“I’ve never been as ashamed of the sport of boxing as I amtonight,” said Arum, who handles both fighters. bradley came on strong in the later rounds, winning five of thelast six rounds on two scorecards and four on the third. He won115-113 on two scorecards, while losing on the third by the samemargin. The Associated Press had Pacquiao winning 117-111. “I did my best,” Pacquiao said.
Bradley seemed hurt in the fourth and fifth rounds, but Pacquiaohad trouble landing big punches after that. Still, he seemed incontrol of the fight everywhere but on the judge’s scorecards. “Can you believe that? Unbelievable,” Arum said. “I went over toBradley before the decision and he said, `I tried hard but Icouldn’t beat the guy.'” bradley said he hurt his ankle in the second round, and thattrainer Joel Diaz said he could either quit or try to take thefight to Pacquiao. “I got my second wind in the sixth round,” bradley said. Magnetic Materials
“It’s your fight.” But it wasn’t Pacquiao’s fight, with bradley getting credit forwinning some of the close middle and later rounds. After the 11thround bradley went back to his corner and trainer Joel Diaz toldhim he needed to win the final round. “I listened to my corner,” bradley said. “I got to give him arematch now.” Arum said there will be one on Nov. 10, though he thought Pacquiaowon easily, as did most writers at ringside.
LAS VEGAS — Timothy bradley promised to shock, though the biggestshock in his fight with Manny Pacquiao came from the judges’scorecards. In a fight Pacquiao seemed to have in hand, two judges decidedotherwise, giving Bradley a split decision Saturday night andending the Filipino fighter’s remarkable seven-year unbeaten run. Promoter Bob Arum fumed, the crowd at the MGM Grand arena booed,and Pacquiao seemed stunned when the decision was announced. Arumsaid there would be a November rematch, though he blasted the waythe decision went down. “I’ve never been as ashamed of the sport of boxing as I