Timothy Bradley Jr. earns stunning, controversial split-decision win over Manny Pacquiao

[rug]

By Kevin Iole | Yahoo! Sports – 5 hours ago

LAS VEGAS – Timothy Bradley and Manny Pacquiao put on an outstanding show, but it was the judges who will be the big story for the next week or so.

Pacquiao landed 94 more punches than Bradley according to CompuBox, but it was not enough as the judges stunningly awarded a split-decision win to Bradley, who lifted the World Boxing Organization welterweight title from Pacquiao with the victory.

"I thought I won the fight," said Bradley, who said he hurt his ankle in the second round. "I didn't think he was as good as everybody says he is. I didn't feel a lot of his power." Timothy Bradley celebrates his controversial win over Manny Pacquiao. (Getty Images)

It was an excellent back-and-forth bout, but Pacquiao seemed to control it by landing more, landing at a higher percentage and landing the harder punches.

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He wuz robbed!

[trumad]

1. He wuz robbed!

That's an understatement.

[MrSlayer]

2. Maybe one of the judges was one of those gay people Manny thinks should be killed.

Who knows?

I find myself unsympathetic to his plight.

[JonLP24]

4. To be clear

Manny wasn't the one that referenced the Leviticus scripture, it was the interviewer.

I hate nitpicking on that point since Manny is wrong on this issue as he is clearly against gay marriage and feels it is against God's will.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. Pac outlanded Bradley almost two to one in power punches

And he outlanded Bradley in 10 of the 12 rounds, if you trust Compubox. The quote in the article indicates Bradley thought he won. If you believe promoter Bob Arum, he said right before the decision was announced that Bradley conceded to him that he did his best but couldn't beat Pacquiao. I didn't see the fight but it seems to me that bad decisions have become the norm in boxing. It's really undermining what once was a terrific sport. I don't know if it's because of inexperienced judges or corruption or both. I've been a big fan of the sport since I was a little kid in the 1950s and my dad was a pro in his youth. It's really upsetting to see this kind of thing happening.

[H2O Man]

8. That's not accurate.

The people who keep tabs for "compubox" are notorious for not counting body punches.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

9. "if you trust Compubox"

That's what I wrote in my post

[Upton]

5. The Taiwanese are on it..

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[hughee99]

6. Hey, no one will be complaining that they're not getting a Pac-Mayweather fight

for a little while. It seems boxing got what it wants out of this, which is to avoid a situation where the two biggest names aren't fighting each other.

[KamaAina]

7. They may not be getting any fight for a little while

the champ* hurt both his feet, the left one rather badly, during the fight, and had to use a wheelchair for the post-fight presser.