ARUM ASKS NEVADA STATE ATTY. GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE PACQUIAO-BRADLEY DECISION
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 12 Jun 2012
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has asked the Nevada State Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto to investigate the judges decision in the WBO welterweight title fight after eight division champion Manny Pacquiao lost a hugely controversial split decision that resulted in international umbrage and public demands for an investigation.
Arum told the Manila Standard that he?s asked the Attorney General to start an investigation of the entire situation because going to the Nevada State Athletic Commission which appointed the judges and referee for the fight and ?to ask them to do anything is a hopeless and complete waste of time.?
He said the NSAC has already said they are ?not going to challenge their own judges? despite the world-wide public outcry from promoters, former world champions, respected journalists and TV commentators, showbiz personalities, NBA superstars and ordinary fight fans.
Arum blasted the NSAC blaming them ?for contributing to the downfall of boxing by their attitude, by their arrogance. But that?s okay, we?ll go to the Attorney General and see what comes up.?
The astute promoter said Attorney General Masto ?is a very able person and people respect her and she?ll investigate and find out if anything was improper.?
He agreed that every organization which puts its belt on the line and every promoter who stages a title fight should be given the right to at least give their inputs on the ring officials picked to handle a fight but that ?they (the NSAC) give us none.?
Arum said that ?if Manny wants a rematch then that?s what we?ll do. We have the right to affect a rematch. It's going to be his call.?
However made it clear that while Pacquiao will be the draw ?you have to compensate for the extra money that Bradley will get. In others words Manny will get far more money than Bradley but he?ll have to absorb the extra money we pay Bradley.?
Arum refused to concede that Pacquiao made the mistake of easing up in the last three rounds. He said ?I didn?t see him easing up. I saw him winning certainly two out of the three rounds. I mean in the 12th round the other guy (Bradley) didn?t throw a punch.?
ABS-CBN?s Las Vegas correspondent Bev Llorente reported that Tim Bradley was discharged from the UMC Hospital at 5:00 a.m. and is now resting at his home in Palm Springs California. Llorente said both ankles pof Bradley are wrapped and he won?t be able to jog or train for eight weeks.
Meantime, showing its own disgust over the decision in the fight, an Irish betting site is refunding bettors who put money on Pacquiao to win, calling this a ?justice payout.?
Paddy Power which is regarded as Ireland?s largest telephone betting service issued a statement on its blog on Sunday in which it said ?it was a result that stunned the world even by moder professional boxing standards. Last night in Las Vegas the brilliant Filipino Manny Pacquiao lost his WBO welterweight belt to Timothy Bradley in a controversial split-decision defeat. With that Paddy Power has rolled out on of our famous Justice Payouts. If you had placed a bet on Manny to win in a pre-fight outright or on points, that Manny is now back in your account.?
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