Bradley-Pacquiao: Winners and losers of fights should be determined via compubox statistics

By Boxing News - 06/10/2012 - Comments

Image: Bradley-Pacquiao: Winners and losers of fights should be determined via compubox statisticsBy Dominic Sauboorah: This idea should really be taken into consideration. After the disgraceful judging to award Timothy Bradley with a split decision victory over Manny Pacquiao many would find it very hard to trust judges again.

Compubox showed that Manny Pacquiao threw more punches, landed more punches and landed more power punches. That settles it. Compubox proves that Pacquiao won the fight. Nevertheless it took two somewhat idiotic judges to score the fight in Bradley’s favour, despite the fact that statistically he landed fewer punches and threw fewer punches than Pacquiao.

This has happened before as well. Richard Abril comfortably beat Brandon Rios at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, however Rios was awarded a split decision victory and coincidentally this was another Top Rank event. It was perceived by many boxing experts as a disgraceful decision, due the fact that Compubox proved that Abril landed and threw more punches and limited Rios to landing punches mainly on the arms and shoulders which aren’t seen as scoring blows.

Boxing is a dramatic sport without a doubt. The pre fight banter which keeps the fans on the edge of their seats. All the hype the fighters create to make the event an even more exciting spectacle. The boxing in the ring that creates an unbelievable amount of animosity causing fans to get that sudden rush of adrenaline when they are witnessing two warriors clobbering each other with vicious blows. These aspects define controversy which is why the sport is so exciting. Nevertheless unfair and biased judging is what’s ruining the sport. There have been many fights in the past that have been scored incorrectly. The problem with this however is that the last three Top Rank fights have been very controversial due to dodgy judging. Marquez losing to Pacquiao, Abril losing to Rios and now Pacquiao losing to Bradley. I hate to say it but this has to be more than a coincidence.

Compubox states who has won or lost a fight. So tell me, what is the point of judges when the statistics via Compubox proves who has won or lost a fight anyway? Judges out and Compubox in. It’s as simple as that.



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