Timothy Bradley was given an unjustified split decision victory at the MGM Grand tonight to become the fourth man to defeat Manny Pacquiao after seemingly being beaten up by the Filipino for at least eight of the twelve rounds.

The 28 year-old was staggered on four or five occasions in the first six rounds after nicking the first, but in no way did enough to gain anywhere near the scores that two of the three judges gave him.

Bradley did come back into the fight towards the end, but even then, I could only give him one of the last four as Pacquiao continued catch him with the cleaner shots and do more than the American to take the rounds.

An argument could be made on my scorecard to give him the last round after a late flurry by Pacquiao nicked it for me, although that would still give Pacquiao a deserved 117-111 victory to retain the WBO belt.



WTF?? were those two judges watching a different fight?

With two of the judges scoring the bout 115-113 to Bradley and the other giving it the opposite way to Pacquiao, a certain rematch is on the cards for November as predicted by the new champion at the press conference.

although that would still give Pacquiao a deserved 117-111 victory to retain the WBO belt.

With two of the judges scoring the bout 115-113 to Bradley and the other giving it the opposite way to Pacquiao, a certain rematch is on the cards for November as predicted by the new champion at the press conference.