Manny Pacquiao: Only In Boxing Where A Dominant Fighter Loses
By Superstar Billy Graham
The debacle in boxing that occurred nearly two months in Las Vegas between Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley, the uproar and anger is not subsiding. Writers from various publications seems to be putting in their two cents regarding the outcome of the fight. Varying from incompetent judging, and corruption.
Recently the Nevada Attorney General investigated the Pacquiao vs. Bradley fight and their investigation concluded corruption or any improprieties did not occur. However, the Nevada Attorney General did not interview the 3 Judges that were DIRECTLY involved but opted to interview the referee of the fight Robert Byrd. This dumbfounded the public and including Manny Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum. Arum questioned why the Attorney General did not interview the judges which is being echoed by the public, especially the boxing public. The Superstar does not understand this either. The Superstar is not a police investigator but it seems to be an easy conclusion that any competent investigator will interview those who were DIRECTLY involved, not the referee who is not involved in the scoring. This type of poor and questionable investigation seems to be lending more conclusion that the fight outcome was due to corruption. For boxing, corruption is part of the game for years.
The Superstar has watched the Pacquiao vs. Bradley fight at least 13 times, it could be more. The Superstar muted the fight so The Superstar could not hear the supposed bias commentary of the HBO commentators Jim Lampley, Emmanuel Steward, Harold Lederman, and Max Kellerman. Also The Superstar watched the fight other than HBO, Sky Sports broadcasted the fight. Team Bradley and some fans believed the fight was close and some even went to say Timothy Bradley eeked out a win over Pacquiao. The Superstar doesn’t share those conclusion and concluded that Manny Pacquiao dominated and outclassed Timothy Bradley. The final score The Superstar gave was 10-2 in favor of Manny Pacquiao and The Superstar was being very generous. Now how did The Superstar make this conclusion? Watch the fight again, not only was Manny landing the power punches more frequent than Bradley but in practically every round besides the 10th round Manny Pacquiao was landing that left while Bradley was mainly ducking and dodging the punches. And throughout the fight, you can see very clear Manny Pacquiao was blocking Timothy Bradley’s punches with relative ease. Unless the judges were mistaking blocked punches as a punch could be the reason why they scored so poorly and may lend to proof scoring the victory to Timothy Bradley was pure incompetence. The great body punches Bradley was giving to Manny Pacquiao towards the second half of the fight according to Judge Duane Ford said on The Fight Game with Jim Lampley, what great body punches was he talking about? Bradley did land a few body punches but it doesn’t negate the damaging punches Manny Pacquiao was landing on Timothy Bradley’s head.
One of the biggest travesties in the fight occurred on the 7th round. This round, Manny was landing that big left frequently and by far did much more damage to Bradley. It was not a close round and concluded this was a Manny Pacquiao round. However, according to the 3 judges, they all gave the 7th round to Timothy Bradley.(see attached pictures below) That is so befuddling, The Superstar wonders whether the judges accidentally marked the favorable score to Bradley instead of Pacquiao. Remember, judges are not perfect and can make mistakes. The Superstar remembers the first Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez fight when Pacquiao knocked down Marquez 3 times in the first round and one judge scored it 10-7 instead of 10-6 which made a huge difference on the outcome because the fight ended with a draw instead of a victory for Manny Pacquiao by 1 point. That judge later admitted his mistake in the scoring.
The boxing public clearly sided with Manny Pacquiao and feel he won this fight decisively. According to a poll, 93% favored the fight for Pacquiao, 6% to Bradley, and 1% believed it was a draw. Also another fact shown are the compu-box scores, they show Manny Pacquiao clearly dominated Timothy Bradley in nearly every category except punches thrown. But the punches landed and percentages were so far ahead in favor of Manny Paquiao. Only in boxing were a dominant fighter loses.
Round 7 punch stats for Pacquiao vs. Bradley
Judges scorecards for Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley
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This is clearly a Pacquiao win.
A fighters previous record has nothing to do with the outcome in this fight. Period. What happened in Pacquiao v Marquez nothing to do re Bradley v Pacquiao. Period.
I have to say that this fight was one of the most decisive wins for Pacquiao I have seen, in fact, just as the Compu Box statistics state, Pacquiao categorically outboxed Bradley in every round except 2 or 3 (if you want to be generous).
No one wins with a disgraceful outcome like this, the only answer, install a Boxing Commission as oversight for the sport.
Final Score, Pacquiao wins by unamimous decision. No wonder 5 international judges recored the fight for Pacquiao.
The fight was close, anyone who differs is in favor of their favorite fighter. HBO commentators are bias and highly unprofessional journalists. If they want to judge than go do it. If they want to Box than go train. Bradley went 12 rounds toe to toe countering every punch, he was very fast, was never knocked down or cut. I gave it to Bradley so I'm not listening to the spilt milk whiny blogs and comments. It was a close fight, and remember Timothy Bradley is undefeated, respect him and respect the judges. Don't forget when HBO was saying the same thing for Pacquiao vs. Marquez III, that Marquez won the fight. Get over it, don't hate the player hate the game. If you wanna win decisively knock the guy out, if you can't than your no champ in my books, you're just another fighter, regardless of you have a belt.
@Riskysmith It was not a close fight. Top fighters and trainers in the world have said outright Pacquiao dominated Bradley. It has nothing to do with this so called HBO bias. Are you telling the Superstar fighters like Andre Ward was influenced by HBO. Too many savvy fighters especially top fighters all concluded Pacquiao dominated Bradley. Anyone saying this was a close fight is delusional...flat out delusional.
@Riskysmith If you think the fight was close then something is not right on how you look at a fight. Well that's your opinion. There is no better judge than Harold Ledderman. Only 93 % of viewers thought Pacquiao won decisively.. so are you one of the 6 or 1?
@kAmote Some people convinced themselves Bradley won this fight. They are in the very very very small minority. Andre Ward who is Timothy Bradley's friend conveyed that he also believed Manny Pacquiao clearly won and gave a score of 8-4 for Manny and he made it clear the 4 he gave to Bradley was being very generous. JMM vs Pac was close certainly not Pac vs Bradley. Bradley was outclassed by Pacquiao and he is not the future of boxing.