Pacquiao v. Bradley

[trigg3r]

One of the main reasons why nobody watches boxing anymore.

Pacquiao landed 253 total punches to Bradley's 159. In power punches, Pacquiao outlands Bradley 190-108.

Bradley wins. His reaction: "i'm going to have to watch tape again to see if I really won".

HAHA. I think we all know Pac-man owned him for at least 9 rounds. Obviously, someone made BANK from betting on the underdog and the judges are laughing with them.

Discuss.

Exactly. I stopped watching it years ago just for this reason. I didn't watch the fight, but it appears everyone thought that Pacquiao was the clear winner. I will continue to not watch boxing until there is a day when the sport is a lot cleaner in terms of corruption.

 

[HipHopAnonymous]

So I'm thinking there's one of three options going on here right now:

1) The fix was in.
2) They're using the controversy as a way to help bring more attention to a dying sport.
3) They're just really freaking dumb.

1) Hard to argue this. When it was pretty much the consensus of anyone who knows anything about boxing. Hell Bradley just about fell over when they announced he won.
2) Good. Boxing needs to die in it's current form. MMA > boxing. People need to stop buying the PPV so it will just die more quickly.
3) Terribly old fashion to a fault. 70 year old judges who are half asleep through the fights are deciding the outcome?

 

[franklin]

Worst decision since Dela Hoya vs Trinidad another black mark on boxing. They need to go back to fifteen round championship fights

From my Damn phone

The decision wasn't as bad as the fight. What a waste of time watching De La Hoya avoid Trinidad for round after round.


ESPN is even calling boxing out. It's not every day the sports industry is frank about a blown decision.