Reactions of Pacquiao-Bradley First Fight

Following the announcement of the decision, the crowd booed loudly. Pacquiao appeared to be stunned by the result. Fight promoter Bob Arum was irate, and said that he was worried about boxing's credibility in the aftermath of the decision. He also questioned the competence of the judges. Arum also stated that before the scorecards were read out, Bradley told him "I tried hard but I couldn't beat the guy."

Pacquiao said he was shocked by the result, but accepted the decision respectfully, saying "I did my best. I guess my best wasn't good enough," adding, "He never hurt me with his punches, most of them landed on my arms." Immediately after the fight, Bradley stated, "Every round was pretty close. I got to go home and view the tape and see if I really won." He later remarked, "I thought I won the fight. I didn't think he was as good as everyone says he was. I didn't feel his power."

The decision was criticized by many commentators. The Associated Press and the Los Angeles Times scored the fight 117–111 in favor of Pacquiao, while ESPN and Harold Lederman of HBO both scoring the fight 119–109, also in Pacquiao's favor. ESPN boxing analyst and longtime trainer Teddy Atlas said that Pacquiao clearly won, and that it was a case of either incompetence or corruption. He added that boxing needs a national commission, so that judges can be accountable for their decisions. According to the AP's count, Pacquiao landed 253 punches to Bradley's 159. Former champion Oscar De La Hoya said that Bradley should have refused the title belt, and Pacquiao had won the fight. 

However, not everyone was upset by the result. Corbin Middlemas of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said the fight was very close and difficult to score. "For all of the sports vices, this [decision] wasn't one of them," he said. The only poor decision would have been to award either fighter victory by a large margin, he added.

Official Scorecard of Pacquiao-Bradley First Fight

Quotes:

• "That is a terrible, bogus decision....Tim Bradley has scored and upset split decision victory over Manny Pacquiao. God only knows how." - HBO's Jim Lampley
• "That decision was a crime." - HBO's Harold Lederman
• "It's either corruption or incompetence. There'll be a rematch. It speaks to the corruption of the sport. The criminals will be rewarded" - ESPN's Teddy Atlas
• "People, a great sport is now on a respirator. Boxing is presently a polluted playing field in every respect. Tonight was par for the course." - Lou DiBella
• "Maybe not worse than my draw with Holyfield but still bad nonetheless." - Lennox Lewis
• "It was one of the most outrageous decisions I’ve ever seen." - ESPN's Dan Rafael
• "I did my best, but I guess my best wasn't good enough. I've been watching his fight tapes. There were no surprises. He never hurt me with his punches. Most of them hit my arms. I don't know what happened." - Manny Pacquiao
• "It was a good fight. Every round was pretty close. Pacquiao won the early rounds, I won the later rounds with my jab. I have to go home and see the tape to see who won." - Timothy Bradley
• "When I came into the ring [after the fight], I said to Tim, 'You did very well,' and he said 'I tried hard and I couldn't beat the guy.' You talk about killing boxing. Even [Bradley's manager, Cameron Dunkin] had it 8-4 for Pacquiao....Something like this is so outlandish, it's a death knell for the sport....I have both guys, and I'll make a lot of money in the rematch, but it's ridiculous. You have these old f---- who don't know what the hell they're looking at. It's incompetence. Nobody who knows anything about boxing could have Bradley ahead in the fight." - Bob Arum

Unofficial Scorecards:

