Comments Thread For: Timothy Bradley's Victory Smeared With Wide Controversy

[4Corners]

Now Marquez can take a tune-up again in November, and Pac can fight Bradley in the fall, than Marquez in the Spring.

This means no May-Pac no matter what till at least Late 2013.

[hhnic718]

Pac must have told Arum he wanted a buy out that's why the robbery.

[sdcluser]

Arum's agenda is becoming pretty clear- he wants to replace Pacquiao.

That's why he made him look like a religious fanatic, and thats why he let him think he had extra time before the fight started.

Who knows what is behind the scene? May be Pac wanna break way or retire. Bob just sending message who is the boss here.

[samouraï]

Arum thought it was going to be a close fight and bought those scorcards.. like I said there was no way they were going to rob Bradley thats Arums new young undeafeted fighter to replace Pac on his way out.

This seems like the most likely. I think Arum thought Bradley would make the fight ugly enough that he could give him a split decision and it'd be controversial but not crazy. Pacquiao dominated Bradley and made him look completely outclassed.

Then Arum sensed people would be pissed so he started acting like it was a robbery as well. He's saying the judges were ****ing nuts and that Bradley admitted to him after the fight that he "just couldn't beat Pacquiao". Arum's such a ****ing snake.

What a ****ty sport this has become. Goddamn.

[ChiTown2Diego]

Marquez win over Pacquiao was way more clear.
But Props to Bradley , Pacquiao should retire.

I like Bradley but props to Bradley for what exactly?

[Second Best]

I thought Manny won the fight. He looked good not great. He didnt seem dynamic or explosive. I bet 200 on Bradley so ill collect my 640 before this decision gets reversed. That said this was a robbery.

[Kagami Taiga]

i dont even know wat to say...anyone of u pac fans still wanna defend arum??? have at it.

[4Corners]

Bradley should fight just like he did in rounds 1 and 9-12 in the rematch. Don't exchange with him all that much, move to your right and counter, pressure here and there a little bit. He won rounds 10 and 12, and rounds 1 and 9 were close/could have gone either way.

Pac won this fight during rounds 2-8 to me though, shutting those rounds out. I had it 117-111 Pac. The widest it could have been were 118-110 and the closest it could have been was 116-112.

[switchsouthpaw]

The fight was closer than HBO and Lederman had it. CompuBox was skewed for Pacquiao. With that being said, I think this is making up for Paquiao/Marquez. The rematch won't be much different. Bradley doesn't have the punching power and Pacquiao will not be able to land the big shots. Bradley impressed me with his boxing and his competitiveness. I'm surprised he wasn't busted like most of the recent Pacquaio opponents. Maybe, that's why we got this decision. I guess we'll have to wait for the super fight.

You honestly think the fight was close? In what respect? I gave Bradley two rounds, and one simply because I liked him. Pac won this fight EASY. And if you think I'm a pacroid or something, far from it, I'm a fight fan first and foremost. I like Bradley and I gave him a shot at the upset. In no way did he even come close to winning more than 2 rounds.

[WESS]

One of the biggest robberies of all time


Shocking scoring by the judges!!!

Maybe should not be that surprised considering some of the calls by the judges though.

Pacquiao dominated the early and mid round, Bradley came back at the end when Manny took his foot of the gas but you would still struggle to give Bradley more than 3 round in this fight.

But the judges had it 115-113 for Pacquiao, 115-113 for Bradley and 115-113 for Bradley.


Bradley looked as shocked as anyone else when he was announced the winner and was still in shock when given the interviews.

Pacquiao landed more punches got hit less, landed the cleaner punches, the harder punches, was more accurate, controlled the ring more.

Bradley was hurt several times in the fight was on shaky legs, Pacquiao never hurt never troubled.


Some of the scores from Press row

Associated Press: 117-111 Pac
SB Nation: 117 -111 Pac
LA Times: 117-111 Pac
USA Today: 118-110 Pac

Some quotes

"It's either corruption or incompetence." - ESPN's Teddy Atlas [Not Pacquiao's biggest fan]
HBO's Jim Lampley referred to it as the "worst scoring he has every seen."
"People, a great sport is now on a respirator. Boxing is presently a polluted playing field in every respect. Tonight was PAR FIR THE COURSE." - Lou DiBella
"Okay well maybe not worse than my draw with Holyfield but still bad nonetheless!" - Lennox Lewis
"Bradley by split decision. I AM SHOCKED. I dont even know what to say." - ESPN's Dan Rafael [Tipped Bradley to win on Points]

Rafael, who tipped Bradley to win on pts, had Pacquiao winning 119-109


Bradley 159/839
Pacquiao 253/751

Pacquiao landing nearly 100 more punches and a lot higher connect percentage.

You don't have to explain, everyone has seen the Pac vs JMM III fight... This is called Karma.

At the end of the day, this is a business move by Bob Arum. Now he gets another in house fight where he controls all the money.

Horriable undercard fights. Horriable main card robbery and just a disgraceful night of boxing that Top Rank set up tonight...