How did you score Bradley-Pacquiao I...

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  1. KillSomething

    KillSomething Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I have no problem with that card, except round 9 which I thought was pretty clear for Bradley. This is one of those fights where neither guy lands anything really big or hurts the other guy, so there's lots of leeway in scoring.

    You didn't mention if you watched it without the commentary?
     
  2. ValentinePrince

    ValentinePrince Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I've watched it without the commentary multiple times.
     
  3. daprofessor

    daprofessor da legendary professor Full Member

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    i scored it a draw. i could see it going a round or two either way...but i definitely wasn't in line with hbo or the rest of the *******s.
     
  4. daprofessor

    daprofessor da legendary professor Full Member

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    this by far is the most thorough breakdown of the fight i've read yet. there were a few rounds in there that could have gone either way....8-4 is not out of the realm of possibility unless you're a *******.
     
  5. OldSchool Rules

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    6-5-1 for Bradley. But I think this is one of those fights that can truly go either way. Bradley controlled the first 2-2.5 minutes of most rounds, landing few damaging blows but working steadily nonetheless. Pacquiao would explode in eye-catching flurries towards the end of the rounds, not landing much clean but backing Bradley up and occasionally clipping him with a nice shot. I thought a lot of rounds were debatable, especially the first few and the late middle rounds. Pacquiao clearly won the middle rounds and Bradley clearly won the last few. I think it just comes down to what you like; Pac's explosive attacks or Bradley's consistent work-rate and generalship. I lean toward the latter but understand why others scored it the other way. Although Ledermans card was just horrible.
     
  6. Drew101

    Drew101 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    7-5 Pac. 1-2, 9, 10 and 12 to Bradley. Seventh and eleventh were close, so in retrospect, it's not completely out of the question to score the fight for Timmeh by a 7-5 margin. Nor is it completely out of the question to call a split of the first couple of rounds, and have Pac winning by an 8-4 margin.
     
  7. ivanthegreat

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    8-4 bradley wtf...more like 8-4 for manny thats what i had it
     
  8. cuchulain

    cuchulain Loyal Member Full Member

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    Among the experts below, 121 scored the bout for Pacquiao, 1 scored the bout a draw, and 1 scored the bout for Bradley.
    None of the scores for Pacquiao was offered by Philippine media.



