxing Press , Fan Forum and Boxing Sites Scores

Wayne McCulloch (Primetime) - 116-112 Pacquiao

Dougie Fischer (Ring Mag) - 117-111 Pacquiao

Fighters Rated.com - 117-111 Pacquiao

Herold Lederman (HBO) - 119-109 Pacquiao

Michael Woods (Thesweetscience) - 119-109 Pacquiao

Leave It In The Ring Boxing Radio - 117-111 Pacquiao

ProBoxing-Fans Jake - 117-111 Pacquiao

WorldBoxingNews.net - 118-110 Pacquiao

BoxingSocialist - 116-112 Pacquiao

Steve Kim (Maxboxing) - 117-111 Pacquiao

Dan Rafael (ESPN) - 119-109 Pacquiao

Scott Christ (BadLeftHook) - 117-111 Pacquiao

Kevin Iole (Yahoo) - 117-111 Pacquiao

Michael Rosenthal (Ring Mag) - 118-111 Pacquiao

Jake Donovan (Boxingscene) - 115-113 Pacquiao

Skip Bayliss (ESPN) - 119-109 Pacquiao

Joel Sebastionelli (LIITR Box Radio) - 116-112 Pacquiao

Danny Flexen ( Boxing News) - 115-113 BRADLEY

Michael Nelson (Cruelest Sport) - 116-112 Pacquiao

Tom Gray (secondsout.com) - 116-112 Pacquiao

Denzil Stome (Onthebeak.com) - 118-110 Pacquiao

Terry Dooley (Boxingscene) - 115-113 Pacquiao

Paddy Cronan (Onthegrindboxingradio ) - 118-110 Pacquiao

Suge Green (Onthegrindboxingradio) - 116-112 Pacquiao

Steve Zemach (QueensburyRules.com) - 116-112 Pacquiao

Gabriel Montoya (Maxboxing) - 118-110 Pacquiao

Ryan Burton (Theboxinglab Radio) - 117-112 Pacquiao

Ricky Hatton (Primetime) - 116-112 Pacquiao

Associated Press - 117-111 Pacquiao

Orlando Sentinel - 117-111 Pacquiao

Ben Thompson (Fighthype) 116-112 Pacquiao

NY Daily News - 116-112 Pacquiao

LA Times - 117-111 Pacquiao

Daily Buletin (Robert Morales) - 116-112 Pacquiao

Ron Borges - 117-111 Pacquiao

Michael Marley - 119-109 Pacquiao

Kieran Mulvaney (ESPN) - 117-111 Pacquiao

Steve Lillis (Boxnation) - 118-111 Pacquiao

Nigel Collins (ESPN) - 118-110 Pacquiao

No Holds Barred.com - 117-111 Pacquiao

Tommy Gunn (Boxing Asylum) - 117-111 Pacquiao

Steve Bunce (Boxnation/primetime) 116-112 Pacquiao

P4P.com (Brett Newton) - 118-110 Pacquiao

Ron Lewis - 117-111 Pacquiao

Gareth A Davies - 117-111 Pacquiao

Mike Coppinger - 118-110 Pacquiao

Rob Day (Ringnews24) - 117-112 Pacquiao

[CMPunk]

I thought I heard that right before the fight, the odds on Bradley changed and there was a huge jump on bets for him

[Senator Clay Davis]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

Dana White is pissed, he isn't like most boxing fans and isn't insecure about hating the other sport to enjoy one.

Here is a tweet post fight

I mean I was joking of course, but even if I was serious the tell-tale sign this was just horrific judging is the one judge who did give it to Manny only gave it to him 115-113. It appears they simply watched a different fight than everyone else.