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The One after the Pacquiao-Bradley Match by Maria Antoinette Del Castillo
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The One after the Pacquiao-Bradley Match |
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After the controversial loss of the boxing industry’s Pound-Per-Pound King, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, from Timothy Bradley, a number of accusations and pointing had been made to different people involved in the match. One of those was its promoter, Bob Arum.
The Controversial Loss Other than the three judges that passed the final tally of the scores, Veteran promoter Bob Arum had also been accused of manipulating the match’s final scores. However, Bob Arum said otherwise about these accusations.
In fact, according to latest Philippines Boxing News, Bob Arum was the one leading the investigation about the “robbery” that happened in the match.
The Top Rank chair and CEO submitted Monday (Tuesday in Manila) a motion requesting the Nevada Attorney General’s Office to begin a complete inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the controversial scoring that resulted in the defeat of Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao to undefeated American challenger Timothy Bradley.
“The public has a right to know,” said Arum. “The fighters have a right to know," and “the only way to restore fans’ confidence in boxing is by letting an independent body investigate every detail of the fight no matter how big or small,” added Arum, who lashed out at the split decision that cost Pacquiao his World Boxing Organization welterweight crown Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The Three Blind-Mice Almost every expert who covered the fight conceded that Pacquiao dominated Bradley, and the thousands in attendance and the millions of viewers all over the world were stunned when Michael Buffer announced the American as the new WBO welterweight champion.
According to latest Latest News of Pacquiao, ff the three judges at ringside, only Jerry Roth scored the pay-per-view (PPV) fight in favor of Pacquiao, 115-113. His fellow judges—CJ Ross and Duane Ford—swayed the outcome by picking Bradley with similar 115-113 scores.
The outrageous outcome stirred a hornet’s nest, with the media and boxing pundits demanding an investigation of the three judges—referred to as “the three blind mice” by a furious Arum.
Rather than die down after two days, the uproar reverberated throughout the world and Arum, who promotes the two protagonists, supported his words with action.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission’s Move Parallel to Arum’s move, Nevada State Athletic Commission executive director Keith Kizer ordered the examination of the three judges’ scoring criteria, according to The Ring’s Lem Satterfield. The probe calls for a review of the fight’s tape, and will focus on the close rounds “and why one judge went this way and the other went the other way.”
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