    Danny Flexen, Boxing News: 115-113 Bradley
    Cameron Sharpe, Boxing Fancast: 115-115 Draw
    Chris Manix, Sports Illustrated: 115-113 Pacquiao
    Lem Satterfield, Ring Magazine: 115-113 Pacquiao
    Gordon Marino, The Wall Street Journal: 115-113 Pacquiao
    Armando Alvarez, Telemundo: 115-113 Pacquiao
    Jake Donovan, ***********.com: 115-113 Pacquiao
    Terry Dooley, ***********.com: 115-113 Pacquiao
    Jordan Capobianco, BoxingNews24.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Franklin McNeil, Newark Star-Ledger: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Brett Okamoto, ESPN: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Steve Bunce, BoxNation.com/BBC: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Juan Manuel Marquez: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Max Kellerman, HBO: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Andreas Hale, FightNews.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Brian Arman Graham, Sports Illustrated: 116-112 Pacquiao
    George Willis, The New York Post: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Rick Reeno, ***********.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Robert Morales, Los Angeles Daily News: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Ben Thompson, FightHype.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Tim Smith, New York Daily News: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Suge Green, On the Grind Boxing Radio: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Steve Zemach, The Queensbury Rules.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Michael Nelson, TheCruelestSport.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Tom Gray, SecondsOut.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Joel Sebastionelli, LIITR Box Radio: 116-112 Pacquiao
    CheckHook.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
    ********************: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Ricky Hatton: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Amir Khan, Primetime: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Wayne McCullough: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Ken Hissner, DogHouseBoxing.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Alexander Belenky, Sport-Express.ru: 116-112 Pacquiao
    Rob Day, ***************: 117-112 Pacquiao
    Ryan Burton, ***********.com: 117-112 Pacquiao
    Matt Youmans, Las Vegas Review-Journal: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Graham Houston, FightWriter.com/FightNews.com/ESPN: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Stephen Edwards, BoxingTalk.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Ron Borges, Boston Herald: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Cliff Rold, ***********.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Chris Robinson, ***********.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review-Journal: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Ronnie Shields, boxing trainer: 117-111 Pacquiao
    David Mayo, The Grand Rapids Press: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Robert Little, BlackSportsOnline.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Jorge Hernandez, The Low Blow.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    David Greisman, ***********.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Benny Henderson, DogHouseBoxing.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Ryan Phillips, BleacherReport.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Graham Parker, The Guardian (UK): 117-111 Pacquiao
    Ed Graney, Las Vegas Review-Journal: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Luis Sandoval, ***********.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Jonathan Sakti, Comcast Sports Net Bay Area: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Richie Tomasini, Comcast Sports Net Bay Area: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Tim Starks, The Queensbury Rules: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Champ Ross, DaTruthBoxing.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Darren Velasco, 8CountNews.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Ryan Maquinana, Comcast Sports Net Bay Area: 117-111 Pacquiao
    George Diaz, The Orlando Sentinel: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Doug Fischer, Ring Magazine: 117-111 Pacquiao
    FightersRated.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Luke Thomas, MMAFighting.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Scott Christ, BadLeftHook.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Tommy Gunn, *****************: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Charles Farrell, No Holds Barred Radio Show: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Gareth Davies, London Telegraph: 117-111 Pacquiao
    John Perretti, No Holds Barred Radio Show: 117-111 Pacquiao
    John Raspanti, DogHouseBoxing.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Ron Lewis, Primetime/BBC: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Brent Brookhouse, SBNation.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Jake Emen, ProBoxing-Fans.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Alexey Sukachev, Sports.ru: 117-111 Pacquiao
    Kevin Mitchell, The Guardian (UK): 118-112 Pacquiao
    Steve Lillis, BoxNation: 118-111 Pacquiao
    Nick Xouris, FightHype.com: 118-111 Pacquiao
    Brett Newton, Pound4Pound.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Joseph Herron, FightSaga.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Mark Lyons, 8CountNews.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Danny "Swift" Garcia: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Mike Koppinger, Ring Magazine: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Ryan Songalia, Ring Magazine: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Pete O'Brien, USA Today: 118-110 Pacquiao
    John McCormick, BoxingTalk.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Victor Contreras, The Sacramento Bee: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Eric Raskin, HBO/TheSweetScience.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Chuck Giampa, Showtime: 118-110 Pacquiao
    John Russell, boxing trainer (Buster Douglas trainer): 118-110 Pacquiao
    Rich Marotta, KFI Los Angeles: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Jeff Mayweather: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Ace Freeman, FightFan.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Kelsey McCarson, TheSweetScience.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Mario Cabrera, The Boxing Republic: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Ramon Aranda, 3MoreRounds.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Colin Seymour, Examiner.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Nigel Collins, Espn.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Paddy Cronan, On the Grind Boxing Radio: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Denzil Stone, OnTheBreak.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Phil Jay, *****.net: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Geoffrey Ciani, EastSideBoxing.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Michael Rosenthal, Ring Magazine: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Eugeny Pilipenko, Vringe.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Vadim Zhuk, Championat.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Ken Pollitt, the13thround.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
    Ted Sares, Boxing.com: 119-111 Pacquiao
    Allen Barra, The Atlantic: 119-110 Pacquiao
    Barry Tompkins, Showtime: 119-110 Pacquiao
    Vittorio Tafur, The San Francisco Chronicle: 119-109 Pacquiao
    Ray Markarian, TheSweetScience.com: 119-109 Pacquiao
    Harold Lederman, HBO: 119-109 Pacquiao
    Dan Rafael, ESPN: 119-109 Pacquiao
    Max Parker, BoxingWatchers.com: 119-109 Pacquiao
    Scott Sawitz, Fox Sports/Inside Fights: 119-109 Pacquiao
    Leroy Cleveland, FightSaga.com: 119-109 Pacquiao
    Michael Woods, ESPN: 119-109 Pacquiao
    Michael Marley, BoxingConfidential.com/Examiner.com: 119-109 Pacquiao
    Skip Bayless, ESPN: 119-109 Pacquiao




    Average of the 123 scores: 117-111 Pac
    Most common score (44) :117-111 Pac



    I gave Bradley the 10th round first time around.

    If you were looking for sympathy rounds, there were two more you could have given him.

    That was it.

    9-3 was as close as you could make it.
     
  9. Spoorloos

    Spoorloos IfPacKOsTimImgone90days Full Member

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    I had the exact same scorecard and I really like your analysis :good
     
  10. ValentinePrince

    ValentinePrince Well-Known Member Full Member

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    And the thingÂ… a lot (not all) of those scorers were ringside. So the argument that they were being brainwashed by groupthink from the commentary is not legitimate.
     
  11. KillSomething

    KillSomething Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Crowd noise is a thing. Moreso when Pacquiao is fighting. Moreso when his opponent has zero fans.

    I think this fight can be scored many ways, and a lot of them can result in Manny winning. I just scored it the way I scored it, there were definitely more than a few swing rounds. In a fight where not much happens, much is left up to interpretation.

    And there aren't 100 boxing writers in the world who count as experts at scoring. They're actually quite bad at it for the most part.
     
  12. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Bradley lost, soundly. 4 rounds at best for him.
     
  13. LordSouness

    LordSouness Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Much closer than the pathetic HBO commentators anyway. Screaming about hard left hands when he missed completely.

    I had Pac by a couple of rounds.
     
  14. Spoorloos

    Spoorloos IfPacKOsTimImgone90days Full Member

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    More and more sensible, intelligent posts.
    Maybe there is hope for this forum after all.
     
  15. Babality

    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Right, all of them are bad, and you're good. Who should I believe.