OK... how did you score the Pac-Bradley fight?

[amat]

My Filipino neighbor that drove himself to drink after the third Marquez fight, I ran into outside my door just getting some night air. He had Pacquiao winning 7-5 and I had Bradley winning 7-5 and he was fine with it. He said there was a lot of close rounds and he muted the HBO telecast himself.

It's not out of the question to see this fight 7-5 for either guy or even a draw. No Robbery just a close fight and all about what you're looking for.

Who pays 60-70 dollars for a pay per view telecast and watches the entire fight on mute?

[InTheNeutralCorner]

My Filipino neighbor that drove himself to drink after the third Marquez fight, I ran into outside my door just getting some night air. He had Pacquiao winning 7-5 and I had Bradley winning 7-5 and he was fine with it. He said there was a lot of close rounds and he muted the HBO telecast himself.

It's not out of the question to see this fight 7-5 for either guy or even a draw. No Robbery just a close fight and all about what you're looking for.

Who pays 60-70 dollars for a pay per view telecast and watches the entire fight on mute?

[TitoFan]

Well, the poll closes in a couple of days and we've had a fairly good turnout. The results are pretty interesting, and summarized below:

• Pac by wide margin: 51 voters
• Pac by narrow margin: 5 voters
• Bradley by wide margin: 1 voter
• Bradley by narrow margin: 7 voters
• Draw: 3 voters

So close to 85% had Pac winning the fight, and over 75% of all voters had Pac by wide margin. Interestingly one voter had Bradley by wide margin. And those who saw Bradley win by either close or wide decision are right around 12%.

[Gandalf]

Considering I don't know half the people voting for Pac wide win, I have my doubts about the credibility of the poll.

It was a close fight for Manny or Bradley. But wide cards? That is lala land and I cannot take it seriously.

We were infiltrated by trolls from somewhere. We have more reasonable folk than this.

[TitoFan]

I don't know, man. Take it up with the boss. He voted "wide" also.

[Gandalf]

I don't know, man. Take it up with the boss. He voted "wide" also.

Yeah.

I'm just shocked it is like this. A fair chunk HAS to be Manny boys refusing to accept it's over. It can only be.

I saw a good fight, and in fairness now call it a draw myself. I've no worries with a little blubber either way.

No robbery, not at all.

[TitoFan]

I don't know, man. Take it up with the boss. He voted "wide" also.

Yeah.

I'm just shocked it is like this. A fair chunk HAS to be Manny boys refusing to accept it's over. It can only be.

I saw a good fight, and in fairness now call it a draw myself. I've no worries with a little blubber either way.

No robbery, not at all.

I'm sure there's some of that in there, Miles. But even beyond this forum, I think other numbers are pretty similar in nature. Check out fightscorecollector's numbers. I think they're pretty wide also. I don't know, honestly. Maybe some of it was the announcers themselves. I mean, we're all human and probably subconsciously subject to some influence from the audio portion of the telecast. But I think most of us try to really, objectively observe the fight and all its details. People here love to dump on CompuBox, but it's easy to sit back and say that something doesn't work, when you yourself (not you, Miles) don't have a suggestion on how to improve what we have. On a fast-paced fight such as this one, CompuBox is the only tool available that attempts to count # of punches thrown and landed. THAT, in conjunction with our own interpretation of what we're seeing, is the best we can do.

That being said, it IS a little odd that "Pac by narrow margin" actually had LESS votes than "Bradley by narrow margin." With the avalanche of voters for "Pac by wide margin", it's statistically a little odd that "Pac by narrow margin" didn't have more votes.

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

... Well, I scored it even. A draw.

When I watched it live I thought (or maybe "assumed"?) Pacquiao had won but watching it last night from my own perspective (i'll explain) it was - round by round - a lot closer.

I think the odd punch from Pacquiao here and there had fooled me the first time round when I was watching the fight with my mind pre conditioned by what Id concluded (on what judges look for) after 3 very close fights with Marquez (which ironically, I now realise were NOT "robberies" either) where Pacquiao was rewarded for being the more athletic and damaging puncher in the smallest of instances.

However upon watching the fight I saw a very inconsistent and lackluster performance in parts from Manny who basically threw the win away. Not to take credit away from Bradley who hung tough in a major way but he wasn't causing Manny any major problems with his boxing.... Which is why, I guess why so many people fell aggrieved by the decision.