Pacman had the judges bought off for him

The 1st and 5th are the same rounds I gave to Marco. Otherwise, he was way too tentative. He was hoping to win this fight, not determined to win it.

 

Ring Generalship: Barrera (They fought Barrera's fight. The times they fought Manny's fight were few and far between. Barrera dictated pace & tempo.)
Defense: Barrera (He was making Manny miss, was hardly making him pay)
Effective Aggessiveness: Pacquiao (Marco made no effort to be the aggressor throughout the fight)
Clean Punching: Up in the air. (Pacquiao was missing a lot while throwing a lot more. Marco was getting the better of many of the exchanges)

I had pacquiao winning 115-112, as well, by the way. I'm just shocked that some here would suggest that the fight was in no way competetive.

 

I scored the bout 115 - 112 for Pacquiao. He pressed the action all of the fight. He deserved it.

 

They must have showed a different fight in the UK.

I had it 9 - 1 for Pac with two even.

The best that can be allowed for MAB was three rounds.

Manny carried the fight and was the aggressor almost throughout.

 

Barrera fought like he trying to avoid getting knocked out. True, he had his moments, but was not active enough. Pacquiao clearly won the fight, even though he seemed a bit off.

 

Marco has been a staple on HBO for over a decade. What does that have to do with anything?

If you judged that fight anywhere closer than 8-4, I have to question your scoring philosophy. It wasn't close.

 

close fight...i thought MAB outclassed PacMan, with ring generalship and actual punches landed, Barrera rolled a lot of Pac's punches, punchstats are bogus...Pac did outwork him some rds...Pac was flashy but you gotta land clean...now I can't wait for JMM vs PAC, this will be an excellent fight...

 

How did those 2 stupid judges scored the bout 118-109 for Pacquiao? That's ridiculous.

 

Quit your cryin whats done is done pac won fair and sqire at lest pac made it a fight Marco was just scared,Erik had more balls and wasnt dirty ****.

 

Exactly.

 

They did fight Barrera's fight, which was to avoid confrontation. Problem is, a skilled guy doing that can make the other fighter look terrible. Manny wasn't sharp, but some of that was because Marco wouldn't engage.

This is like the Taylor/Spinks thing. Spinks fought a similar fight, only worse, and yet some people thought he won.

Marco fought scared. Merchant's remark about him trying to "turn down the temperature" was right on point. You can't allow a guy to win a fight that way, when he won't throw and therefore doesn't land.

 

LOL @ the ******s crying ,beucase they lost their money betting against pacquiao , that fight wasn't close Berarra didn't do **** he was scared to even counter back. His whole game plan was to counter,but he was just too damn defensive:roll:.

 

The punch stats simply justify my scorecard and that is why I mentioned them.

Barrera controlled the pace with his legs, not his fists. Yes he made Pacman miss, but he wasn't retaliating AND got hit more than he made Pacman miss.

I will say again, the punch stats only enhance what a vast vast of what the majority saw. People only dismiss punch stats when they don't favor them. They were lopsided.

 

Didn't Manny Steward said that Pac was dictating the fight.

 

I watched the British and HBO feeds and the commentators scored the fight very differently. Although i think pac-man clearly won I wouldn't of given it by such a gap.

I thought British commentator's scorecards were usually wrong due to biased for British fighters but they get it dramatically wrong for international fights with no British interest (Taylor - Spinks, MAB - Pac man, PBF - ODH)