"I thought Bradley gave Pacquiao a boxing lesson," Judge Duane Ford, who had the fight 115-113 for Bradley, tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "I thought a lot of the rounds were close. Pacquiao missed a lot of punches and I thought he was throwing wildly."
Ford doubled-down on Monday telling Yahoo Sports Kevin Iole, "If this were 'American Idol', without a doubt, Manny Pacquiao would have won," Ford said.
"But it was not. I gave an honest opinion. I had Pacquiao up 4-2, I think, at the end of six rounds. I thought he hurt Bradley a couple of times early in the fight. But when the bell rang to end that round, it was over and what happens in one round doesn't carry over to the next round. They're separate units.
"In pro boxing, you look for damage, and if the punches are equal and the damage is equal, you are looking for effective aggression, and that does not necessarily mean the guy going forward," Ford said. "Effective aggression can be a guy going back. And then you look at ring generalship, and that's all about control."
