Stayed up to watch this and am in utter shock. I had Pacman down for atleast 9 rounds, the commentators had him down for every round I think. Biggest joke decision since I've been watching boing, amazing!!!!
I watched with Thai commentary, which I didn't understand, and therefore uninfluenced by commentary, scored the fight to Bradley by three and was amazed that one judge gave it to Pacquaio.
I will also add that I only saw the fight in real time with no slow motion and the start of every round missed due too the commercial breaks on Thai TV! Sometimes difficult to see how clean the shots were but I gave the last four rounds to Bradley.
Manny Pacquiao lost his WBO welterweight title to Timothy Bradley after a highly controversial split points decision in Las Vegas. Despite landing 94 more punches during the fight, the Filipino was beaten for the first time in seven years after two judges scored the bout 115-113 in the undefeated American's favour. The other judge at the MGM Grand had Pacquiao ahead by the same margin. The decision was roundly booed and a rematch looks likely later this year. Pacquiao tried to turn the fight into a brawl, using his power to hurt Bradley in the early rounds, but the Californian changed tactics in the middle rounds and it proved decisive. "I thought I won," Bradley said. "I didn't think he was as good as everyone says he was. I didn't feel his power." He displayed his confidence by having oversized tickets printed for a rematch on 10 November. Despite landing some big shots in the fourth and fifth rounds, Pacquiao struggled to land any decisive blows thereafter but seemed to have done enough to retain his title. "Can you believe that? Unbelievable," promoter Bob Arum said. "I went over to Bradley before the decision and he said, 'I tried hard but I couldn't beat the guy.'" Pacquiao said he was shocked by the verdict: "I did my best (but) I guess my best wasn't good enough. "He never hurt me with his punches, most of them landed on my arms," Pacquiao said. Arum, who has contracts with both fighters, said: "I'm going to make a lot of money on the rematch, but this [decision] was outrageous." Britain's Amir Khan was at ringside and likened the outcome to his own experience late last year when he lost his WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles to Lamont Peterson in a contentious points decision in Washington. "I was commentating on the fight and I was shocked more than anything," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "Manny won the fight clearly I gave him it by at least eight points."
Do away with the points system, change the rules to be fight until last man standing, no holding back after hitting a couple of big punches then, you can only win by beating the other guy into the canvas
Do away with the points system, change the rules to be fight until last man standing, no holding back after hitting a couple of big punches then, you can only win by beating the other guy into the canvas
Yeah - and do away with those nancy gloves they wear as well :-)
Do away with the points system, change the rules to be fight until last man standing, no holding back after hitting a couple of big punches then, you can only win by beating the other guy into the canvas
Back to the old days of 80 rounds and faces smashed to pieces then ?
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Did you see his reaction to the result? Said it all really
Despite landing 94 more punches during the fight, the Filipino was beaten for the first time in seven years after two judges scored the bout 115-113 in the undefeated American's favour.
The other judge at the MGM Grand had Pacquiao ahead by the same margin.
The decision was roundly booed and a rematch looks likely later this year.
Pacquiao tried to turn the fight into a brawl, using his power to hurt Bradley in the early rounds, but the Californian changed tactics in the middle rounds and it proved decisive.
"I thought I won," Bradley said. "I didn't think he was as good as everyone says he was. I didn't feel his power."
He displayed his confidence by having oversized tickets printed for a rematch on 10 November.
Despite landing some big shots in the fourth and fifth rounds, Pacquiao struggled to land any decisive blows thereafter but seemed to have done enough to retain his title.
"Can you believe that? Unbelievable," promoter Bob Arum said. "I went over to Bradley before the decision and he said, 'I tried hard but I couldn't beat the guy.'"
Pacquiao said he was shocked by the verdict: "I did my best (but) I guess my best wasn't good enough.
"He never hurt me with his punches, most of them landed on my arms," Pacquiao said.
Arum, who has contracts with both fighters, said: "I'm going to make a lot of money on the rematch, but this [decision] was outrageous."
Britain's Amir Khan was at ringside and likened the outcome to his own experience late last year when he lost his WBA and IBF light-welterweight titles to Lamont Peterson in a contentious points decision in Washington.
"I was commentating on the fight and I was shocked more than anything," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "Manny won the fight clearly I gave him it by at least eight points."
Back to the old days of 80 rounds and faces smashed to pieces then ?