WBO Says Manny Pacquiao Won Over Timothy Bradley

People's Champ and world boxing icon Manny Pacquiao won over Timothy Bradley in their World Boxing Organization welterweight bout last June 9 (June 10 in Manila) according to a five-man panel of the WBO.

The World Boxing Organization assigned a five-man panel to re-score the controversial Pacquiao-Bradley fight which gave Bradley a split-decision win over Pacquiao. After watching the Pacquiao-Bradley fight replay, all the five judges scored unanimously in favor of Manny Pacquiao and had it 118-110, 117-111, 117-111, 116-112, 115-113.

Although WBO had clearly seen Pacquiao's victory over Bradley, its president Francisco 'Paco' Valcarcel said that they can't change the fight’s official result. At any rate, the belt will have to stay with Bradley.

“We can’t change the result but we did this review for two reasons,” Valcarcel told ESPN.com. “If they want to make a rematch, we will approve the rematch and if they don’t we will order one. Also, we wanted to show (the Nevada State Athletic Commission) that they could bring in other officials from outside of Nevada who can also do a fine job judging fights. It’s good to have different officials.”

Related: Psychic Predicts Pacquiao's Loss Over Bradley, Number 7 a Curse to Pacman

Pacquiao and Bradley are scheduled for a rematch on November 10.

The five judges who re-scored the Pacquiao-Bradley fight were from New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico. Armed with the information, WBO President Paco Valcarcel will submit to the Assn. of Boxing Commissions by its July meeting a request that state commissions such as Nevada's work more diligently to bring in judges from outside their states for fights of the magnitude of a world title contest.

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WBO Assigns Five Judges to Re-score Pacquiao-Bradley Fight

The World Boxing Organization on Wednesday announced it has assigned five judges to re-score Manny Pacquiao's controversial loss by decision to Palm Springs' Timothy Bradley in an effort to convince state commissions to widen the pool of judges for major fights.

Although many at ringside for Saturday's fight gave Pacquiao between nine and 11 rounds, judges Duane Ford and C.J. Ross scored the bout 115-113 (seven rounds to five) in Bradley's favor, and a third Nevada judge, Jerry Roth, had it 115-113 for Pacquiao in the WBO welterweight title contest.

(Image credit: Joe Klamar / AFP/Getty Images / June 13, 2012)

WBO President Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel said five judges, from New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico, will re-score the bout and submit their work confidentially to the WBO, with the scores to be gathered by Monday.

Valcarcel said that armed with that information, he will submit to the Assn. of Boxing Commissions by its July meeting a request that state commissions such as Nevada's work more diligently to bring in judges from outside their states for fights of the magnitude of a world title contest.

Before the Pacquiao-Bradley judges were assigned by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, Valcarcel said he submitted a list of 20 judges from elsewhere who could be assigned to the bout. None were chosen.

"We're asking the ABC to make recommendations how a sanctioning body like ours can work better with a state commission, to use this experience to have better scoring in the future," Valcarcel said.

Valcarcel said he is not considering stripping the WBO belt from Bradley, and will not order a mandatory rematch, because Pacquiao's contract stipulates he would get a rematch if he lost the bout. In promoting the fight, Bradley had printed up a poster and ticket hyping Bradley-Pacquiao II on Nov. 10.

"This wasn't Bradley's fault, and we're not saying there was any evidence of fraud or corruption here," Valcarcel said. "That's outside the scope of what we're doing."

He said he's also not questioning the integrity of Ford or Ross.

"There are excellent judges available internationally, and they should be considered," Valcarcel said. "We've done it here in Puerto Rico, bringing in judges from Nevada."

Source: Los Angeles Times

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Psychic Predicts Pacquiao's Loss Over Bradley, Number 7 a Curse to Pacman

Manny Pacquiao's loss over Timothy Bradley on June 9 (June 10 in Manila) at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada was rightfully predicted by Joseph Greenfield, resident psychic of Bandera based on numerology.

The psychic pointed out number 7 as a curse to Pacman and other famous and rich personalities. The said number, deemed as Pacquiao's weakness has something to do with him losing the boxing belt to Bradley.

According to the psychic, Manny Pacquiao will lose every after the 15th cycle of his career, meaning the 16th time that he step into the boxing ring, he will lose the fight. 

Manny first tasted defeat on February 9, 1996 after he lost to fellow Filipino Rustico Torrecampo in Mandaluyong. After this, he continued to win 15 succeeding fights and on the 16th time, he lost again to Thailander Medgoen Singsurat in a fight held at the latter's home country on September 17, 1999. He again went on to his 15-cycle win before losing the battle again to Erik Morales on March 19, 2005 at Las Vegas.

On June 9, 2012, Pacquiao faced Timothy Bradley only to lose his WBO Welterweight belt. That is after 15 straight wins since Erik Morales defeated him in 2005.

According to the psychic Joseph Greenfield, summing up all the numbers in the dates when Pacquiao lost inside the ring will result to number 7. He also noted that everytime Pacman went on his 16th fight after successive wins, he faced defeat. When we add 1 + 6, this gives us 7.

What an interesting analysis! To learn more about how the psychic came up with the numbers, read his article on Bandera posted June 9 (Manila time), a day before the Pacquiao-Bradley fight.

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Timothy Bradley Wins Over Manny Pacquiao via Split Decision

People's Champ Manny Pacquiao bowed to Timothy Bradley who won via a split decision (115-113 Pacquiao, 115-113, 115-113 Bradley) for the WBO World Welterweight Belt, June 9 (June 10 in Manila) at the MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Manny Pacquiao dominated the first half of the 12 rounds but later in the fight, Timothy Bradley showed his power throwing punches to Pacquiao. Based on ringside punch stats, it was Pacquiao who threw in more punches and the harder ones but those came in short for the Filipino warrior.

Timothy Bradley walked out of the arena with a clean record ending Manny Pacquiao's 15-fight winning streak in 7 years. The controversial decision was roundly booed by the crowd.

Bradley was feeling confident after the whole 12 rounds of boxing, saying that he did not feel Pacquiao's power punches.

"I thought I won the fight," Bradley said. "I didn't think he was as good as everyone says he was. I didn't feel his power."

Meanwhile, Pacquaio turned on the popular song Just Once when asked about the results. He claimed , though that he was never hurt by Bradley's punches, which mostly landed on his arms.

"I did my best," Pacquiao said. "I guess my best wasn't good enough."

Top Rank's Bob Arum, who has contracts with both Pacquiao and Bradley said that there would be a rematch, though he criticized the judging. The possibility that Pacquiao and Bradley will box it all out again in November is now at large.

"I'm going to make a lot of money on the rematch, but this was outrageous," Arum said.

Other show highlights include the singing of the US national anthem by American Idol runner-up Jessica Sanchez and the celebration of Bradley's camp with his wife hugging the manager and beaming with joy.

What do you think of the results? Feel free to comment below.

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Manny Pacquiao Barred from 'Extra' for Making Anti-Gay Remarks

Pinoy Champ and Saranggani representative Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao was barred from his supposed to be Extra interview at the Grove in Los Angeles after making an anti-gay remark.

Manny Pacquiao and friend, Extra host, Mario Lopez

The anti-gay remark of Pacquiao was made on his interview with the National Conservative Examiner last weekend saying that he disagree with US President Barrack Obama's stance on same-sex marriage. Manny Pacquiao quoted,

God only expects man and woman to be together and to be legally married, only if they so are in love with each other. It should not be of the same sex so as to adulterate the altar of matrimony, like in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah of Old.

 The examiner report also quoted Leviticus 20:13 which says,

If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

Following these statements, Pacquiao's scheduled appearance on Extra was called off, according to LA Weekly. Pacquiao was supposed to be interviewed by Extra host Mario Lopez and both of them even promoted the appearance on Twitter. 

According to Bill Reich, spokesman of The Grove, they were cancelling the event.

“Manny Pacquiao is not coming to the Grove,” he said.

In their Twitter account, it was announced that Pacquiao is not welcome at The Grove.

Boxer Manny Pacquiao is not welcome @TheGroveLA. @TheGroveLA is a gathering place for all Angelenos, not a place for intolerance.
— The Grove LA (@TheGroveLA) May 16, 2012

Pacquiao's adviser, Michael Koncz, spoke to boxing analyst Ronnie Nathanielsz regarding the situation and explained their side of the story.

Ronnie Nathanielsz then relayed Koncz' statement to ABS-CBN news, saying that "Manny was aked about same sex marriages and he quoted a verse from the Bible to drive home a point."

"He did not wish ill will on anybody," Koncz added.

In a report by TV Patrol, Wednesday, May 16, Pacquiao denied that he quoted Leviticus, saying that he has yet to encounter the said bible verse. He also added that he is not homophobic but he does not support same-sex marriage, which he called a sin.

The writer of the examiner article, Granville Ampong confirmed that Pacquiao did not quote the Leviticus verse. It was him who added the said verse to his article to give substance to the topic.

Meanwhile, Mario Lopez' interview with Pacquiao is reported to push through, perhaps in a different venue.

Photo courtesy of LA Weekly

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