Sunday, June 10, 2012

Just about to listen to Brian Tuohy on a Vegas radio station, but wow...

200+ views between my three posts on Pacquiao-Bradley.

And now the real fun begins.  Bob Arum no longer wants a rematch.  He wants a Nevada investigation instead!

I admire his guts to stand up to the criticism.  But then I listen to the words of judge Duane Ford, who spoke with Yahoo! Sports on the decision (and his reasoning to give the fight to Bradley 115-113):

"If this were American Idol, without a doubt, Manny Pacquiao would have won," Ford said. "But it was not. I gave an honest opinion. I had Pacquiao up 4-2, I think, at the end of six rounds. I thought he hurt Bradley a couple of times early in the fight. But when the bell rang to end that round, it was over and what happens in one round doesn't carry over to the next round. They're separate units. 

"In the second half of the fight, Pacquiao picked off a lot of punches to the head, but Bradley landed some hard body shots. That hurt Pacquiao. I don't mean it hurt him in the sense of it physically hurting him, but in terms of scoring and piling up points. Bradley did an excellent job standing his ground as a boxer. Remember, it's a boxing match and Bradley demonstrated his ability to box expertly." 

OK, except for one problem:  HOW DOES PACQUIAO WIN THREE ROUNDS IN THE ENTIRE FIGHT AT THAT POINT?

Go back to my scorecard below.  I openly admit, in giving the fight to Pacquaio seven rounds to four (9th round even) that six of the seven rounds were given on simple ring generalship.  Pacquiao controlled the ring for the better of the round and took those body shots.

If you want to give that justification, then please explain to me how you had Pacquiao up 58-56, because not only would, under your view as stated in your interview, Mr. Ford, I couldn't give 4 of the first 6 rounds to Pacquiao (though I did, because of ring generalship in rounds 3-6!), I couldn't give Pacquiao 3 rounds in the entire fight.  He gets the 4th round and maybe one more (the 3rd?), but that's it!

With that justification, I'd have the fight 118-110 for BRADLEY!

No.  Just...  no.

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