Jeff Horn put up a good courageous fight but Pac Man didn't deserve to have his belt taken away from him that way
Not a Pacquiao fan by any means but come onin the form of an unjust boxing decision. Mind you, I thought it was much closer than ESPN members Teddy Atlas and Stephen A. Smith, but Manny definitely won that fight. The judge that awarded Horn with 117 points should have his/her certification as a judge revoked. Simply terrible!
On a brighter note, as a huge boxing fan, I am very please to see that ESPN and Top Rank Boxing has joined forces to broadcast major championship boxing on cable TV for free (on a non Pay-Per-View) basis). Two outstanding champions will be fighting on ESPN, on 8/5 & 8/19 respectively. Great for the fan; great for the sport.
Barkley could tell you this is terrible for the sport. After the payperview rip offs, they have a championship fight on TV and the result is completly opposite of the fight. Why pay for bad fights or watch a good one when the results seem pre deyermined...there's WWE for that.
many blows as the opponent per punch stats-the decision was ludicrous-I know if I had
a bet on it, I'd really be pissed-Crap like this gives the sport a bad name-