Bradley lost the fight but I don't know why people are treating his initial statements as gospel. When I was younger I fought in a kickboxing (non contact) tournament in one of the fights I was awarded the victory but held my opponents hands up because I thought that I lost the match. When I spoke to my trainer and friends they pointed out to me that certain kicks depending on position were scored more effectively (can't really remember how it went).
Main point I'm trying to get across is that when you enter a fight you want to win a certain way, you don't really see things objectively so if you feel that you have underperformed or that things did not go as you expected you are more likely to feel as though the fight didn't go your way.
That being said I don't think Bradley did enough to win though now that the mood is settling I'm beginning to think people are overreacting. You can pick out rounds that definitely go to one fighter for Pacquiao that is 5 rounds for Bradley it is 3. That leaves 4 rounds that could go either way.
That being said it is su****ious that they gave all of the rounds that could have gone either way to Bradley. In a fair world it'd be split evenly leaving the fight 115-113. In an accurate world it'd be scored 116-112 (or 117-111) as even though some of the rounds were open to interpretation Pacquiao seemed more dominant in some of the questionable rounds.
I see it as a robbery in the sense that I find it hard to believe that they would honestly score every single questionable round in Bradley's favor. That being said it is not as unbelievable as the Rios/Abril card.
Main point I'm trying to get across is that when you enter a fight you want to win a certain way, you don't really see things objectively so if you feel that you have underperformed or that things did not go as you expected you are more likely to feel as though the fight didn't go your way.
That being said I don't think Bradley did enough to win though now that the mood is settling I'm beginning to think people are overreacting. You can pick out rounds that definitely go to one fighter for Pacquiao that is 5 rounds for Bradley it is 3. That leaves 4 rounds that could go either way.
That being said it is su****ious that they gave all of the rounds that could have gone either way to Bradley. In a fair world it'd be split evenly leaving the fight 115-113. In an accurate world it'd be scored 116-112 (or 117-111) as even though some of the rounds were open to interpretation Pacquiao seemed more dominant in some of the questionable rounds.
I see it as a robbery in the sense that I find it hard to believe that they would honestly score every single questionable round in Bradley's favor. That being said it is not as unbelievable as the Rios/Abril card.
flushed down the drain like the turd he is
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