Bob Arum, Chairman and CEO of Top Rank, said today that he has submitted a formal request to the Nevada Attorney General's office for a full and complete inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the scoring of the WBO welterweight Championship fight between defending Champion
Manny Pacquiao and challenger Timothy Bradley.
Bradley, the undefeated WBO Junior welterweight Champion, won a controversial Split decision, dethroning Pacquiao on score or 115 - 113, 115 - 113 and 113 - 115, in a fight most ringside media and fans thought Pacquiao won by a wide margin.
(54-4-2, 38 KOs) had his WBO welterweight title snatched from underneath his nose in a fight where he landed the more telling blows, demonstrated sound ring generalship and consistently got the better of the fight’s meaningful exchanges.
The one person we should be careful not to blame in all of this madness is
Bradley (29-0, 12 KOs). Despite being clearly beaten,
Bradley deserved to share a ring with Pacquiao, and many of the rounds were competitive. The only problem for Bradley was that being competitive did not translate into actually winning rounds.
