Was the Pemberton/Manfredo fight fixed???

[blockhead]

fixed my ass. manfredo fought well against an old guy. saying it was fixed is desrespectful to both fighters.

[Undefeated]

Saying a fight is fixed is uncalled for.. What's the point? He won leave it at that.. and all of ya know it... Give manfredo his props.

[blockhead]

Saying a fight is fixed is uncalled for.. What's the point? He won leave it at that.. and all of ya know it... Give manfredo his props.

excactly, if this fight was fixed pemberton deserves an oscar because that was phenomenal acting.

[gattifan24]

I don't think it was fixed but I found it amusing that there was a thread because I remember watching the second knockdown and the angle didn't really show it and the replay mad eit look like he might have missed him or grazed him at best. I just found it ironic there was a post about it

[GTL]

i think pemberton should retire.. he was a B fighter.. lets be honest.. he was very slow in that fight.. if u ask me.. manfredo winning is good for boxing.. hes young and hell prolly sell alot of tickets

[restless_438]

wow, haven't seen this yet, hopefully it'll be on late-night ESPN so i can see this for myself.. pretty surprising outcome to me

[Alibata]

The fight wasn't fixed, Pemberton's just shot. Good performance for Manfredo. I don't think he should stay at 168 or even 160 in all honesty. I think he should drop back to 154.

I agree with you completely. How old is Pemberton? I knew he was getting KOed tonite. Plus Manfredo Jr. has just benifited a great deal from being under Roach.

[oldgringo]

hah...pemberton NEVER at any point outboxed lacy. its disgusting that people even infer that he did.

[LondonRingRules]

hah...pemberton NEVER at any point outboxed lacy. its disgusting that people even infer that he did.

** I don't recall anyone saying he did. Scott did a credible job of fighting back and landed some good power on Lacy before the KD. Lacy was just too overwhelming.

On paper one would expect more of a scrap than a blowout against Manfredo who had his hands full against the featherfisted Mora. Pemberton should have quite a bit more power than Mora and certainly has more experience against bigger world class opposition. He is pretty old for a fighter though, and maybe age finally showed up. Only he knows.

[the giant one]

honestly i dont think pemberton has been the same since the sheika bouts. those wars took a lot out of him even though he won