Originally posted by 5NorCalSavage2:
Re watch the fight, I honestly don't see how manny easily won the first 7 rounds, I guess we all have our own unique way of judging rounds. First 4 round bradley was more active, accurate, and efficient, for 2:45 seconds of the first 4 rounds. Then pacquiao would swing away like crazy the last 15 seconds and rarely connect, then HBO would say that was enough to win the round. smh.
When you say more active, are you referencing throwing or landing more punches? When you say accurate and efficient, do you mean he was landing at a greater rate? Compubox clearly showed that in the first four rounds, Manny landed more punches and he did so in fewer attempts. Let's use just those four rounds that you referenced. Manny landed 85/210 punches at a rate of 40.5% while Bradley landed 51/280 at a rate of 18.2%. That tells me that sure Bradley was more active (if you count punching someone's gloves as being active) and Manny was much more accurate and efficient.
Also, per Compubox, Manny averaged 10.5 landed punches in the final minute of the first four rounds. I'll give you the fact that in most cases, he was more active in the final minute of each round. However, round 4 bloats that average. He landed 21 punches in the final minute of round 4. He landed 7, 6 and 8 punches in the final minute of rounds 1-3. That averages just 7 landed punches per minute. During that same three round stretch, Bradley averaged a mere 3 landed punches per minute. What did Manny average the first two minutes of those same three rounds? 4.3 and 5.3. Both are still better than what Bradley was doing.
To your case, people do judge scores differently. If effort is the determining factor, then give the title to Bradley. Hell, give Mayweather's title to Ortiz for that matter. But if results is what it is about, there is no reason for Manny to have lost by split decision. No personal attack against you but I just countered each of your reasons for going Bradley in each of those rounds with facts. Not feelings.