Did you catch the Manny Pacquiao v. Timothy Bradley fight this weekend? The fight in which Pacquiao landed over 80 more power punches than Bradley, won 11 of 12 rounds on most scorecards, and then lost the bout in a controversial split decision?
Manny Pacquiao’s first words after losing the fight: “That’s why we love boxing…” Really, Pac-Man? Is it? We love to see fraudulent decisions? I think not. Let’s take it a step further. Two weeks before this scheduled bout, the promoters announced that any rematch would take place on November 12th. Seriously.
If they’re going to feed us BS, they should at least be smart enough to sprinkle it on, as opposed to marinate it for two weeks before these dudes ever touched gloves. The stank is unmistakable–and it’s wrapped in a pretty package labeled corruption. Where this corruption is rooted…? Well. After seeing Saturday night’s debacle, you could argue that it is rampant, and that everyone was involved. Including Manny and Timmy.
Personally, I lean toward the judges. I have little doubt that their pockets were lined with a legal tender that would afford an increased luxury. But where it came from?
Consider the lucrative nature of another fight. That’s why it needed to be surrounded in controversy. Everyone who watched this fight believed that Pacquiao won it. If the decision rang true, it would have been a rematch (the date already set) that nobody wanted to see. Now, with the injustice, and the mighty army of Pacquiao supporters, it’s a wrong that needs to be righted.
I’m so thankful it’s an Olympic summer–it’ll be nice to watch some real boxers box it out for pride, passion and country.
But before I close. I’m calling for a boycott of the rematch. Don’t order the fight on PPV, don’t chat about it on Facebook and Twitter. None of this crap will change so long as they think people will drink it up, and shell out their hard eared bucks to view a sham.
I for one will not be watching anymore pro-boxing, it’s always fixed. I and many others felt that Pac man’s had lost his previous fight but the decision went his way and this time it was clear beyond a doubt that Bradley was outclassed and we see the most blatant form of corruption. They can keep their pro-boxing I will stick to amateur or olympic boxing instead.
I’m with you! I’m beyond irritated about the joke-state of professional boxing.
The writer is an idiot. Why would they fix a fight against their major cash cow? Horrible decisions have been a part of combat sports for years.
What is it the pit boss Dana White always says: “Don’t let it go to the judges”
The UFC is another sport marred by dodgy judges … there have been so many this year. Why aren’t you writing an article about that or have you been paid off by them? Maybe corrupt journalists like you need to go.
I’m not a journalist, pal. I’m a blogger. It’s subjective and opinion based. A fight is supposed to be an objectively judged sporting event. And you can say that poor decisions have been made…but I’ve never seen one as bad as this…not even Roy Jones Jr. getting hosed in the Olympics was this awful. Why would they fix a fight? To guarantee a rematch…so they can milk that cash cow for all its worth. Have some foresight before you start tossing insults around “Typhoon.”
To sum it up, Pacquiao DID win the fight. It just wont be on paper that’s all. A 5 year old child could see that he was the better fighter. Pacquiao is the greatest boxer that’s ever lived. Yes…even greater than Mohammed Ali. Pacquiao IS the Bruce Lee of boxing. If Bradley won that fight, then we might as well say that Oscar De la hoya won against Pacquiao
the best fighter in the world is MAYWEATHER UNDEFEATED .. HOW CAN YOU CALL CHAMPION TO SOME BODY THAT KILLED BOXING AS WE KNOW IT YOU WILL SEE THE INVESTIGATION .. MANNY IS ACCOUNTED FOR IN IT TOO >>> HE SOLD HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL … A DISGRACE TO THE BOXING AND THE PHILIPPINAS
There’s a big difference. I’m sure the UFC has had its close calls, but they aren’t putting in rematch clauses in the fight contract. There are plenty of reasons why you throw or rig the fight.
One, Arum doesn’t want the Pacman-Mayweather fight just yet, maybe not at all. Two, he said outright. I’m gonna make a lot of money! WTF?!?!. If it’s so unfair, why even let them fight again. Oh that’s right he promotes both fighters. Arum doesn’t want a Pacman-JMM fight again. JMM has been close both times and by now he’s familiar with Pacman, and odds are with him to eventually win a fight. If they had faked the JMM fight, people would have assumed JMM had one because that fight really was close. You need to fake a one sided fight. Here’s the truth, Pacman will likely retire if he loses to Mayweather. Theres a good chance that will happen. Losing to Bradley didn’t make a difference, because everyone assumes he’s better than Bradley. There are now 3 options that Arum has. First the Bradley rematch. Second Pacman-JMM. Third and last Pacman-Mayweather. All three will be huge paydays for Arum. I don’t care how much you hate the decision, you will watch subsequent matches, if only to root against Pacman.
Here’s another reason. Bradley is undefeated. If he wins in November, (no broken bones, or swollen ankles) He may actually have a chance against Pacman. And if he wins, who do you think Arum will want him to fight? Yep. Mayweather. And the whole world will want Bradley to lose. Suddenly Bradley is the bad guy, although Bradley was probably the least in on the whole thing, if not out of the loop completely. That makes the undefeated Mayweather the good guy. The guy to save boxing, fighting the guy who corrupted it. Mayweather becomes boxing’s savior. Retires undefeated. End/game.
All you judges forget one thing. A body punch scores the same as a head punch and Bradley nearly knocked Pacquiao out with all those rips. Bradley’s team did their homework as pacman holds his hands high to protect his head but the ribs are wide open and Bradley took advantage of that. Also Bradley was the aggressor and they get points for that even though he was back pedalling he then came in and scored. The result was correct but only by the two points, it was close and pacman should now quit as he will never be the same again. Boxers never are after copping a beating like that, he would pee blood for two days after this stoush.
kill yourself
What bloody nonsense!
One thing no one brings up is that the third judge only had Pacman winning by 2. Meaning the fight was a lot closer than people really thought. Pacman landed more punches, but he also took a lot of rounds off. In a close round, even when Pacman did more damage, made more shots, Bradley was the aggressor, the round can go either way.
I don’t buy this argument from anywhere that Paquiao deserved this due to his “controversial” win over Marquez! The Punch stats of the Paquiao V Marquez fight favoured Paquiao too, convincingly! How can people apply such double standards? Either you accept Punch stats and accept they tell us something important or ignore them, but don’t use them when it suits and disregard them when it does not!
Boxing has never been about punch count alone. There’s always been “points” given for agression or points taken from the lack of agression. From what the judges have said, they felt that Pacman just kind of coasted through a lot of it.