What idiots the WBO are. They announce a re-scoring of the fight!
...but not to determine if their was a flawed decision.
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By Lance
Pugmire
June 13,
2012, 12:52
p.m.
The World Boxing Organization on Wednesday
announced it has assigned five judges to re-score
Manny
Pacquiao's controversial loss by decision to Palm Springs' Timothy Bradley
in an effort to convince state commissions to widen the pool of judges for major
fights.
Although many at ringside for Saturday's fight gave Pacquiao between nine and
11 rounds, judges Duane Ford and C.J. Ross scored the bout 115-113 (seven rounds
to five) in Bradley's favor, and a third Nevada judge, Jerry Roth, had it
115-113 for Pacquiao in the WBO welterweight title contest.
WBO President Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel said five judges, from New Jersey,
Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico, will re-score the bout and
submit their work confidentially to the WBO, with the scores to be gathered by
Monday.
Valcarcel said that armed with that information, he will submit to the Assn.
of Boxing Commissions by its July meeting a request that state commissions such
as Nevada's work more diligently to bring in judges from outside their states
for fights of the magnitude of a world title contest.
Before the Pacquiao-Bradley judges were assigned by the Nevada State Athletic
Commission, Valcarcel said he submitted a list of 20 judges from elsewhere who
could be assigned to the bout. None were chosen.
"We're asking the ABC to make recommendations how a sanctioning body like
ours can work better with a state commission, to use this experience to have
better scoring in the future," Valcarcel said.
Valcarcel said he is not considering stripping the WBO belt from Bradley, and
will not order a mandatory rematch, because Pacquiao's contract stipulates he
would get a rematch if he lost the bout. In promoting the fight, Bradley had
printed up a poster and ticket hyping Bradley-Pacquiao II on Nov. 10.
"This wasn't Bradley's fault, and we're not saying there was any evidence of
fraud or corruption here," Valcarcel said. "That's outside the scope of what
we're doing."
He said he's also not questioning the integrity of Ford or Ross.
"There are excellent judges available internationally, and they should be
considered," Valcarcel said. "We've done it here in Puerto Rico, bringing in
judges from Nevada."