Wednesday, June 20, 2012

WBO Says Pacquiao Won Fight

From ESPN: The WBO completed its review Wednesday of Timothy Bradley's controversial split-decision victory against Manny Pacquiao with its five-member international judging panel all scoring the fight for Pacquiao, even though the official result will stand.
 Pacquiao told The Associated Press from the Philippines on Thursday that he would prefer a rematch rather than Bradley giving up the WBO welterweight title that he won on a split decision because "people may think I just usurped it."
Bradley's victory on June 9 instantly became one of the most controversial decisions in boxing history. While judges Duane Ford and C.J. Ross both had Bradley winning 115-113, Jerry Roth scored it 115-113 for Pacquiao, who suffered his first defeat since 2005.
"My supporters shouldn't worry. We're going to get that title," said Pacquiao, who has the option of an immediate rematch with Bradley in his contract
The HBO broadcasters and nearly every media member at ringside had Pacquiao winning. The crowd at the MGM Grand booed the decision heavily and there was fan outrage around the world from people believing Pacquiao clearly had won.
In the aftermath of the fight, WBO president Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel, whose organization sanctioned the title match, said he would have five judges review the video of the bout. On Wednesday, the results of that review were released. The five judges, whom Valcarcel said are accomplished judges with world title experience -- but whose names were not disclosed -- scored the fight for Pacquiao, 118-110, 117-111, 117-111, 116-112 and 115-113. 
http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/8079349/manny-pacquiao-wins-wbo-review-wants-timothy-bradley-rematch
Just another slap in the face of the Nevada Athletic Commission judges and administration that saw the fight completely differently.
In the end, the only people who suffered are those who bet on Pacquiao in the casinos and those of us in Nevada as we will probably will lose boxing matches because of the 2 completely incompetent judges who either threw the fight of were completely distracted while the "judges" supposedly watched the fight.
So, other than the 2 incompetent judges who may have threw the fight, has anyone else scored the fight for Bradley?

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