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Pacman won that fight.

this world is not right.

[tiger fancini]

A generous (un-corrupt) judge would have given Bradley 5 of those rounds, at most.

[Dave Chance]

Some people didn't see it so clear-cut for the Pacman-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAa3DvmB4Zs

[harryh]

I saw it 9 rounds to 3 for Pacman. He hurt Bradley, threw many more power punches. To say Bradley 'won' the fight is a joke.

[Dave Chance]

Having not had the chance to actually have viewed the thing, I'll side with the overwhelming chorus in favor of Pacman for the sake of discussion.

Topic being- Why in God's name did they gift Bradley?

If it was so obvious, what motive drove them to lose so much credibility and damage prospects for a Mayweather-Pac showdown?

Everyone knows a Mayweather fight is where the megabucks are, enough for everyone to gorge on and still have enough leftover for $100 tips to bellhops and ho's.

The highlights do show that Pac caught Bradley with a coupla lefts, but nothing totally convincing. Again, I'll have to see the thing in its entirety, but if he's still got it you'd reckon he'd a just destroyed Bradley to leave no doubt. That he wasn't able to leaves doubt in my mind whether he really merits a fight with Mayweather on his (Pac's) financial terms (a cut of TV revenues), as Mayweather (let's face it) is levels above Bradley.

Man, Mayweather may has well hop into the ring and destroy Pac just to clear the air and be done with it.

[Rteacher]

I've heard Teddy Atlas state (on ESPNs Friday Night Fights) that he did not think that Pacqaio-Mayweather would happen because Bob Arum wouldn't be able to make enough profit after having to pay huge purses to the fighters.

Although the crafty Arum joined the bandwagon of critics who blasted the decision - after disingenuously admitting that he would make a lot of money on the rematch - it's pretty clear what the motivation was for fixing the fight (and that Arum didn't major in ethics while at Harvard Law School).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Arum

[ricochet]

[actionjackson]

I'm no expert on boxing but I've always had a feeling that Mayweather is a bit afraid of Pacman, if I'm wrong feel free to correct me. Having said that, and liking a good conspiracy, could this be a possibility? Since Bradley "won" the title, that could set up a Bradley/Mayweather fight. I'm pretty sure most everyone would say Mayweather would win that bout. Now you get your Pacman/Mayweather fight and the promoters can make their money, as they can pay Pacman less saying he doesn't deserve a champions money as he is no longer a title holder.

[OBwannabe]

[OBwannabe]

Don't get me wrong. It's obvious that neither fighter new there was a fix on.

[fermentation]

Haha I see everyone is outraged and I understand it. While I did initially join the outrage and indulge in the possibility of a Bob Arum conspiracy, after listening to Max Kellerman and visiting a couple boxing sites, I wasn't so sure.

As Kellerman said, some boxing experts he trusts gave the fight to Tim and it would be wise to rewatch the fight without the commentary and chats from the crowd to influence one's thinking. I'm gonna do this as I have had my mind changed on previous fights after watching the fight again and learning more about the scoring/judging system. I'd also like to get a copy of the judges' scorecards (should be out on the internet sometime) and compare.

It doesn't help that I saw this on a crappy live feed that also lagged quite a bit as well. Decisions tend to have a huge disparity depending on who watches it. Which is why we have judges instead of fan votes like in America Idol. Heck in my pro fight, I thought I lost while my trainer was convinced the decision should've went to me. Unlike the majority of the boxing community, I also thought Pacquiao won the Marquez fight too.

[fermentation]

I'm surprised people aren't talking about this a lot more. Guess most people have their mind set on what happened. I rewatched the fight again after downloading a much higher quality version and skimmed through it again for rounds I thought that could've gone either way.

I think Bradley won that fight. I scored it while not listening to the obviously biased HBO commentators and had Bradley winning 7 rounds. Some were close and it's easy argue that Pacquiao won, but it wasn't a robbery. It was a close fight and the decision accurately reflected that in my opinion.

[Dave Chance]

Any chance of getting a download link?

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