Sunday, June 10, 2012

Pacquiao-Bradley, the official scorecards

From The Philippine Star's Sports Hub, an article which highlights the official scorecards (with a photo of them) for the fight.  (They scored the 116-112, giving Pacquiao eight of the first nine rounds and Bradley the last three.)

You can follow along with my post below:

Round 1:  Roth and Ross for Pacquiao, Ford for Bradley.

Round 2:  The complete opposite.  Roth and Ross for Bradley, Ford for Pacquiao.  I gave both of the first two rounds to Bradley.

Rounds 3 and 4:  All three judges to Pacquiao.  All three judges have the fight 39-37 Pacquiao.

Round 5:  Roth scores it for Pacquiao for 49-46.  Ross and Ford score the round for Bradley for 48-47.  Not exactly sure what Ross and Ford saw in Round 5 to give it to Bradley, as it appeared as if Pacquiao was cornering Bradley a lot better in this round.

Round 6:  All three judges to Pacquiao.  Roth has the fight 59-55.  Ross and Ford have the fight 58-56.

Round 7:  All three judges for Bradley.  Roth is now at 68-65, Ross and Ford at 67-66.  I also gave this round to Bradley.  At this point, I had the fight 67-66, as Ross and Ford had it.

Round 8 :  Same as round 5.  Roth for Pacquiao for 78-74, Ross and Ford for Bradley , fight now even at 76-76.  Can someone tell me a meaningful punch landed anywhere other than Pacquiao's arms by Bradley in round 8?  And nothing for ring generalship?  Hell, if the judges want to go that far, it's hard to see how, on punches alone, Pacquiao won two rounds!!

Round 9:  Roth and Ross for Pacquiao.  Roth now has the fight 88-83, Ross 86-85.  Ford calls the round for Bradley to give him an 86-85 advantage.

Round 10:  All three judges for Bradley!  Nothing for ring generalship?  Roth:  97-93 Pacquiao.  Ross 95-95 even.  Ford 96-94 Bradley.  Fight's a draw at this point.

Round 11:  Roth and Ross for Bradley, Ford for Pacquiao!  106-103 Pacquiao, 105-104 on two cards for Bradley.

Round 12:  Bradley wins all three cards for the final margin.

Pacquiao only wins one round on each judge's scorecard after the eighth!   He wins the ninth round on Roth's card and on Ross', and the eleventh on Ford's.  They basically had Bradley winning the last four rounds 3 rounds to 1.
I'd really like to know what fight you were watching at that point, judges!

Please...  Tell me...  What fight were you watching?  You gave nothing for ring generalship.  Frankly, without ring generalship, it's a rout for Bradley!  If we're going to benefit the "busier fighter" (even if almost everything landed on arms), then Bradley should've won this fight somewhere of the order of 118-110!!

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