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LAS VEGAS, USA – The 3 judges assigned to the Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley Jr match on Saturday may have turned in a unanimous decision, but at least one spectator at the MGM Grand saw something different than a Pacquiao win.
Floyd Mayweather Jr, who defeated Pacquiao in their 2015 “Fight of the Century,” reportedly called Bradley after the fight to meet him, where he told Bradley that he thought the fight was a draw.’
“Go home and watch the replay with the sound off,” Mayweather told Bradley, according to a report by ESPN’s Wallace Matthews. Mayweather is also said to have indicated that the cheers from the Pacquiao cheers may have influenced the judges.
Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 knockouts) scored knockdowns in rounds 7 and 9 as he closed out a trilogy that saw Bradley (33-2-1, 13 KOs) win a disputed decision in their first fight in 2012 and Pacquiao win a decision in their 2014 rematch. Mayweather reportedly felt that Bradley was winning round 7 before the knockdown.
(WATCH: Pacquiao knocks Bradley down twice)
Matthews, the article’s author, had previously co-hosted the SiriusXM radio show Sports Zone with Bradley’s trainer Teddy Atlas. Atlas told reporters at a trainer roundtable on Thursday that his relationship with Bradley began when the two-time welterweight titleholder guested on the program.
Pacquiao declined to enterain questions about a rematch with Mayweather, insisting that he was retired as he focuses on his Senatorial campaign in the Philippine general elections on May 9. – Rappler.com
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