Bradley Beats Pacquiao In ‘Worst Decision Ever’
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By DERON SNYDER
Former heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis offered the perfect summary of Saturday night’s controversial welterweight match between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley.
“Pac won the fight. Bradley won the decision. Aurum won another payday. Boxing lost its integrity and the fans lost confidence,” Lewis tweeted.
Bradley indeed was declared the winner in a 12-round split decision. But the two judges who had him ahead were arguably the only people who felt that way. Most everyone else — from other boxers to media to fans — believed that Pacquiao won the fight handily.
“The decision will go down as one of the worst, most bogus calls in the whole history of boxing,” wrote ESPN’s Dan Rafael. “It was a disgrace. Shameful. Pathetic. We are not talking about a fight that was really close with several tight rounds that could have gone either way, so reasonable people can have a different opinion. No, we’re talking about a fight that Pacquiao dominated.”
