I usually don't believe conspiracy theories but you may be onto something. http://www.cityam.com/sport/pacquiao-and-bradley-rematch-must-says-outraged-arum
Since you've been around for so long you'd reckon you'd know by now that rounds are scored round by round. Pac couldn't land **** and got outpointed, plain and simple. Compubox numbers are meaningless, it's a dude pressing buttons and you could land 200 power punches in one round and nothing for the other 11 rounds while the other guy lands one punch each round beating you 11 rounds to 1. You landed 200 punches and the other guy landed 11. He won by winning more rounds. Do you honestly believe that Pac landed 160 power punches or whatever compubox claimed? If you can't damage a guy with 160 power punches then you must be feather fisted. We all know Pac can punch. Compubox is bs, HBO are biased ******s and Pacman got outboxed. Congratulations to Bradley.
Compubox numbers are meaningless and i agree to a point but when they say 34% to 19% and 80 more Power Shots that is in Boxing terms a ****ing HUGE difference. Hitting someone with lots of shots that miss or land on the gloves may look great in theory but they are not scoring shots. 80 more Power shots and the fact i recall Bradley being Hurt 3 times. I seen his knees buckle 3 times. I know these are not 10-8 rounds but they are clear 10-9 rounds. I had the fight 115-113 and i was giving Bradley 2 of the close rounds. Most boxing experts and writers around the globe scored the fight 118-110 that is from guys that know a hell of alot more than yourself and myself. Pac was hard done by. This has hurt boxing i feel. Even Snoop Dogg who is a Huge boxing fan tweeted he is done with this Bull**** and is going to watch UFC.
Boxing judging is subjective, I've watched thousands of fights and I know as much about the game as anyone. You said it yourself, missed shots might look great but they don't count. The crowd going wild and HBO bating over Pac doesn't mean his shots are scoring or hurting, Pac made Bradley look like Pernell Whitaker in there. How many times have you watched the fight? I suggest you watch it again and watch closely to see if Pacs punches are actually scoring. Keep in mind that jabs are scoring punches and so are punches to the body. If Bradley was known as a puncher and he didn't have such poor body language due to his injuries and being tired those punches wouldn't be disregarded and 'boxing fans' wouldn't be so outraged about the decision.
Where did i say i was relying solely on compubox to sum up my opinion and scoring on this fight..... What i said is that i could not give Bradley anymore than 5rds at best (and obviously one of the judges agreed). I referred to compubox after scoring the fight and used it to highlight my original thoughts on who won the fight. Of course no one relies on compubox to score a fight.... we all know it can be meaningless, nonetheless after scoring the fight heavily in favour of Pac i just used the compubox to strengthen my case.... that's all
Agree, he was still fast as hell and his combo's were accurate. Dont know how they could have scored it for Timmy :huh
I backed the draw at $31 mainly due to potential headbutts etc I got a bit excited there when they read the first scorecard
I watched teh toprank broadcast live and later watched it with HBO commentary.. HBO had Bradley winning 1 round.... those wankers need to find work in some other field
Listening to the commentary was making me ill, That Harold Ledderman is an old gronked out ****wit who couldn't score a fight to save his life.
Look im a huge Pac fan. But even i with my unbiased view when i watched had the fight 115-113.PAC But having said that there were 2 close rounds that i gave Bradley. But having more statistics in now and having rewatched the fight i can see why most writers and fans are saying. Most Bradleys shots hit Pacquiao on the Gloves and last time i checked these in a round are NON SCORING SHOTS. But when you have 2 Seventy year old Judges it looks awesome when Bradley is swinging away. But like i have said i feel that the Sport Judges now are rewarding fighters for output but not for scoring shots. I.e Pac vs JMM Now they have done it for Bradley vs Pac. I believe this is hurting our sport. I also believe in what Steven A Smith said that the Federal Government needs to take over behind the scenes of Boxing for Fans to get the best for OUR SPORT.