Timothy Bradley has his hand raised in victory after defeating Manny Pacquiao by split decision to win the WBO welterweight championship
Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao go at each other Saturday night in Las Vegas
All good things must come to an end. What goes up must come down.
It other words, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao’s finally lost a fight and it wasn’t to Floyd Mayweather, but a relatively unknown Timothy Bradley Saturday night in Las Vegas.
In fact, if you saw any of the pre-fight hype, you know about Bradley promising to shock Pacquiao’s world, but it turned out that the biggest shock of the nightt came from the judges’ scorecards.
“I didn’t think he was as good as everyone says he was. I didn’t feel his power,” Timothy Bradley said after beating Manny Pacquiao.
In a fight Pacquiao seemed to have in hand, two judges decided otherwise, giving Bradley a split decision Saturday night and ending the Filipino fighter’s remarkable seven-year unbeaten run.
Promoter Bob Arum fumed, the crowd at the MGM Grand arena booed, and Pacquiao seemed stunned when the decision was announced. Arum said there would be a November rematch, though he blasted the way the decision went down.
“I’ve never been as ashamed of the sport of boxing as I am tonight,” said Arum, who handles both fighters.
Bradley came on strong in the later rounds, winning five of the last six on two scorecards and four on the third. He won 115-113 on the scorecards of judges Duane Ford and C.J. Ross, while losing on Jerry Roth’s scorecard by the same margin. The Associated Press had Pacquiao winning 117-111.
“I did my best,” Pacquiao said. “I guess my best wasn’t good enough.”
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I know one other boxer who is just as upset as Pacquiao right now.
Floyd, Floyd, Floyd. What have you done? You had the chance for that huge payday against Pacman, but you had to go on talking that bull shit about drug test.
I got to see for myself the extent of the robbery. But if it’s as bad as they claim, then Floyd may still look forward to a decent payday if Pacman can come back and whup Bradley. Floyd may even end up getting paid whupping both of them, since Bradley got to be somewhat of a top draw after this.
FLoyd was scared plain and damn simple.
Floyd made various excuses, unnecessary demands and has shown a real less interest on fighting Pacquiao. On the other hand Pacquiao has gotten too Hollywood and seems distracted. It was said in the media that Pacquiao pretty much took his time coming out in the ring, because he was watching the finals between Boston & Miami. Over confident and used of winning or what? Pacman has been having marital problems (cheating) and most of all gambling. Something about him is not the quite the same in the way that he once went after Oscar etc. However, there should be an investigation launched on reps Duane Ford, and C.J.Ross.