I felt it was. That fight was frustrating to watch. Bradley was moving away so much and falling everywhere - I just wanted him to eat Pacquiao shots so bad.
Nope. Pac fans want desperately to control the narrative that this was an "easy" win for Pac, but it wasn't. Bradley won. It wasn't a dominant or 1-sided win, but he won.
I didn't think it was the robbery that everyone seemed to portray it as either, I also thought Horn beat Pacquiao controversial opinion I know.
On one other forum, where just like everywhere, initial reaction was "Robbery!", We scored it again after couple months.... and everyone ended up giving it to Bradley. There was also a video on Youtube, with not the most dignified title "The tale of HBO Nuthuggery" - that showed the highlights in slow motion along with commentary. It was truly horrendous, You had Bradley making Pacquiao miss while Lampley kept screaming "AND ANOTHER HUGE LEFT HAND FOR PACQUIAO!". So if it was a screw Job... it was HBO trying to influence the public and build a narrative, judging was actually solid. Pacquiao didn't fight great that night. Turns out this video is still up, I'd recommend watching it: This content is protected
On second watching I felt Pac swept just about all of the first nine, from memory. So, yeah, a robbery in my book.
