Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley RBR

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  1. des3995

    des3995 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I'll say this. Both Manny and Bradley handled the post fight well. Classy words by both of em.
     
  2. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Couple things:

    The furthest I could see dragging it Bradley's way would be a 114-114 draw. There were SEVERAL rounds, mostly early, where Pacquiao was visibly hurting him with straight lefts and keeping Tim from working in any kind of rhythm.

    That said, Lederman's 119-109 for Pacquiao was BULL**** and blatant cheerleading and probably misled any non-biased or casual fans who may have jumped on the robbery bandwagon immediately after the decision was announced. All the swooning over Pacquiao's footwork and punching power down the stretch obfuscated the fact that Bradley was slowly but surely beginning to be more effective, regardless of whether those CompuBox stats were accurate (and I suspect they weren't, entirely).

    This was honestly anywhere from a 115-113 to a 117-11 victory for Pac. Just going by how the rounds played out, even with some of them being potential swingers, I can't see 118-110, and I can't see Bradley winning.
     
  3. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    116-112 Pacquiao

    I had Tim in a deep hole entering the championship rounds but he closed strong.

    If someone had shifted a couple of the first ten his way (particularly toward the later end, where Pac wasn't up to much), I could see it being a draw.
     
  4. Santino

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    #RIPboxing. This fight has done some serious damage to the integrity of the sport.
     
  5. des3995

    des3995 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Agreed 100%.
     
  6. ViktorVaughn

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    I didn't watch this fight on HBO and I had it a draw. Pacquiao was clearly more dangerous and had the upper hand in terms of power but Bradley fought back and won 6rounds IMO. It doesn't really matter how hurt Bradley was at one point since it is scored RBR.
     
  7. des3995

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    No more than some of the others. Less than many.
     
  8. Boxing Fanatic

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    115-114 pac. i smell arum doing his evil work again. nov 10 rematch. bradley didnt win that fight. but, he did make it competitive like i said he would and that it will go to 12.
     
  9. Brian

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    And because of this, people think Pacquiao won a wide decision. Power or no, landed shots are landed shots. Bradley controlled the 2nd half of the fight by boxing beautifully with controlled aggression. If only he had been that disciplined in the early rounds....

    Pacquiao will lose the rematch as well. :deal
     
  10. Leavemealone

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    there were a lot of close rounds, i agree with your post though, the best you could have it is 6-6 i guess , probably 7-5 to pac when i rewatch it
     
  11. brnxhands

    brnxhands Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Somethin was real shady goin on obviously
     
  12. errsta

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    I LOVE how Pacquiao fans love them some compubox now...

    Manny fought like a student that's trying to get "D" and ends up with an "F". I can see how some would have Bradley outhustling Manny and eking out the win. I had manny winning by a round or two. 11-1 (HBO's card) is ****ing ridiculous - as was their one side commentating all night)
     
  13. SweetHome_Bama

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    I saw Bradley winning, I couldn't see Manny doing anything but eek out a draw at best on my card. You have to do more than land 1 hard punch a round, and at no point was Tim looking like he was going to be KO'd or out of the fight.

    Love watching the fight in Spanish, no announcers to bias the fight, and you form your own opinoin easier without somone telling you what you are supposed to be seeing.

    Bradley controled the fight and beat Manny with the jab on on the inside. I bet HBO didn't say **** about the body work Tim did in the early to mid rounds that slowed Manny down late. That is why Manny faded, he didn't take his foot off the gas, there was no ****ing fuel in the tank.
     
  14. Boxing Fanatic

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    awesome fight btw. bradley showed a good chin. pac tired out in the latter rounds
     
  15. walnutz

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    Roundwise I had it 6-6. The announcers stopped watching the fight. It totally turned. Just watch the last 5 rounds and try to give 1 of them to Pacquiao. He barely hit him in those rounds. The problem with this fight is the problem with scoring in boxing. Those early rounds Pacquiao killed him (beat him more decisively) but roundwise, this was a close fight, and if it had kept going, Bradley was going to keep winning rounds by making him miss and picking him off with his jab and other leads.....It was the announcers' fault, not the judges.