bradley said it best.... the fans were watching pacquiao while the judges were watching the fight. no robbery here. the only controversy was hbo's view/take on the fight. clearly biased.
Everyone stopped watching Bradley after realizing he wasn't capable of doing anything that would actually win him the fight......Legitimately. It was easier to watch PAC because he was doing all the effective work and dominating the fight. The "fans" consisted of hardcore fans, casual fans, fans of PAC, insiders and experts.... ALL of which saw the fight for what it was..... One sided.
as a trainer....there are very few fights in history that i point to to measure someone's understanding of my beloved sport. this has now become one of them. it's clear to me the overwhelming majority of fans have no clue about boxing. it's also clear to me that i need to step up the education process to help bring understanding to this all. i have to remind myself...that u do not know what u do not know...so it is up to me to fill the voids. i didn't want to do this...but i am left with no other choice but to break down that fight round by round. it's a tedious task....but it has to be done. i will also break down the commentary of lampley, lederman, kellerman and steward to help the ignorant understand how easily they are manipulated. stay tuned.....
:good There are a lot of fans who don't know what they are watching... But there are MANY who have the foundation and knowledge with regards to the sweet science. For those who "don't know" what they "don't know is a general statement that just so happens to fight roughly about 7% of the viewing public who watched the fight. This fight wasn't hard to score....even the most simple special "ed" kid wouldn't have any problems figuring out what took place in the actual fight between Tim and PAC...the ones who scored the fight as Close or even gave it to Tim I'm worried about.:nut
Lets just ask a logical question from a statistical standpoint, Do you believe that 91% of the viewing public knows how to score a prize fight?
No.... Not at all. But let's ask a more logical question since we are on the subject. Out of all the "respected" boxing anaylyst, historians and media types....the percentage who scored the fight for PAC is well over 90%. Casual fans....general sports fans or incompetent boxing fans don't make up the 91% who scored the fight for Manny....It's a good chunk for sure...but if we drill down to what really matters, it's those who watch every fight, score every fight and anaylze every fight that has a deeper pocket of knowledge with regards to the sweet science. Most of those folks who make up the "respected" unofficial scorers had the fight for manny.....in one sided score cards.
if anything....this "unpopular decision" proves that when it comes to pac fights....popularity is what matters. pac/jmm 2 and 3 were wins for jmm imo. pac/jmm 3 at the very best....i can only give pac 4 rounds. where was the outcry for that one? let's go back and review that one. that one wasn't even close. that was a robbery. pac/bradley was close. no robbery.
Okay so lets also throw this out there, Was the Media, the HBO team located on the same side of the rings as the other judges? The answer is Nope, they were all on the same side as HBO, All three judges had it 115-113, meaning it was a close fight. All three judges were on different sides of the ring, and thats why I think we have the disparity in what the judges saw and what the media saw. Much like Many ringside booed the Jones win over Tarver in fight 1, we also booed the Mosley win over Oscar. This **** happens in boxing.... and if you know anything about being ringside for the fight you know that Press Row, those seats are a bunch of tables in rows behind HBO, and the rows go back anywhere from 4 to 10 rows. I really wouldnt buy into the number of Media that scored it for Pacquiao, look for the judges scoring is it consistent? they were consistent with each others score and again they were not on the same side of the ring as HBO and the Media.... That does speak for itself in that aspect, if it were a robbery the scores would have been blatant