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Rewatched this fight with conflicting memories. One was that Pacquaio had dominated, the other was that it was a tedious fight I didn't want to watch again.
HUH? Those two don't add up.
Seeing it again, Ping Ping's work rate was exceptionally low for him. Even though he was generally able to do what he wanted with Bradley, he was only working for around a minute a round, sometimes less. Bradley landing six jabs isn't amazing, but if that's all that's happening, he's winning the round by default.
It didn't help the outrageous HBO commentary, which talked about everything Pac did and nothing in reverse, especially the virtual fellating of Max Keller****.
"And Manny PACQUIAO just WINKED at ME, JIM!!"
Yeah, Max... because the judges scoring the fight score it on winks.
Even when the guy missed, they cheered it. And I was under the impression that Bradley was rocked more than he was.... in retrospect, we now know he'll carry on firing back, even when totally KTFO.
Take a look, for example, at the first round... **** all happens, and Ping Ping is frequently off-balance and misses... he lands three decent shots in the last fifteen seconds, but that's all, and Jim calls them "booms", as if the fight is being commented on by a six-year-old.
It's by no means a performance where Bradley wins seven rounds by domination. But it's certainly a performance where you could argue he nicks seven rounds by workrate alone.
HUH? Those two don't add up.
Seeing it again, Ping Ping's work rate was exceptionally low for him. Even though he was generally able to do what he wanted with Bradley, he was only working for around a minute a round, sometimes less. Bradley landing six jabs isn't amazing, but if that's all that's happening, he's winning the round by default.
It didn't help the outrageous HBO commentary, which talked about everything Pac did and nothing in reverse, especially the virtual fellating of Max Keller****.
"And Manny PACQUIAO just WINKED at ME, JIM!!"
Yeah, Max... because the judges scoring the fight score it on winks.
Even when the guy missed, they cheered it. And I was under the impression that Bradley was rocked more than he was.... in retrospect, we now know he'll carry on firing back, even when totally KTFO.
Take a look, for example, at the first round... **** all happens, and Ping Ping is frequently off-balance and misses... he lands three decent shots in the last fifteen seconds, but that's all, and Jim calls them "booms", as if the fight is being commented on by a six-year-old.
It's by no means a performance where Bradley wins seven rounds by domination. But it's certainly a performance where you could argue he nicks seven rounds by workrate alone.
before pacquiao even landed the three big lefts, bradley had done what? landed what? he backpeddled(another reason to not give him the round) and maybe landed 2 jabs, a body punch and a weak uppercut, pacquiao had landed a counter lead left(which everyone misses), a body shot of his own and maybe some jabs too, along with the obvious much more damaging 2-3 blows at the end of the round
you really have to just not know how to score a fight to give bradley the first round
the pacquiao wasn't doing anything until the last 30 seconds where he beats the **** outta bradley so bradley deserves the round excuse is getting ****** now, bradley wasn't landing anything in those moments to warrant sht half the time, he just moved and postured and threw crappy jabs at air or gloves
what did you guys score oscar-mayweather btw?
you had oscar winning every round right?
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