Bob Arum: Fight was no Robbery! I had Pacman winning.

[Badhusker]

On BS there are a couple articles pointing out the fact (Arum's opinion so I shouldn't say fact) that Pac's corner should have been talking to the ref about the dirty tactics, and generally had no plan B, and question plan A, if there was a plan A? Anyway, articles are cropping up diverting the blame of the controversial loss from Pacquiao's poor performance to a growing number of excuses. Its always someone else's fault.
I think it is time for a long saltwater bath and call it a day.

[Tanzio]

Incompetent judging at best. Anyone giving Horn 7 rounds in that fight doesn't know what wtf they are watching. Here was my card/comments;



R1 - Horn is awkward, clearly much bigger than Pacquiao, typical first round. Horn kept Pacquiao guessing and imposed himself well in the first round. 10-9 Horn.


R2 - Pac finds his range, clearly outboxed Horn in round 2. 19-19 even.


R3 - Horn is gamely, but Pacquiao is simply too accurate for Horn, Horn is landing little despite showing good heart. 29-28 Pac.


R4 - Close round. Horn kicked/tripped Pacquiao in this round, pretty blantant but the ref didn't even warn him. If that had been Hopkins and not Pacquaio he would have dislocated a few limbs. Close round, will give it to Horn. 38-38 even


R5 - Best shot of the round to Pacquiao but he didn't do enough, looking old. 48-47 Horn.


R6 - Even worse round for Pacquiao, looks a shot fighter, not landing anything. Horn gets the round for his pressure. 58-56 Horn.


R7 - Close round, Pacquiao is being made to fight Horn's fight, dragged into a bit of a war he didn't want to be in. Far superior counter-puncher though, cleaner punches for Pacquiao in a busier round. 67-66 Horn.


R8 - Crap round, Horn gassing a little, puting a lot into this fight. Pac round, all square - 76-76 even.


R9 - Woeful from Pacquiao, Horn was a sitting duck, i think it's a combination of age and fighting bigger men, Pacquiao had Horn hurt as bad as he had Algieri hurt, and he could finish neither. Not seeing a 10-8 here though, Horn bravely kept jabbing even when he was on the run, 10-9 for me. 86-85 Pac.


R10 - Great heart from Horn to comeback in this round, I think Pacquiao was punched out a bit too - still a clear Pacquaio round despite Horn's bravery, Horn hit air for 3 minutes there. 96-94 Pac.


R11 - Another poor round, Horn chasing, very gamely fighter with a size advantage and has taken Pacs bets shots. Simply too inaccurate though and getting picked off every now and then by a fighter levels above. 106-103 Pac.


R12 - Close round, Horn is landing little, probably pressed the action enough here though to compensation for such poor punch accuracy, i'll give him this one. 115-113, Pacquiao.


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Overall opinion is Pacquiao is old, he isn't hungry anymore and had no interest in fighting Jeff Horn in the first place. Even in the media duties he sat on his phone entire conference - he treated the event with contempt and should just retire and enjoy his riches now. That been said, he was robbed in this fight, that decision was a damn joke, to find 7 round for Horn you would have to award him rounds were he hit nothing and was picked off - i;d be interested to hear what 7 rounds anyone could find for Horn. He was a gamely competitor and a bigger man, that roughed up Pacquiao on the ropes in spots, which i liked, but he's not an elite fighter, as his punch accuracy showed.

Pretty much the way I saw it, except I gave Pac a 10-8 ninth in the heat of realtime, and prior to the ninth we had a couple of rounds flipped. That fact alone suggests that it could have been at least a draw.

I thought Pac did enough but I simply can't see the justification as a robbery.