Pacquiao vs Bradley: rigged or not rigged?

[BatsareBugs]

There is no secret that HBO loves to talk up Manny Pacquiao.

[BOSsTOwN]

Quote: Originally Posted by MattyEdgeworth

The video is good in some aspects but it is clear that the maker has a bias as well. I have have always felt that Manny won the fight but still feel like I always have that it was much closer than a lot of people thought.

everyone has a bias. but a professional calling the fight shouldnt clearly show their bias

[Jukeman]

that video is about to go viral. The thing is popping up everywhere.

[MattyEdgeworth]

Quote: Originally Posted by King_B_Mack

You should probably go to the You Tube video's page and read the description. The guy says he has Manny winning the fight as well, the video was simply to point out HBO's biased coverage of Manny.

Fair enough then, I only watched the embedded version.

[ubernoob]

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id...radley-rematch

closest card was 115-113 Pac.

Should put a definitive close to that fight decision, now hopefully we see what's up with WHY it went down like that.

[Money99]

This whole situation is so completely fixed it's disgusting.
But Arum is a genius. He's a slimeball and the worst thing for the boxing, but he's not dumb.

In one fight, his star fighter didn't lose and his latest signing keeps his perfect record.
Both guys will fight someone other than themselves, so in their next bouts, they'll still be able to post superiority without either having a 'real' loss.

*Sigh*, I love this sport, but it doesn't love me back.

[Jukeman]

118-110 tho?

How you come up with that when one fighter was taking 2 minutes off of each round later in the fight while the other was active?

That score is just as ridiculous as the official decision.

[ubernoob]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jukeman

118-110 tho? How you come up with that when one fighter was taking 2 minutes off of each round later in the fight while the other was active? That score is just as ridiculous as the official decision.

Bradley was active, but ineffective. PacMan still won the rounds. I saw 3 rounds that could go to Bradley imo. 4 if I push it.

[Jukeman]

Quote: Originally Posted by ubernoob

Bradley was active, but ineffective. PacMan still won the rounds. I saw 3 rounds that could go to Bradley imo. 4 if I push it.

I give Bradley 4 rounds and that was when I watched it live.

Pac wasn't that effective later in the rounds himself. So in no way should he get a score like 118-110.

And from watching the vid, the punches that I thought he landed were actually misses so that makes it even worst.

I also didn't realize Brad was catching Pac in the body like that. Maybe that was the reason for Pac slowing down? It's a stretch but it's also a logical reason.

[ubernoob]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jukeman

I give Bradley 4 rounds and that was when I watched it live. Pac wasn't that effective later in the rounds himself. So in no way should he get a score like 118-110. And from watching the vid, the punches that I thought he landed were actually misses so that makes it even worst.

So we're at 116-112; Plus take into effect that in title fights lately it has been "Beat the champ" where he gets the benefit of the doubt if things are too close to call. I can see someone giving Pac some of those rounds.