Comments Thread For: Bradley-Pacquiao Bouts: Nevada Finds Nothing Illegal

[Alpha & Omega]

Of course nothing illegal was found, what the hell were people expecting to be found? Oh I forgot, this was an actual decision that went against Pac, so it means there was a global underworld mega-conspiracy to uncover right?!! Can we move past this garbage now please? I can't wait for Bradley and Pac to each fight another opponent so we can finally put this to rest.

[Panginoon]

I can't believe the pac-tards are still crying... then again I can.

This reminds me of how Hatton and his fans cried for weeks when Floyd embarrassed them entirely. Like Hatton fired his career long team, I wonder if the remanning few Pac-tards will delete their accounts for the better of boxing.

Isn't it ironic how Floyd is in jail crying because he has to drink tap water? Sorry Floydie, no house arrest for you!

[ModernTalking]

What a surprise ...that's like a police department investigating one of their own officer involvement shooting.

[AllEyesOpen]

Sadly for some, unpopular decisions are not illegal.

[-PBP-]

Here's a good article that kind of covers the entire review process. Don't shoot the messenger:

BY STEVE CARP
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Jul. 3, 2012 | 8:33 p.m.

The state attorney general has determined there was no wrongdoing by the officials in the June 9 WBO welterweight title fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand Garden that saw Bradley upset Pacquiao in a 12-round split decision.

But that will be of little solace to Pacquiao's legions of fans and many neutral boxing observers who think the judges robbed Pacquiao.

In a letter Tuesday to Top Rank chairman Bob Arum, Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto indicated that after chief investigator Dale Liebherr interviewed members of the Nevada Athletic Commission and the Nevada Gaming Control Board, no evidence of criminal activity or impropriety was found on the part of the officials, including judges Duane Ford, Jerry Roth and CJ Ross. Ford and Ross had Bradley winning 115-113, and Roth had Pacquiao ahead, 115-113.

"Displeasure with the subjective decisions of sporting officials is not a sufficient basis for this office to initiate a criminal investigation," Cortez Masto told Arum in the letter. "Unless evidence beyond mere displeasure is forthcoming, this matter will be considered closed. While there may be strong disagreement with the decision, the exercise of professional judgment by individuals officiating at a sporting event is not by itself a criminal investigation."

Arum, who requested the investigation in a letter to Cortez Masto on June 11, said the investigation rings hollow.

"I'm happy that the attorney general did some investigating, but there's a tremendous gap," Arum said from Los Angeles. "Why didn't they interview the judges? They interview the referee (Robert Byrd), and he wasn't the problem.

"I'm not sure this brings closure. I would feel a lot better if they had interviewed the judges. But it's her investigation, not mine."


NAC executive director Keith Kizer said he met with Ford, Roth and Ross individually last week and reviewed the tape of the fight round by round. Kizer said he was satisfied with their performance, and he also praised the attorney general for looking into the matter.

"I'm not sure there was a need for an investigation, but I thought they handled it well," Kizer said. "It's unfortunate that people reacted the way they did following the fight. But this was a very close fight, and eight of the 12 rounds could have went either way, and the three judges did a great job."

Cameron Dunkin, who manages Bradley, agreed.

"There was nothing to investigate," Dunkin said. "There isn't anything there.

"There's nothing weird with the Nevada Athletic Commission. They're the best commission in the world for a reason, and this should show there was nothing fishy. I'm just sorry the attorney general had to go through this nonsense."

Bradley is still healing from injuries to both ankles and his left foot sustained in the fight, and Pacquiao is vacationing in Israel. Arum said he hopes to meet with Pacquiao on July 14 or 15 to determine his next opponent. Pacquiao has announced he will fight Nov. 10.

The June 9 fight had a rematch clause if Pacquiao chooses to exercise it. But whether the public will buy it is another story. The pay-per-view numbers on HBO from the first fight - approximately 920,000 buys - were not great. That number was far fewer than the 1.41 million buys generated from Pacquiao's previous fight, a 12-round majority decision over Juan Manuel Marquez in their trilogy fight Nov. 12 at the Grand Garden.

"We'll see," Arum said. "We'll sit down with Manny and listen to what he wants and go from there."

Contact reporter Steve Carp at scarp@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-2913. Follow him on Twitter: @stevecarprj.

http://www.lvrj.com/sports/state-att...161307105.html

[Bermuda]

Im alright with the pac fans crying about the decision...its easier than facing the truth for them...but if you want a reminder of the truth....bradley outboxed pacquiao....we all saw it

lmao ....by "we" do you mean the entire floyd and bradley fanboys. the rest of teh world saw pac winning. you idiots make me laugh...lol

[Dave Rado]

Nevada's state attorney general found nothing illegal or criminal in Manny Pacquiao's controversial split-decision loss to Timothy Bradley in a welterweight title fight last month in Las Vegas, according to a letter made public Tuesday.

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The issue isn't and never was criminality. The issue has always been competence. Those judges should be banned for life from the sport. They have absolutely no boxing knowledge and it's ridiculous to allow them to continue to be paid to misjudge fights. It just makes boxing into a total joke when judges as bad as that are allowed to keep their jobs.

[Dave Rado]

Sadly for some, unpopular decisions are not illegal.

The issue isn't popularity, the issue is competence. Incompetent judges should not be allowed to keep their jobs, and it makes boxing into a joke sport when they are. No other sport allows people who are that incompetent to keep their jobs.

The Ring and Boxingscene both still rank Pacquiao way above Bradley in their rankings, because they both consider that Pacquiao didn't just beat Bradley, he won almost every round, and both consider the official scores to be among the most blatant robberies in the history of boxing.

Those who are pretending that only Pac fans considered it to be a robbery are just being silly.

[AllEyesOpen]

lmao ....by "we" do you mean the entire floyd and bradley fanboys. the rest of teh world saw pac winning. you idiots make me laugh...lol

The only "we" that truly matters is the 3 official judges scoring the fight, and 2 of them saw a hard fought close win for Bradley. At this point all the *****ing and moaning isn't going to change that regardless of what you feel "teh world" thinks.

[Doctor_Tenma]

It burns, I know it does, but realistically the fight cold have gone either way from the get go, so the constant bitching needs to stop. What should be deemed illegal was the whole Pacquiao dick riding HBO was doing.