Were the judges incompetent or paid off?

I've watched round 5 like 6 times and just can't work out how even one of those judges, let alone 2 gave it to Bradley.

 

gambling, alot of money to be made betting on Bradley. This was Pac's only rival given a good chance to outbox him since 2009/2010 with Pac on the slide, Bradley still being a big underdog. Pac's fights would draw the most betting of boxing events (with Mayweather's), making it easier to hide massive winning bets

 

there were bigger fights and bigger challenges for Pacman before and no fixes, but now he loses and the excuse is fixes. I don't buy it. There was no fix. I was on the message board here in ESB when the fight was happening, and a few people were commenting that the last few rounds are close and Bradley won them and this could be a close decision and Bradley might get it.

What I heard on another thread makes sense. Activity vs. effectiveness, and activity matters. There was no corruption. The judges scored it the way they saw it and Bradley did have better later rounds. Had Pacman really wanted to seal the fight he would have won those last rounds cleanly, but he did not. We win fights in rounds not with punchstat or judging a whole fight after it is over. Leonard used to be a master at winning rounds in the last 10 seconds. No one complained then. But Ray knew you could win a few rounds that way, which is probably why Hagler felt he won.

 

are you watching it with the sound off? HBO commentary could affect how you see the fight. I remember Taylor vs. Chavez in 1990. My friend went to that fight in Vegas. He came back and saw my tape of the fight and said what??? They are watching another fight he said. He said everyone at the Vegas Hilton (where the fight was happening) saw it even and Chavez was hurting Taylor and people were wondering if Taylor would last the distance. Then he comes to my house a few days later and HBO makes it sound like Taylor was winning easily. Commentators can change a fight.

 

Hmmm...so that would mean most of press row, other boxing insiders, and the mass general public around the world?

Wow, I guess we are all corrupted by our common sense.

 

both

 

Just do a list of the Big Fights the 3 judges have been involved in, plus the total fights
they have judged.

 

I watch all the fights with the sound off if possible.

 

They were not "paid off", per se. . . There was no money exchange in a briefcase, or swiss bank account, etc. . But it's more of a secret handshake; a subconscious understanding the judges have with the promotor. . . They are given hints to know "what he wants", and what is best for the promotor, and in turn, THEIR FUTURE.