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Rasputin_Vol said:
What would someone have to gain by essentially blowing $150+ million Mayweather-Pacman fight?

I just chalk it up to Eugenia Williams-esque dumb judges...
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In the world of boxing , no telling. It also seems like that fight , for whatever reason , is/was never going to happen. It's been a strange day in Vegas. First a horse going for the triple crown is pulled. Now this. The judges might be dumb , but it doesn't mean they weren't paid to be.
 
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Vol2424 said:
They acted like it was a foregone conclusion that Manny won. You never know who to trust when you see it. You never know who got paid. The delay was strange. I've never heard of a guy waiting to fight until he is done watching a basketball game. I'm not passing blame to the guy who lost , but boxing is so messed up , you just never know.
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Pac landed over ten percent more of his punches, no way he didn't dominate on the stat sheet. Percentage, power punches, all of it. That scoring made zero sense.

Vol2424 said:
Hey , I'm just glad I didn't waste my money on it. Hope none of you did either.
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Hell no. I'd just as soon bet on figure skating.

Rasputin_Vol said:
What would someone have to gain by essentially blowing $150+ million Mayweather-Pacman fight?

I just chalk it up to Eugenia Williams-esque dumb judges...
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Bill Simmons just tweeted that there was a bunch of late money on Bradley.
 
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milohimself said:
Pac landed over ten percent more of his punches, no way he didn't dominate on the stat sheet. Percentage, power punches, all of it. That scoring made zero sense.


Hell no. I'd just as soon bet on figure skating.


Bill Simmons just tweeted that there was a bunch of late money on Bradley.
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No doubt Manny won. Late money on Bradley sort of seems odd. They delay was strange. Seriously , who watches a NBA game before a fight? Maybe that had something to do with the late bets. Something stinks. They can't fix this sport. Not in my eyes. You would think with all the problems , they would have professional judges. That might ruin their plans though.
 
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milohimself said:
Bill Simmons just tweeted that there was a bunch of late money on Bradley.
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Couldn't been enough to eclipse the amount of money that would have changed hands with a Mayweather-Pacman fight.

I don't think there are anymore big payday fights on the horizon after that.
 
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Rasputin_Vol said:
Couldn't been enough to eclipse the amount of money that would have changed hands with a Mayweather-Pacman fight.

I don't think there are anymore big payday fights on the horizon after that.
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The Mayweather fight can still happen, will still get a ton of PPV buys and be like Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween and a birthday all wrapped into one for bookies nationwide.

Either way, I could see this fight being the subject of a future 30 for 30
 
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#1,084
This fight desperately needed Larry Merchant instead of Mario Lopez & Max Kellerman. I can only imagine what kind of questions Merchant would have had for Bradley.
 
#1,087
#1,087
This PAC loss sets up a PAC-Bradley rematch about the time that piece of garbage Mayweather gets out of jail. Mayweather then fights the winner. It's all about $$$. Boxing is dead though, it just finished off the most painful and longest lasting suicide in history.
 
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#1,089
I watched the fight up until the 4th round when I actually decided that Bradley didn't have a chance in hell of winning I laid down and pretty much passed out after being up since 4.a.m.

....then around midnight, I got a flood of texts asking me what the hell just happened.

I turn on sportscenter. Bradley won? ....I didn't really pay attention to the scoring, laughed and went back to sleep.

I woke up today thinking it was just a dream.
 
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#1,092
48 of 51 ringside commentators had Pacquiao winning on their scorecards... so did other fighters

“Listen, I love Tim Bradley…he's a friend. This is not his fault. Tim lost the fight, that's all I can say,” said Oakland’s super middleweight champion Andre Ward, who was ringside.

“Fix,” said junior middleweight titleholder Austin Trout.

“Unbelievable! This is another stain on boxing. Even worse than my draw with [Evander] Holyfield!” exclaimed former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis.

Even Floyd Mayweather Sr., the father of Pacquiao archrival Floyd Mayweather Jr.—a man who has hurled a parade of insulting diatribes in the Filipino’s direction—felt that the final score did not reflect the rightful victor.

