To me, the HBO and ESPN scorecards of 119-109 Pacquaio is just as egregious as the 115-113 Bradley that the two judges came up with.
I had it 115-113 PacMan. Gave Bradley rounds 2, 8, 10, 11, 12.
Rounds 10-12 is not arguable, Pacquaio virtually stopped. Rounds 2 and 8 were nothing rounds where neither Pac or Bradley got anything going. I could understand those rounds going either way.
The general outrage is over the top. I'm a Pacquaio fan but I didn't see the Pacquaio domination that the HBO commentators were talking about. Sure... Bradley got rocked a couple time in rounds 3-5, but no knockdown.
I also think a lot of Pacquaio's rounds were "60-40" rounds where one or two clean punches made the difference. His tactic of taking the first 2 minutes off each round, then finishing with a flurry probably cost him in the end. Activity gets rewarded by some judges, no one knows this better than Pacquaio.
It was a good fight that turned a little stale imo.
Absoloutley spot on. I think I saw that hbo had it 11 rounds to 1 in favour of pacquiao including the last 2 rounds like cmon.To me, the HBO and ESPN scorecards of 119-109 Pacquaio is just as egregious as the 115-113 Bradley that the two judges came up with.
I had it 115-113 PacMan. Gave Bradley rounds 2, 8, 10, 11, 12.
Rounds 10-12 is not arguable, Pacquaio virtually stopped. Rounds 2 and 8 were nothing rounds where neither Pac or Bradley got anything going. I could understand those rounds going either way.
The general outrage is over the top. I'm a Pacquaio fan but I didn't see the Pacquaio domination that the HBO commentators were talking about. Sure... Bradley got rocked a couple time in rounds 3-5, but no knockdown.
I also think a lot of Pacquaio's rounds were "60-40" rounds where one or two clean punches made the difference. His tactic of taking the first 2 minutes off each round, then finishing with a flurry probably cost him in the end. Activity gets rewarded by some judges, no one knows this better than Pacquaio.
It was a good fight that turned a little stale imo.