Pac didnt like the boo's raining down on him after Marquez 3 so to win the fans back Arum gave Bradley a gift win and take the heat off manny? "hey look manny got robbed too! it happens in boxing dont bame him" Plus there was never going to be a rematch when you hear Arum say 60% of the paying PPV are hispanic (step forward Marquez)
He got the decision because he's an American, and the bout took place in the US. It trumps being an ATG obviously.
Nah man, he got it because Manny needs to pass on the torch to somebody. This also allows Marquez to get the decision against Manny tonight without it having as big of an impact as it would've if he got the decision in the 3rd fight all because of the Bradley win.
Yeah. It was for Arum to get another cash cow but it didn't work out. He will cash out Pac if he loses this one which he won't. This fight is rigged and Pac will win again.
Bradley got the binifit of the doubt in the close rounds, because of the Marquez fight. However, Bradley also won the first 2:00 of every round. I do belive that winning the LAST1:00 of a round can be enough to win a round. The result was Bradley geting the binifit and the decision in a close fight.
I don't see any logical reason why they would purpously give Bradley a gift decision. Manny is the cash cow, his fight against Mayweather being a possibility, more exciting ect. Bradley not a known name, boring style. Besides that win didnt even benefit Bradley. If he won legitimately he would be praised now, instead Pac is fighting in another mega fight as if he won his previous fight and Bradley is not even mentioned (is he fighting anyone now? Is he even alive?)
Because Bradley was the only fighter in the market. Trust me it makes alot of sense, I knew this was going to happen months before the Bradley fight took place. http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=384529
Ok but what is the end result? Where is Bradley now? He won the fight, he should be calling out Mayweather and be talked about. Manny Pacquio's fame should suffer from this loss but it didnt, he is fighting again against Marquez as if he won his last fight, so the status of Pacquaio didnt change and Bradley's status went down because that win is like a loss.
Everything didnt go according to plan because Arum may have thought Bradley would do better than he did. But forget what Bradley is doing now. Manny losing after ages to Bradley makes more sense rather than losing to Marquez when they fought a 3rd time. The whole point of this 4th fight is so Marquez gets his decision. This will lead to Marquez vs Bradley (A fight Bradley may win, which will be his redemption fight, and he'll get props for avenging Pacquiao's loss assuming Marquez wins tonight). Also leads to Rios vs Pacquiao which will be huge because of Rios being undefeated, Mexican, hungry, a brawler and a loud mouth. A fight surely Manny will win too. 2 massive fights, both under top rank. Which will mean 2013 will be a big year for Arum and $$$$$ and potential of redeeming Pacquiao's and Bradley's name. It all makes sense, doesn't it?
Arum had to replace Manny because his contract w/Top Rank was expired. (Didn't he re-sign AFTER the Brad fight?) ^Arum had to teach him his place in line.