How close was Bradley v Pacquiao?

[lebrick]

and the middle seven.

you guy is the best!

[HarvardBlue]

When I watched the night of the fight, I thought it was close but a clear win for Pacquiao. I didn't think Bradley did enough to take the championship from MANNY PACQUIAO! When I watched the following weekend I could see where the judges could have seen close rounds for Bradley. Especially the early and championship rounds. Pacquiao did a lot more in the middle rounds but faded for some reason at the end. The judges that scored it for Bradley didn't see Pacquiao busting up Bradley like he was doing to everyone else. They gave Bradley the benefit of the doubt. They might have went that way to try to make up for the Pacquiao/Marquez III. The bottom line is the fight was close but Pacquiao won. It wasn't a Pacquiao destruction like some people say especially when you take into consideration the injury to Bradley but it was a win for Manny.

[boxingfocus]

Pacquiao paid the price for fighting casually.

He was dominant at times then switched off in the 2nd half of the fight while Bradley was busy.

I still think the scorecards were a joke (it's not like Bradley landed anything of note), but Pacquiao's over confidence let Bradley steal that fight. He should have continued to work hard.

[John Barron]

watched it a few times, always have it 7-5 for pacquiao.

10-9 B
10-9 *
9-10
9-10
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9-10
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10-9
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113-115 PACQUIAO

* were close rounds

it wasn't a shutout.

How many people saying Ping Ping won easily have watched it more than once? And, preferably, with the awful HBO ("And Pacquaio just missed! What a dominant round for him!!!") commentary switched off?

I'm not saying I had this as a win for Timothy Bad Chin... but if you're going into a fight and only fighting for a third of each round, you've gotta accept that some of them are going to be close.

can't stress this enough.

[#1Assassin]

i only seen the fight once i think, if i saw it again i didnt change my score anyways. gave bradley 3 rounds, could see him getting 4, 5 would be a stretch imo.

[#1Assassin]

Someone post that pic of Bradley in a wheelchair.

that picture doesnt mean ****.

he is in it because he came down wrong on his foot and hurt his ankle, it was nothing pacquiao did that put him there.

if anything it makes manny look bad, he had a guy in front of him with an ankle so bad he needed a wheelchair the next day yet on fight night he could take manny the distance.

[maenyfresh]

that picture doesnt mean ****.

he is in it because he came down wrong on his foot and hurt his ankle, it was nothing pacquiao did that put him there.

if anything it makes manny look bad, he had a guy in front of him with an ankle so bad he needed a wheelchair the next day yet on fight night he could take manny the distance.

Timothy was moving just fine even after he busted his foot, you can't say he was stationary, he was moving around like he would have anyways.

What helped Tim survive in this fight was his head movement. Pac should have attacked the body relentlessly to slow down bradely, then a late Ko would have been possible. Pac was just fighting in spurts but when he really put on the pressure, Tim struggled to keep him off so you can imagine what would have happened if Pac fought for all 3 mins in a round.

[Jack Napier]

it wasn't, Bradley won 3 rds

[Shad0wB0xer]

Pac won that easy. Bradley pretty much conceded and spent the last few rounds doing his best just to survive. He knew if he exchanged with Pac during the championship rounds he would get KOed (just like Cotto and Mosley did).

[T18Z]

Bradley fans still delusional as ever.