Andre Ward said Timothy Bradley should return the WBO welterweight title belt he won from his controversial decision over Manny Pacquiao. "If it was me personally," said Ward, "I would admit defeat and say, 'Here's your belt back.'" This should definitely happen because if he is a competitive fighter then he wouldn’t want to keep the title belt since he truly knows he lost. Timothy Bradley needs to do the right thing and give the belt back or he will see that everyone won’t watch him fight again which will make it where he won’t make much money in the long run. Every day he goes without giving the belt back makes the people think he isn’t trust worthy.
Boxing fans believe the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley was fixed...
Super middleweight boxing champion Andre Ward says that if he was Tim Bradley, he would give back the WBO welterweight title belt to Manny Pacquiao. Andre Ward obviously couldn’t take something he knows doesn’t belong to him.
Bradley won a very controversial decision against Pacquiao on Saturday, and almost all of the reporters and fans in Las Vegas thought Pacquiao dominated the fight. The numbers don’t lie. When you see the domination Pacquiao over Bradley by knocking him back with every punch and Pacquiao walking through everything Bradley had to offer.
"It was a ridiculous decision," said Ward, who was at the fight. "Bradley lost the majority of the rounds. If it was me personally, I would admit defeat and say, 'Here's your belt back.'" This is incredible words from a man who demands the right thing to do. This is a man who everyone will stand behind because he is a leader and respectable. Nothing better than a man who has integrity.
Bradley said after the fight that he would watch it again to see if he really won. But his comments got stronger later, saying he thought he "carried the fight with my jab" and that he was the "No. 2 pound-for-pound" best fighter behind Floyd Mayweather. How ridiculous can Bradley be to say these words? Bradley’s jab was worthless against Pacquiao and for thinking he controlled the fight with his jab will have fans backing Pacquiao more than they are. Bradley will become a hated fighter for not admitting his defeat.
If Bradley did watch the fight over again, he would clearly see that he lost the fight, Ward said. Bradley didn't get one good punch in, Pacquiao said, and Ward agreed that Bradley's lack of power was evident. If Bradley’s friend says these words, it would be nice if he can wake up and smell the coffee. One thing that is difficult to understand is how everyone who seen the fight knows Pacquiao won. How is it that Bradley doesn’t see it.
"There was nothing there, nothing to suggest it was even close," Ward said. "If you were being generous, extremely generous, maybe you could give Tim four rounds and he loses 8-4. I love Tim, he is a friend of mine, but he has to know that he lost that fight." Bradley needs to do the right thing and come forward to admit the defeat. There is nothing more he needs to do. Like it was said earlier is that the longer he keeps the belt, the more fans will be against him. In the fight game is trying to get fans then anger them.
And Bradley should say that and give the belt back to Pacquiao.
"It's the right thing to do," Ward said. "It's a tough situation, but you gotta make a stand and that will help make sure that this kind of thing doesn't happen again. He won't lose any stock - in fact, his reputation would be enhanced. Bradley would be surprised how many people would respect and follow him if he did the honest thing like this.
"It would help us put the reigns on this Wild Wild West situation that boxing has become." Boxing was starting to get it’s fans back and then a stunt like this happens. PPV is going to take a huge hit.
Ironically, if Bradley had lost the fight he might be looked at more favorably by boxing fans. People would respect him for doing the right thing. Interesting how integrity is what people like so let’s see if Timothy Bradley has integrity or will he refuse it and have the fans look down upon him.
"He has nothing to hang his head about," Ward said. "He hurt his foot early and he never gave up, took some good shots and hung in there." Bradley has heart to stay in the fight when he clearly hurt his ankle when he was doing everything he can do to get away from Pacquiao’s fleury.
Ward was at the Pacquiao-Bradley match to promote his Sept. 8 fight in his hometown of Oakland against light heavyweight champ Chad Dawson. Ward was stunned just like everyone else at the MGM Grand when the split-decision result was announced.
"My first reaction was shock, then anger and then sadness," Ward said. "I have dedicated half of my life to this sport and what happened Saturday is unacceptable. And it's going to continue to happen until there is a commission that starts to impose sanctions. There have to be investigations and punishments." Looking forward to seeing what is going to happen from the investigations. If nothing happens after the investigation, then you will see how fast boxing will lose it’s fans.
The executive director of the Nevada State Athletic Commission said he anticipates no discipline or review of the two judges who scored the fight 115-113 for Bradley. (The other judge had Pacquiao winning 115-113 while the Chronicle had it 119-109). There needs to be punishments and fines, for what all 3 of these judges have done with the scoring of the fight. If they aren’t punished for these actions then it will happen again. This needs to be ended now.
"That's a shame, because they're messing with people's livelihoods when they allow this to happen. It hurts the sport's credibility, it hurts the pay-per-view numbers ... Boxing was doing great again after the Mayweather- (Miguel) Cotto fight, but one situation like this and we're back on life support. This is straight forward and specific and nice to know Andre Ward is saying this. There are still people who like to be honest and have integrity to know when they win or lose and what they should do if the judges corrupt the sport. For the love of the sport of boxing, Timothy Bradley needs to be honest with himself and the fans.
"It hurts everybody. Everybody involved in the sport."
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