Ward thinks Bradley should give Pacquiao his WBO strap back

By Boxing News - 06/12/2012 - Comments

Image: Ward thinks Bradley should give Pacquiao his WBO strap backBy Chris Williams: WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward incredibly thinks that WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley should give his newly won title back to Manny Pacquiao, because Ward believes that Pacquiao deserved to get the win.

Ward told the sfate.com “It was a ridiculous decision. Bradley lost the majority of the rounds. If it was me personally, I would admit defeat and say, ‘Here’s your belt back.'”

So in other words, Bradley should give charity to Pacquiao by giving away the title he won in the ring against Pacquiao simply because Ward thinks Pacquiao won? Forget that! Bradley won that fight, and he’s not about to give it away because someone preferred Pacquiao’s economical pot shot style of fighting over Bradley’s highly skilled boxing machine.

Bradley isn’t going to give anything back nor does he need to. He beat Pacquiao by boxing him, and then taking him deep into the fight where Pacquiao gassed out badly. I think Ward needs to watch the fight again, only in slow motion so he can count all the misses that Pacquiao made. Forget about the punch stats, I think they’re bogus numbers. Pacquiao was missing all night long, and the only shots he was able to land were occasional pot shots with his left hand. He didn’t land enough left hands for him to get the win in my book.

This is Bradley’s big payday now that he’s beaten Pacquiao. The win has earned Bradley a rematch with Pacquiao in November, and an even bigger payday. I know that Pacquiao’s promoter Bob Arum is undecided whether to make the Pacquiao-Bradley rematch, but Pacquiao is already said he wants it. I think it must burn inside him having been beaten in front of all those millions of people, and he must really want to try and avenge the loss. Personally, I think Pacquiao is stupid to fight Bradley a second time, because it’ll only be worse for Pacquiao a second time because Bradley knows exactly how to fight him. He’ll box Pacquiao’s head off all night, and win with ease a second time around.

Ward can forget about Bradley giving up the WBO strap. He won the fight and he deserves to carry the WBO belt around his waist. The judges have spoken, and they picked Bradley as the champion. Who am I to argue with professional judges like the ones that gave Bradley the win?



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