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Pacquiao Vs. Bradley Results: Bob Arum 'Ashamed' Of Boxing Following Decision

Bob Arum isn't the kind of guy who keeps his mouth shut, not when he's happy, not when he's upset and certainly not when his top drawing star loses by controversial decision. And that's exactly what happened to Bob tonight in Las Vegas when Manny Pacquiao was robbed of his deserved victory over Timothy Bradley.

Bad Left Hook points us in the direction of a few tweets that express just how upset Arum (who says he had the fight 10 rounds to 2 for Manny) is about the way things went down:

I'm sure we'll here much more from Arum over the coming days as he tries to deal with the aftermath of a Pacquiao loss.

He does have the rematch, which will surely do good business, to help him sleep at night.

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Pacquiao Vs. Bradley Results: Timothy Bradley Wins Shocking, Controversial Split Decision

Coming into tonight's HBO pay-per-view bout between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, I had predicted Bradley would take the upset decision. However, I didn't see it going down like it did.

Manny Pacquiao seemed to dominate the fight against Timothy Bradley from the opening round. While there were a few (3-4) rounds that seemed like the could be scored for Bradley, it seemed impossible by the time the final bell had sounded that Tim had done nearly enough to take a decision, but that's exactly what happened.

Pacquiao's key punch the entire fight was the hard straight left hand and his powerful blows were certainly more telling than Bradley's much lighter shots. Beyond the quality and power of the shots landed, Pacquiao dominated in terms of actual punches landed and accuracy.

While Bradley was more than willing to exchange and get into ill-advised firefights, the fight appeared to clearly not be going his way.

However, when the official scorecards were read, after the first 115-113, Michael Buffer said "Pacquiao", which meant we had a split decision. The next card was 115-113 for Bradley. Despite all certainty that the final card would see Manny's hand raised, Buffer once again said Bradley, giving Tim the split decision win.

It's a shocking result and one that makes very little sense given Manny's status as the "money fighter" in the bout. Normally the robberies go to the guy whose win brings in more money for the promoters, but that wasn't what happened tonight. Manny Pacquiao is a worldwide star, while Bradley is a lighter hitting, mostly unknown fighter who isn't really even a welterweight.

We'll have much more on the shocking result of this fight over the coming hours and days. So keep your browser locked in.

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Pacquiao Vs. Bradley Results Live: Round 12

Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao came out for the last round of their welterweight title clash having put on a very entertaining scrap, but one that seemed pretty one-sided in the favor of Pacquiao.

Bradley threw a combination right away but Pacquiao was still keeping his gloves up.

Bradley did achieve some sort of moral victory for getting through the fight without getting knocked out (or even down), but it was basically impossible for me to see any way that Bradley hadn't lost the fight.

But through the final round, he was still throwing punches with the intent to land and hurt, and deserves credit for that.

The bout came to an end right after both men swung a combination.

Both men raised their arms, but Bradley didn't look like he really believed it.

Round: 10-9 Bradley
Fight: 117-111

Manny Pacquiao wins the fight on the SBNation scorecard.

Official Scorecards: 115-113 Pacquiao, 115-113 Bradley, 115-113 Bradley

TIMOTHY BRADLEY WINS BY SPLIT DECISION!

This is a crazy result. I can't believe this. Much more coming on this.

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Pacquiao Vs. Bradley Results And Post-Fight Analysis

I have watched a lot of boxing in my life and have seen more than my fair share of robberies. When Paul Williams was given a gift decision over Erislandy Lara, it felt wrong but predictable. When Tavoris Cloud got an undeserved win over Gabriel Campillo, it was the same. Even Brandon Rios over Richard Abril (to complete the hat trick of fairly recent robberies I can remember in my post-fight haze) made sense.

But Timothy Bradley getting the nod over Manny Pacquiao in a fight that Pacquiao appeared to very clearly win makes no sense in the typical line of boxing thinking.

Timothy Bradley's biggest fight prior to this was against Devon Alexander in what was supposed to be a massively important fight but instead turned out to be a complete box office flop. He is not a draw whereas Pacquiao is one of the world's biggest superstars. The close calls go the way of the superstar, that's just how the sport works. It's not because of people getting "paid off" or anything quite so nefarious. It's usually just that these things affect the judges. They know a guy, they pay more attention to him, it makes everything they do seem bigger and better ... etc.

The Tim Bradley's of the world don't get their hand raised in robberies. My mind is blown.

On to some quick hit thoughts on the night's action:

  • Given that these two are going to have a rematch, Bradley's focus has to be on dealing with the straight left hand of Pacquiao. He made a few nice adjustments to get that punch to stop landing with the frequency it was, but it was still Manny's best shot through the entire first half of the bout. His lack of power against Manny's heavy hands will remain an issue the second time around, however.
  • Yes, the calf stretching thing before the start of the main event was weird, but the timing of it all was close to in line with what is expected in major boxing PPV's. As I said all week, main event fights usually start right around midnight. Mayweather vs. Cotto got going right around 11:50, Pacquiao vs. Marquez at 11:47. When Jorge Arce vs. Jesus Rojas ended early, I tweeted for people to get ready for 45 minutes of time being killed. This was before the whole "where's Manny?" bit and then finding out that he was stretching out. Camps tend to have plans based around certain start times and that appears to have been the case here. It wasn't so much that he made everyone wait as it was that the fight before ended early, creating a weird time gap and Manny simply wasn't ready to go yet.
  • One thing I hope doesn't happen here is that Bradley gets treated like the "bad guy." He didn't turn in the scorecards. If anything, he deserves a lot of credit for turning in a gutsy performance and not quitting despite seeming to be outgunned and having hurt his foot/ankle early in the fight. He never stopped battling and deserves a lot of credit for the way he fought.
  • It's a real shame the Jorge Arce vs. Jesus Rojas fight was stopped on the odd fouls and injury in the second round. That was setting up to be a typical Arce-style barnburner.
  • Mike Jones was failing in so many different ways before getting KO'ed by Randall Bailey. Jones was supposed to be in the "showcase" position, but fought a horrible, boring fight. He may have been winning, but no one was going to be interested in watching him fight again when it was all over with. Getting KO'ed on top of that performance could actually be the end of Jones getting chances on big stages.
  • How cool is it that Randall Bailey won a title tonight? You could go into a whole discussion about what titles are legitimate and all that, but, watching Bailey break down in tears after winning, you need to understand that these titles have very real meaning to the men fighting for them.
  • Guillermo Rigondeaux is really good and Teon Kennedy was nowhere near his level. With all of tonight's drama, that opening fight feels like it was days ago. Still, quite the showing for Rigondeaux.

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Manny Pacquiao Vs. Timothy Bradley Full Fight Highlights

The sports world is going to be talking about Timothy Bradley's controversial split decision win over Manny Pacquiao for quite some time. It was a fight that was so controversial that it will probably require multiple re-watches just to try to put yourself into specific mindsets to see if you can think like the judges that scored the bout for Tim Bradley. I don't suspect you'll have much luck, however, as the punch stats and action appear to quite clearly favor Manny Pacquiao.

Before going back and rewatching the entire fight, start by giving these highlights of the action a watch.

Courtesy of Yahoo! Sports:


We will have many, many more thoughts and updates on the night's action. So make sure you keep checking back in here at SB Nation for all the fallout you can handle.

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Pacquiao Vs. Bradley Results: Photo Of Official Scorecards

In a result that has shocked the boxing and sporting world, Timothy Bradley was awarded an incredibly controversial decision victory over Manny Pacquiao. We've talked a bit already about the result and a bit about the key takeaways from the fight, but sometimes you just have to see it to believe it.

So here is a photo of the actual official scorecards from the fight:

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You can see from looking at the cards that there were very few rounds which were scored the same by all three judges. Given that each judge has a different view of the action, that will happen sometimes. But it usually happens in fights that appear much closer, not in fights where one fighter seems to clearly outwork the other.

Keep your browser locked in here as we'll have much more on the fallout of this fight in the coming hours.

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Pacquiao Vs. Bradley Results: Timothy Bradley Wins Shocking, Controversial Split Decision

Coming into tonight's HBO pay-per-view bout between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, I had predicted Bradley would take the upset decision. However, I didn't see it going down like it did.

Manny Pacquiao seemed to dominate the fight against Timothy Bradley from the opening round. While there were a few (3-4) rounds that seemed like the could be scored for Bradley, it seemed impossible by the time the final bell had sounded that Tim had done nearly enough to take a decision, but that's exactly what happened.

Pacquiao's key punch the entire fight was the hard straight left hand and his powerful blows were certainly more telling than Bradley's much lighter shots. Beyond the quality and power of the shots landed, Pacquiao dominated in terms of actual punches landed and accuracy.

While Bradley was more than willing to exchange and get into ill-advised firefights, the fight appeared to clearly not be going his way.

However, when the official scorecards were read, after the first 115-113, Michael Buffer said "Pacquiao", which meant we had a split decision. The next card was 115-113 for Bradley. Despite all certainty that the final card would see Manny's hand raised, Buffer once again said Bradley, giving Tim the split decision win.

It's a shocking result and one that makes very little sense given Manny's status as the "money fighter" in the bout. Normally the robberies go to the guy whose win brings in more money for the promoters, but that wasn't what happened tonight. Manny Pacquiao is a worldwide star, while Bradley is a lighter hitting, mostly unknown fighter who isn't really even a welterweight.

We'll have much more on the shocking result of this fight over the coming hours and days. So keep your browser locked in.

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Pacquiao Vs. Bradley Results Live: Round 10

In round ten of the HBO pay-per-view bout between Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao, it was Manny pulling away with the fight.

Bradley's arms looked a bit more weary as the fight has been wearing on, taking even more steam off his already "soft" punches. While he was still willing to fire punches, including a few hard left hooks, it was Manny picking his spots to engage and land some more of those straight left hands.

Still, Pacquiao did very little in the round while Bradley was doing more work, probably doing enough to win him the round, but we're likely well past the point where Bradley can win a decision, and he doesn't have the pop on his punches to score the knockout that he needs. But we'll see over the final two rounds.

Round: 10-9 Bradley
Fight: 98-92 Pacquiao

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Pacquiao Vs. Bradley Results Live: Round 11

With two rounds left in their clash, Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley came out for round eleven with the outcome seemingly already in hand. Pacquiao was just a higher class then the very talented and very game Bradley.

Still, Tim is a warrior and came forward through the round, trying to see if he couldn't make something happen.

Pacquiao uncorked a left hand with very bad intentions that just missed, but showed that he wasn't just content to try to coast to the scorecards. Bradley was working the jab before a right hook and left hand by Pacquiao had Bradley a little bit staggered but far from out.

Pacquiao continued to look for the big left throughout the round but Bradley clipped him with a few right hands that at least slowed the assault from Pacquiao.

Round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Fight: 108-101 Pacquiao

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Pacquiao Vs. Bradley Results Live: Round 12

Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao came out for the last round of their welterweight title clash having put on a very entertaining scrap, but one that seemed pretty one-sided in the favor of Pacquiao.

Bradley threw a combination right away but Pacquiao was still keeping his gloves up.

Bradley did achieve some sort of moral victory for getting through the fight without getting knocked out (or even down), but it was basically impossible for me to see any way that Bradley hadn't lost the fight.

But through the final round, he was still throwing punches with the intent to land and hurt, and deserves credit for that.

The bout came to an end right after both men swung a combination.

Both men raised their arms, but Bradley didn't look like he really believed it.

Round: 10-9 Bradley
Fight: 117-111

Manny Pacquiao wins the fight on the SBNation scorecard.

Official Scorecards: 115-113 Pacquiao, 115-113 Bradley, 115-113 Bradley

TIMOTHY BRADLEY WINS BY SPLIT DECISION!

This is a crazy result. I can't believe this. Much more coming on this.

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Pacquiao Vs. Bradley Results Live: Round 9

With things winding down for Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley in their HBO pay-per-view bout, the two men came out of their corners for the ninth round. Pacquiao quickly landed a hard straight left hand, the punch that had been most effective for him to this point in the bout.

Bradley continued to try to circle and pick his spots to engage with hard flurries but Manny landed a few heavy combination punches. Bradley responded with a hard combination of his own, but then it was all Manny again. Bradley kept throwing and was actually having some success again this round, mixing in a few more left hook leads and a couple uppercuts.

This has turned into a very exciting, high energy fight, but one that the better fighter is just winning.

Round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Fight: 89-82 Pacquiao

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