“Pacquiao did win the fight, but it wasn’t his night tonight,” Mayweather Sr. told reporters at the postfight press conference.
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Barry Tompkins, Showtime: 119-110 Pacquiao
Harold Lederman, HBO: 119-109 Pacquiao
Ray Markarian, The Sweet Science: 119-109 Pacquiao
Michael Marley, Examiner: 119-109 Pacquiao
Dan Rafael, ESPN: 119-109 Pacquiao
Vittorio Tafur, San Francisco Chronicle: 119-109 Pacquiao
Michael Woods, The Sweet Science: 119-109 Pacquiao
Ramon Aranda, 3 More Rounds: 118-110 Pacquiao
Mario Cabrera, Boxing Republic: 118-110 Pacquiao
Nigel Collins, ESPN: 118-110 Pacquiao
Mike Coppinger, Ring Magazine: 118-110 Pacquiao
Ace Freeman, Fight Fan: 118-110 Pacquiao
Rich Marotta, KFI Los Angeles: 118-110 Pacquiao
Kelsey McCarson, The Sweet Science: 118-110 Pacquiao
Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing: 118-110 Pacquiao
Pete O’Brien, USA Today: 118-110 Pacquiao
Eric Raskin, Grantland: 118-110 Pacquiao
Michael Rosenthal, Ring Magazine: 118-110 Pacquiao
Colin Seymour, Examiner: 118-110 Pacquiao
Ryan Songalia, Ring Magazine: 118-110 Pacquiao
Ryan Burton, Boxing Scene: 117-112 Pacquiao
Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook: 117-111 Pacquiao
Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press: 117-111 Pacquiao
Gareth Davies, London Daily Telegraph: 117-111 Pacquiao
Doug Fischer, Ring Magazine: 117-111 Pacquiao
David Greisman, Boxing Scene: 117-111 Pacquiao
Jorge Hernandez, The Low Blow: 117-111 Pacquiao
Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports: 117-111 Pacquiao
Robert Littal, Black Sports Online: 117-111 Pacquiao
Steve Kim, Max Boxing: 117-111 Pacquiao
Ryan Maquiñana, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area: 117-111 Pacquiao
David Mayo, MLive: 117-111 Pacquiao
Kieran Mulvaney, HBO: 117-111 Pacquiao
Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times: 117-111 Pacquiao
Chris Robinson, Boxing Scene: 117-111 Pacquiao
Cliff Rold, Boxing Scene: 117-111 Pacquiao
Champ Ross, Da Truth Boxing: 117-111 Pacquiao
Luis Sandoval, Boxing Scene: 117-111 Pacquiao
Jonathan Sakti, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area: 117-111 Pacquiao
Tim Starks, Queensberry Rules: 117-111 Pacquiao
Richie Tomassini, Comcast SportsNet Bay Area: 117-111 Pacquiao
Darren Velasco, 8 Count News: 117-111 Pacquiao
Rick Reeno, Boxing Scene: 116-112 Pacquiao
George Willis, New York Post: 116-112 Pacquiao
Steve Zemach, Queensberry Rules: 116-112 Pacquiao
Armando Alvarez, Telemundo: 115-113 Pacquiao
Jake Donovan, Boxing Scene: 115-113 Pacquiao
Lem Satterfield, Ring Magazine: 115-113 Pacquiao
Thomas Hauser, HBO: 115-114 Bradley
Bart Barry, 15 Rounds: 116-115 Bradley
Brian Kenny, Top Rank: 116-112 Bradley

TOTAL: Pacquiao 48, Bradley 3
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Toujours Pret said:
He seemed to be just as shocked / disgusted as anyone else.
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I'm as big of a boxing fan as anyone, watching cards just about every weekend, but even as someone who will never stop watching the sport I'm also still incredibly cynical about almost every aspect of it.

I'd have been shocked if Arum had acted any other way than disgusted that night and now I've seen where he is already denying a rematch due to asking for an investigation. All that said, I'll be equally as shocked if there isn't a rematch near the end of the year. I trust absolutely nothing that comes out of Bob Arum's mouth.
 
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#1,096
I'm not sure when this became official but I read where Tyson is going to fight again with former ECW president Paul Heyman as his promoter.

The last boxing ppv I saw was Tyson's last fight against some Irish guy. Tyson was winning every round then refuses to continue after 7ish rounds because "he isn't 'that' guy anymore".

Anyway, here is the first quick promo video.
@HeymanHustle @MikeTyson @MStuart777 new Tyson short film MIKE TYSON: "NO MORE MR NICE GUY!" - YouTube
 
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Mr_Henley said:
I'm not sure when this became official but I read where Tyson is going to fight again with former ECW president Paul Heyman as his promoter.

The last boxing ppv I saw was Tyson's last fight against some Irish guy. Tyson was winning every round then refuses to continue after 7ish rounds because "he isn't 'that' guy anymore".

Anyway, here is the first quick promo video.
@HeymanHustle @MikeTyson @MStuart777 new Tyson short film MIKE TYSON: "NO MORE MR NICE GUY!" - YouTube
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I believe that's for a video game. He's done fighting. Here is a quote from the 24th of June from the NY Post-

Q.All right, why don’t we break some news here. Why don’t you announce your boxing comeback?

A: No way. I don’t even think about hurting people no more. ... Twenty-four hours of my life was thinking about hurting somebody. ... How am I gonna hurt that guy, how this pain is gonna feel, will he quit with this?
 
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Roy Jones embarrassed himself again today, got battered and dropped by a last minute replacement in Poland, as his scheduled opponent is in the clink. Even worse, he somehow got the decision, which means he'll take at least one more beating.
 
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