After rewatching Bradley/Pac....how did you score it?

[fan johnny]

The outcome was the same as the first time, when I gave Bradley two rounds. Giving Bradly the benifet of the closer rounds, I scored it 8 Rounds to 4 Rounds. I could have given the two closer rounds to Pacuiao as well. Bradly did not come close to winning that fight.

[Gandalf]

I was expecting my head to be turned more towards Manny's way than I was. It was an extremely nip and tuck fight with many close rounds. Bradley doing more for the significant part of each and then Manny trying to steal it at the end.

I had Bradley winning the first two and then taking the championship rounds. A draw is a fair result. Manny simply did not work hard enough to deserve the win. I struggle to see where these wide Manny scores are from. Maybe edging a close fight sure, but wide margins?

There is no explanation why Manny couldn't put away a very injured man other than to say he is in decline. Bradley is also extremely tough, but he couldn't get the foot out of his mind until it was time to dig in in the championship rounds.

Bradley will do better in a rematch. He taken Manny's best with a bad foot and knows he can outbox him hobbling.

[THE THIRD MAN]

Watched it twice now since last weekend, same result each time for me, i am still waiting for the real Manny Pacquiao to turn up and fight? I didn't see any controversy here at all, i did see a fighter with little or no movement that made him very awkward to fight, i saw little or no angles with his punches that at one time in his career blindsided his opponents, i saw little or no real power, never at any time was Bradley in any danger of being knocked out. I did see a fighter who was either in physical decline or just had other things on his mind and wasn't all that interested anymore? The Manny Pacquiao who entered the ring against Timothy Bradley was a shadow of the man who destroyed Oscar, Hatton, Margo and Cotto! Maybe JMM has ruined him?

[J_C]

6-5-1 Brad the first time, 7-5 Pac on the second. The changes to my 2nd score came from giving round 1 to Pac rather than a 10-10 and switching from Brad to Pac in round 7.

The rounds where I had no trouble picking a winner were

3,4,5,6 Pac
10,11,12 Brad

The other 5 are close rounds man. I tend to favour Pac for 1,2,7 and Brad for 8 and 9.

[Gandalf]

6-5-1 Brad the first time, 7-5 Pac on the second. The changes to my 2nd score came from giving round 1 to Pac rather than a 10-10 and switching from Brad to Pac in round 7.

The rounds where I had no trouble picking a winner were

3,4,5,6 Pac
10,11,12 Brad

The other 5 are close rounds man. I tend to favour Pac for 1,2,7 and Brad for 8 and 9.

I think no matter who you score it for it has to accepted that it was a close fight.

I really think Manny being the popular fighter and having the crowd and HBO on his side has skewed peoples perceptions of the fight. I was almost laughing at the commentary yesterday. Bradley would land 2-3 shots and there was literally no commentary. Manny would do nothing for 2 minutes and they would say Bradley didn't do very much. It was more than the guy doing nothing and he WAS getting through on occasion. It was like Twilight Zone commentary. HBO has been getting worse and worse.

Scores like 10-1 Manny are a farce and in no way reflect what was a very hard fight for Manny.

HBO stands for Horribly Biased Oldies. Lampley, Steward and Lederman are all absurd.

[djcione]

HBO has never been known for being fair- they go with the house fighters like Oscar, Manny,etc. The announcing crew and Lederman definitely need a long rest, or at leat a new addition or 2.

[porkypara]

8-4 to Pac man.

going to watch it agia with sound off.