• Armando Alvarez, Telemundo: 115-113 Pacquiao
• Ramon Aranda, 3MoreRounds.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Allen Barra, The Atlantic: 119-110 Pacquiao
• Bart Barry, 15rounds.com: 116-115 Bradley
• Skip Bayless, ESPN: 119-109 Pacquiao
• Alexander Belenky, Sport-Express.ru: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Ron Borges, Boston Herald: 117-111 Pacquiao
• BoxingSocialist.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Brent Brookhouse, SBNation.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Steve Bunce, BoxNation.com/BBC: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Ryan Burton, BoxingScene.com: 117-112 Pacquiao
• Mario Cabrera, The Boxing Republic: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Jordan Capobianco, BoxingNews24.com:116-112 Pacquiao
• Steve Carp, Las Vegas Review-Journal: 117-111 Pacquiao
• CheckHook.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Scott Christ, BadLeftHook.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Marc Livitz, SecondsOut.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Geoffrey Ciani, EastSideBoxing.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Leroy Cleveland, FightSaga.com: 119-109 Pacquiao
• Nigel Collins, ESPN: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Victor Contreras, The Sacramento Bee: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Paddy Cronan, On the Grind Boxing Radio: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Gareth Davies, The Daily Telegraph: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Rob Day, RingNews24.com: 117-112 Pacquiao
• George Diaz, The Orlando Sentinel: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com: 115-113 Pacquiao
• Terry Dooley, BoxingScene.com: 115-113 Pacquiao
• Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Stephen Edwards, BoxingTalk.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Jake Emen, ProBoxing-Fans.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Charles Farrell, No Holds Barred Radio Show: 117-111 Pacquiao
• FightersRated.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Doug Fischer, The Ring Magazine: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Danny Flexen, Boxing News: 115-113 Bradley
• Ace Freeman, FightFan.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Danny Garcia: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Chuck Giampa, Showtime: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Brian Arman Graham, Sports Illustrated: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Ed Graney, Las Vegas Review-Journal: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Tom Gray, SecondsOut.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Suge Green, On the Grind Boxing Radio: 116-112 Pacquiao
• David Greisman, BoxingScene.com: 7-111 Pacquiao
• Tommy Gunn, BoxingAsylum.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Andreas Hale, FightNews.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Ricky Hatton: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Thomas Hauser, HBO/TheSweetScience.com:115-114
• Benny Henderson, DogHouseBoxing.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Jorge Hernandez, The Low Blow.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Joseph Herron, FightSaga.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Ken Hissner, DogHouseBoxing.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Graham Houston, FightWriter.com/FightNews.com/ESPN: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Phil Jay, WorldBoxingNews.net: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Max Kellerman, HBO: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Brian Kenny, Top Rank: 116-112 Bradley
• Amir Khan, Primetime: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Steve Kim, MaxBoxing.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Mike Koppinger, The Ring Magazine: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Harold Lederman, HBO: 119-109 Pacquiao
• Ron Lewis, Primetime/BBC: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Steve Lillis, BoxNation: 118-111 Pacquiao
• Robert Little, BlackSportsOnline.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Mark Lyons, 8CountNews.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Chris Manix, Sports Illustrated: 115-113 Pacquiao
• Ryan Maquinana, Comcast Sports Net Bay Area: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Gordon Marino, The Wall Street Journal: 115-113 Pacquiao
• Rich Marotta, KFI Los Angeles: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Juan Manuel Marquez: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Ray Markarian, TheSweetScience.com: 119-109 Pacquiao
• Michael Marley, BoxingConfidential.com/Examiner.com: 119-109 Pacquiao
• David Mayo, The Grand Rapids Press: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Jeff Mayweather: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Kelsey McCarson, TheSweetScience.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• John McCormick, BoxingTalk.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Wayne McCullough: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Franklin McNeil, Newark Star-Ledger: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Kevin Mitchell, The Guardian: 118-112 Pacquiao
• Gabriel Montoya, MaxBoxing.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Robert Morales, Los Angeles Daily News: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Michael Nelson, TheCruelestSport.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Brett Newton, Pound4Pound.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Pete O'Brien, USA Today: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Brett Okamoto, ESPN: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Graham Parker, The Guardian: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Max Parker, BoxingWatchers.com: 119-109 Pacquiao
• John Perretti, No Holds Barred Radio Show: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Ryan Phillips, BleacherReport.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Eugeny Pilipenko, Vringe.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Ken Pollitt, the13thround.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Dan Rafael, ESPN: 119-109 Pacquiao
• Eric Raskin, HBO/TheSweetScience.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• John Raspanti, DogHouseBoxing.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Rick Reeno, BoxingScene.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Chris Robinson, BoxingScene.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Michael Rosenthal, The Ring Magazine: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Champ Ross, DaTruthBoxing.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• John Russell, former trainer of Buster Douglas: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Jonathan Sakti, Comcast Sports Net Bay Area: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Luis Sandoval, BoxingScene.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Ted Sares, Boxing.com: 119-111 Pacquiao
• Lem Satterfield, The Ring Magazine: 115-113 Pacquiao
• Scott Sawitz, Fox Sports/Inside Fights: 119-109 Pacquiao
• Joel Sebastionelli, LIITR Box Radio: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Colin Seymour, Examiner.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Cameron Sharpe, Boxing Fancast: 115-115 Draw
• Ronnie Shields: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Tim Smith, New York Daily News: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Ryan Songalia, The Ring Magazine: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Tim Starks, The Queensbury Rules: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Denzil Stone, OnTheBreak.com: 118-110 Pacquiao
• Alexey Sukachev, Sports.ru: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Vittorio Tafur, The San Francisco Chronicle: 119-109 Pacquiao
• Luke Thomas, MMAFighting.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Ben Thompson, FightHype.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Richie Tomasini, Comcast Sports Net Bay Area: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Barry Tompkins, Showtime: 119-110 Pacquiao
• Darren Velasco, 8CountNews.com: 117-111 Pacquiao
• George Willis, The New York Post: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Michael Woods, ESPN: 119-109 Pacquiao
• