Pacquiao was never bothered by his decision loss to Bradley

Immediately after the first fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, a survey was done among boxing experts regarding their scorecards for the fight.

The official result was a split decision victory for Bradley with judges Duane Ford and CJ Ross giving him the nod 115-113 while Jerry Roth scored it 115-113 for Pacquiao.

In the survey among 123 boxing experts, 121 score the fight for Pacquiao, one scored it for Bradley, and one had it even. None of the 121 experts who scored it for Pacquiao were from the Filipinos.

Dan Rafael of ESPN and Harold Lederman of HBO had it 119-109 for Pacquiao. Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports, Gareth Davies of London Telegraph, Lance Pugmire of Los Angeles Times, and Tim Stark of Queensberry Rules all had it 117-111 for Pacquiao.

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All of these boxing personalities were bothered by the result with HBO’s Jim Lampley saying “I don’t think we’re blind. I think Harold Lederman is the best scorer alive. And I think that is a terrible, bogus decision,” right after the decision was announced.

“I’m dumfounded. I don’t know what to say. I have no comment. I’m totally confused,” said late great Emmanuel Steward.

“Timothy Bradley has scored an upset split decision victory over Manny Pacquiao. God only knows how,” replied Lampley in utter disbelief.

While the whole world was upset with the decision, Pacquiao apparently took it in stride. In deep preparation for his rematch against Bradley on April 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas for the WBO welterweight title, Pacquiao revealed that the loss never bothered him.

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“That is boxing. It is part of the game and you cannot let yourself get too upset over it or else it will consume you. Judges are human. You cannot expect them to be perfect,” Pacquiao said in his most recent blog post for the upcoming rematch against Bradley. “In the first fight against Tim Bradley, I was over it before I returned to the dressing room. To Freddie Roach and me, and apparently everyone else who watched the fight – except for two – I won the fight.”

“The first thing I said to Freddie when we saw each other in the dressing after the fight was, ‘He [Bradley] ran just like we knew he would.’ We never discussed or debated the decision because it was so obvious that I had won the fight and nearly every round,” he added.

Pacquiao ended his blog by saying there is something different about the way he prepared for the fight against Bradley. “There is something different in this training camp. There are a lot of people who doubt I can fight the same way I fought when I knocked out Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Erik Morales, and Marco Antonio Barrera,” Pacquiao said. “I want to prove to them that I am the best. I am inspired. I am the challenger. I know I will need to outbox and outspeed Bradley. And that is what I will do. This is the first time I have challenged for a world title that I lost.”