Agreed. There was alot of action in that 3rd round. At first Bradley was winning when Russell let Bradley hold Pac and hit him with 6 or 7 hard body shots. But Pac won that round easily on my books and I had it 7-5 for Manny (the second time as I didn't keep a scorecard the first time). Very close fight though. And I agree Manny was getting credit for missing shots and Bradley wasn't getting enough credit for his body shots, jabs, defense, and uppercuts. The HBO crew kept commenting how Manny's shots were pushing Bradley back but really Bradley was just backing away to avoid them.
I gave Timmeh rounds 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, 11 and 12. IMO, rounds 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 could really go either way I have no complaint about any scorecard on the fight tbh, but people who have it wide for either fighter seemingly have an agenda. I think it was close and either guy could have won it.
Bradley won round 1, 7, 10-12 easily. Round 3 after rewatching the fight, I lean towards Bradley winning that round. That's already six rounds for Bradley. Round 6 and 9 were close, could of went either way. 7-5 for Bradley is not out of the equation. EDIT: Another thing in the third round in the 2:22 mark, the left hand did not land. In the :37 second mark Pacquiao threw two left hands, none of the punches landed. Two of the judges gave Bradley the third round, obviously they can see that Pacquiao was not scoring with all his shots, unfortunately the HBO commentators couldn't see that.
http://www.rappler.com/sports/7358-pacquiao-won,-say-5-wbo-judges Manny Pacquiao won the June 9 fight with Timothy Bradley, a 5-member panel of judges convened by World Boxing Organization president Francisco "Paco" Valcarel has ruled, according to www.ring.tv on Thursday (Manila time), June 21. All the 5 judges voted unanimously in favor of Pacquiao after watching the video of the fight. Valcarcel informed RingTV.com that his judges all had the matchup for Pacauiao, by scores of 117-111, 117-111, 118-110, 116-112, and 115-113. :deal
Some of the rounds were close. If the HBO commentators did their job right, they would correctly call that many of the punches that Pacquiao threw did not land. Round 7 is a prime example of that, it looks like Pacquiao is scoring at will, but only a couple punches landed cleanly on Bradley. Bradley on the other hand landed clean body shots, and countered with hard left-hooks and right hands to Pacquiao's head. BTW all three judges gave Bradley the 7th round.
He thought Bradley won.. So I guess he wouldn't mind if I'll post some higlights here.. :hey [ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNY9z5pWulc[/ame] :smoke
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Bradley was out on his feet more rounds than he won.ref saved him giving him extra time while wobbly with ten second instructions. 27 seconds to go he would have been done. he wanted to quit on stool after ankle exploded from a punch
According to them.. Mayweather and Pacquiao remain tied for No. 2 pound-for-pound. Rememember, when we decided to have them share the No. 2 position, we said one must do something special to separate from the other. Neither did in their most recent fights. Pacquiao and Mayweather remain Nos. 1 and 2 in the welterweight ratings. Bradley enters the welterweight ratings at No. 8 based on a his credible performance against one of the two highest-rated fighters and also remains No. 1 at junior welterweight until were clear on his future at that weight. We considered rating him higher at 147 but the fact is he shouldve lost a one-sided decision. :deal
The official judges I'm talking about it. I'll break this round for you. 1:40 Pacquiao throws a straight left, hits nothing but glove. Huge flurry by Pacquiao starting in the 1:17 mark. NONE of those punches landed. The only clean shots that landed during that exchange were two left hooks from Bradley. In the :53 mark, Bradley lands a good body shot while Pacquiao was trying to move away. In the :45 second mark Bradley lands a left hook to the body. A couple seconds later a counter right-hand on Pacquiao's head, best punch of the round. And this is not all the punches that Bradley landed. Yet Letterman gave that round to Pacquiao.