Phil D. Jay
WBN Editor
WBN Editor
Las Vegas decisions defy belief as Pacquiao loses
A judging atrocity took place at the MGM Grand in
Las Vegas last night as Manny Pacquiao lost a split decision to Timothy Bradley
to cast yet another shadow over the system of scoring fights in the United States.
Pacquiao started off slowly, losing the first round on my
card, but then proceeded to pummel Bradley up until round six, rocking him
numerous amounts of times and looked capable or dropping or stopping the
American at times in the first half of the fight.
I defy anyone who gave Bradley any of rounds two through six to give an explanation as to how they did as Pacquiao was
easily 59-55 up by the midway point of the fight as I wasn't even close to giving the challenger any of them.
Then judges Cynthia Ross and Duane Ford are arguing that
Bradley won the last six rounds! Something I find absolutely amazing and the
only way that the pair could have handed in a 115-113 scorecard.
Something now needs to be done to investigate how these two ‘respected’
judges came to the conclusion they did because the nature of the performance
was totally different to what the pair saw transpire in the ring and is the
most frustrating thing about the sport we love right now.
If the judges at Pacquiao’s last fight with Juan Manuel
Marquez would have come back with those scores then yes, that could have easily
have been argued and the Filipino could have taken his loss and then regrouped.
It is the sheer nature of the judging decision that is
shocking, not only to me, but to 95% of the boxing world in the wake of the
travesty and it is now time for a full review of judging fights in the sport.