Comments Thread For: Pacquiao-Bradley III: Robert Byrd as Referee, Judges Selected
As Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley Jr. look to bring closure to their long-running in-ring rivalry, their third and final encounter will feature a sprinkling of familiar faces. [Click Here To Read More]
Ok so first of all, Robert Byrd is a good ref to have in there. If they'd picked Tony Weeks, I'da said Bradley is losing the fight.
Second, Steve Weisfeld's unofficial scorecards are and always have been a joke in every fight I've heard them. Harold Lederman did a much better job. Weisfeld favors power shots over general activity. If you land one or two good power shots in a round, he'll give it to you regardless of your opponent tagging you with 50 jabs.
Big mistake here on the judges. They should have called up CJ Ross and Duane Ford to judge this fight - one more fight for Ross to give her a chance to correct her error from the first fight.
Byrd usually does a great job, but 2 fights back for Bradley he really skroo-ed up. Jessie Vargas clocked Bradley and would've stopped him if Byrd hadn't stopped the fight 10 secs early. So maybe we see some favoritism here?
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