Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley (BS)

[Hometown Kid]

What the fuck was this!? Pacquiao killed Bradley through that fight. Literally one of the worst decisions i've ever seen in my life, even through Don King years of Boxing. I can't believe it, I literally can't. Those 2 judges had to, HAD TO be on Floyd's payroll. It was BS and one of the reasons boxing in the tank and gay-ass MMA gets more hype. I called it clean and Bradley won 3 rounds AT MOST. I thought I was being generous with 3.

My card:

1. 10-9 Pacquiao
2. 10-9 Pacquiao
3. 10-9 Pacquiao
4. 10-9 Pacquiao
5. 10-9 Pacquiao
6. 10-9 Pacquiao
7. 10-9 Pacquiao
8. 10-9 Bradley
9. 10-9 Pacquiao
10. 10-9 Bradley
11. 10-9 Pacquiao
12. 10-9 Bradley

This split decision was bullshit, and that's a fact.

 

[Luke Flywalker]

I had it 10-2 for Pac... EASILY 10-2. Bradley's comments after the fight... Manny's laughing... Bradley's trainer's reaction... NOBODY, ESPECIALLY BRADLEY, believed that Bradley won that fight.

Fucking horrific... boxing committed suicide on Saturday, simple and plain. What the fuck are judges even doing nowadays besides being paid off? Aren't judges supposed to punch-stat to the best of their ability as well? The punch tracker told the entire story... Manny swung more, landed more, and landed at a far higher %... no fucking way should Bradley have even been up in a single fucking card... should have been a unanimous decision.

Not one person on this planet... NOT ONE... thought Manny lost. EVERYONE was shocked... and not shocked like they just saw their guy get dropped... shocked that it was such a robbery.

Fuck boxing forever now. Way to fuck yourselves completely now.

 

[Hometown Kid]

I gotta agree, man. Pac dominated the first 5 rounds and legit could have won it 12-0 and nobody would object.

Get this, Bob Arum wants an "investigation" into the decision. I'm sure those judges will come out as innocent as the sunrise. I can't wait for Floyd to talk shit when he gets out of jail. I hope they enjoy all of their money 'til they die, not like they can take it with 'em.

Usually I think people overreact when they talk about sports getting tarnished, but this is a true black eye for Boxing and I don't see how it's going to come back with this much bad publicity. No wonder Vlad & Vitali don't fight in America, they risk facing rigged bouts like Pac did.

 

[He who knows more than Nation]

Funny that Arum wants the investigation considering he might be the culprit. The word going around is that Manny is probably going independent as soon as his Top Rank deal is over. Or it could simply be collusion by all parties to build the hype for the rematch or it could be really, really smart baiting from Paq's camp to lull Floyd into a false sense of security and get him on board to finally fight Paq.

And how could boxing commit suicide since it's been labeled dead for the past 15 years? The big names still draw big money. Boxing, like horse racing and rock and roll will never die, nor will the corruption. This created controversy, boxing needs it, so while a miscarriage of justice occurred, it might be beneficial to all parties involved when you think about it.

 

[Hometown Kid]

I thought similar things earlier, but I don't know. If this is a ploy for a rematch, I don't think too many are buying considering everyone saw who was the superior fighter. He just got hosed and it was way too ridiculous. De La Hoya/Floyd in '07 was close enough that most people thought De La Hoya won the fight, but Floyd was still considered a threat and worth seeing a rematch to "settle the score". That was a good kind of controversy, this just makes Boxing look cheap and like a work.

Why would Pac do this? He just lost millions by screwing up the aura of the money match with Floyd. My money's on some kind of deal between Arum and Floyd paying off the judges.

I'd like to see this turn into a full "whodunit?" story, with accusations all over the place, weekly drops of news from the investigation from Arum and/or Pac, along with supposed PIs and such to keep this story in the sports news, leading to a breakthrough to link Floyd to paying off the judges and Floyd's arrest.

 

[Hometown Kid]

Then they'd reverse the decision, making Pac undefeated again. Floyd would spend another 45 days in jail, and agree to fight Pac in Manilla 1 month after his release. A month of hype goes into the fight, and they agree to the winner take all of the money and titles stipulation. It makes mainstream headlines worldwide and is the biggest event in history. Boxing's back, UFC folds, Dana fucks off and all is right in the world.

Ta-Da~

 

[Luke Flywalker]

Enzo, boxing has been on life support... not dead. This killed it. This was the most atrocious act of corruption in boxing as we've seen in our lifetime (minus the Olympics judging). I'm not interested in a rematch... for what? To see a winner clearly get robbed again?

Boxing has BEEN killing itself with the 5 major organizations trying to work together but against each other. They've monopolized fighters so that champions can pick and choose when and where to fight (fuck that piece of shit Lennox Lewis for the most pussy acts pre-Floyd) and the fighters can decide who to fight based on money. Fighters need to be outlawed from boxing in organizations unless the organization can choose who, when, and where a boxer fights.

The reason UFC has been embalming boxing the past decade is because Dana White, for all the horrible things he is, is a brilliant fucking promoter and businessman, who won't allow his guys to fight for him unless he decides who, when, and where they fight... and uses a ranking system to determine who the challenger is, and gives a fair shake. The only real problem Dana has had is attracting talent to come face Anderson Silva.

There's nothing good to come out of this situation, at all. You've ruined the only money fight you had left (which had been ruined for far too long as it is) and you've exposed that you're as corrupt as Stern's officiating crews. The Klitschko's, who are your ultimate heavyweight draws and could help tourniquet the sport a little longer, don't even fight in the US anymore because they told people this was happening, and here's the evidence clear as day. There's no rematch value in Pac/Bradley other than Manny guaranteeing a knockout and getting it... but I'm not going to bank on that... like I said, I don't wanna risk seeing him not knock him out but dominating the fight and getting robbed again.