Pacquiao-Bradley on the Peoria.com Forums

The fight is this Saturday night. Probably Manny's biggest challenge in awhile sans Marquez. While their respective speeds are about the same, I don't know if Bradley has ever been hit as hard as Manny is going to hit him and Manny loves these straight ahead fighters.

I just can't wait. Hopefully I can find as good of a stream as I did for Mayweather last month

I don't know why, but I think Manny's gonna lose tonight :/

Worst decision EVER in the history of Boxing!
That fight wasn't even close. No Effin' WAY!


Shocking. Totally shocking

Pacquiao almost doubled Bradley's connected shots. When you hit the other fighter, and much harder, almost twice as much, how do you lose?

When you have judges who have a history of bad decisions....

It's all about rematches and revenue.

I could see that if it was a close fight like Pacquiao-Marquez. But this was blindingly one sided for Pacquiao.

Pacquiao decision wouldn't create a rematch, Bradley decision will make them fight again.

But the big payday for Pacquiao is Mayweather. Now that Pac lost, Mayweather is going to want even more of the purse (he wants 60% plus all the PPV $$) and Pac wouldn't fight him that cheap and I doubt that he would even go less. But if they do have a re-match and Pac beats Bradley like he did de la Hoya, Hatton, Cotto and Margarito....

Manny Pacquiao got beaten by ghosts Saturday night. That's what boxing judges are. They are not necessarily former fighters, or coaches, or other knowledgeable figures. They are not necessarily anything. They are people chosen by opaque and obscure boxing commissions to decide the outcome of fights based on little more than their own feelings, with virtually no guidelines to be measured against, nor penalties for poor performance. The boxers who risk their lives with every fight can be reassured by the knowledge that they may be railroaded by incompetence or corruption at any moment. There's really no way to predict it, nor any real will to fix it. Good system.

Here's how pro boxing judges decide fights: however they want. They use their judgment. Therefore they cannot, technically, be wrong, even when they are clearly wrong. In amateur boxing, judging is a relatively straightforward matter, based on who lands the greater number of punches. (That system creates a different set of problems and is still prone to occasional rigging, but at least the judges' criteria are clear and known to all parties.) Not so in the pros. In the pros, it's all a matter of deep philosophical reasoning. Or possibly just laziness. You never know in advance.

http://deadspin.com/5917475/how-judges-score-a-boxin

Bradley vs Marryweather...winner gets Pacquiao that's where the money is for the Promoters.

Bradley tweeted the playbill for the "Bradley-Pacquiao 2" coming in November... ten days before Saturday's fight. Almost like they knew Bradley was going to win.

Now add to that, Harold Lederman's concern about 2 of the Judges before the fight....

If Mayweather fights and beats Bradley, there won't be a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. Mayweather already wants 60% of the purse and all the PPV...that is what he demanded to fight Pacquiao in June. If he beats Bradley, he'll say Pacquiao isn't good enough since Bradley beat him and want 75% and all the PPV. Pacquiao ain't gonna fight for that.

He might for pride.