Well, here it is. The WBO grovelling about in the lamest way possible, trying to make up for this stain on its reputation...
From the LATimes
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Manny
Pacquiao should have been the winner of his June 9 bout against
Timothy Bradley, a
five-judge panel assembled by the World Boxing Organization's championship
committee unanimously decided after a video review.
Instead, Bradley won that fight -- and Pacquiao's WBO welterweight belt -- by
split decision, setting off outrage among many people who saw the bout and
thought Pacquiao was the clear winner.
Even with the determination of the panel of judges, the WBO is unable to
overturn the outcome of the fight. Pacquiao said Thursday that's fine with him
-- he told reporters in the Philippines that he would rather win back the belt
in a rematch because otherwise "people may think I just usurped it."
Pacquiao added, "My supporters shouldn't worry. We're going to get that
title."
The five unidentified judges on the review panel scored the fight 117-111,
117-111, 118-110, 116-112 and 115-113, all in favor of Pacquiao. At the fight,
judge Jerry Roth gave Pacquiao a 115-113 edge, but Duane Ford and C.J. Ross
determined Bradley won by the same score.
In his article covering the fight, The Times' Lance Pugmire called Ford's and
Ross' scores a "stunning slight to punch statistics -- and the naked eyes of
most everyone else." The Times' Kevin Baxter scored the fight 117-111 in favor
of Pacquiao during round-by-round blog coverage of the bout.
WBO President Francisco "Paco" Valcarcel has said that the information
garnered from the five judges on the review panel -- from New Jersey,
Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico -- will be used to help
persuade the Assn. of Boxing Commissions to bring in judges from outside their
states for fights of such magnitude.
