Ring Theory June 20, 2012
Jun 21st,2012
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Hosts William Dettloff and Eric Raskin are joined by boxing writer Kieran Mulvaney as they sort through the Pacquiao-Bradley aftermath, the prospect of Sergio Martinez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., the struggles of Floyd Mayweather, Brandon Rios, and Mike Jones, and upcoming fights featuring Victor Ortiz, Humberto Soto, Lucas Matthysse, and Erislandy Lara.

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  • Dude

    I saw the Pacquiao fight via Top Rank live, and this is how I saw the fight. Bradley won the first two rounds; the 3rd round could have gone either way. I gave the last 3 rounds to Bradley. That’s why I thought it was very fair to give it to Bradley, although I wouldn’t have minded if the judges went with Pacquiao on a close decision. Overally, Pacquiao came out more unscathed than Bradley, and if I wasn’t judging the fight round by round, I would give it to Pacquiao. But looking at the fight round-by-round, Bradley did more in the first two minutes of rounds 1, 2, 10, 11, and 12. I didn’t think Pacquiao did enough in the last minute of those rounds to overcome the presumption that Bradley did more in the first two minutes of those rounds. I was shocked to see that the media deemed this fight a robbery. Again, if you didn’t count the fight round-by-round, I believe Pacquiao came out the better man. But round-by-round, it was extremely close. I’m a big Pacquaio fan, but I thought the decision was fair. It may not be right, but it was fair. Pacquaio is not the same tansmania devil he once was (e.g. see Cotto). He is no longer, in terms of skill, a PPV star.

    Likewise, with respect to Mayweather, although he beat Cotto fair and square, his skills have also diminished, and is no longer a PPV star. Cotto is not the dangerous opponent he once was. See the 2nd Margarito fight. You call Cotto v. Margarito a great performance, especially against Margarito who is a shell of his former self? The only person who is PPV worthy is Sergio Martinez. Here is my P-4-P list, based on accomplishment, not based on potential and who these people could have beaten:

    1. Martinez (cleaned out his division and no one wants to fight him) 2. Ward (if he had fought Bute and won, would be #1) 3. Marquez 4. Pacquaio (just because he technically lost to Bradley and took the pedal off after the 8th round) 5. Vitali Klitchko 6. W. Klitchko 7. Mayweather (Seriously, who did he beat? He fought a over-the-hill Moseley, fought an unimpressive Ortiz who won against an untested Berto, to which everybody gave more credit to Ortiz than Ortize deserved, and a Cotto that Pacquaio murdered) 8. Bradley 9. Donaire 10. Gamboa

    Can’t wait for the Martinez v. Chavez PPV. This is PPV worthy.

    Jun 27, 2012 at 11:19 am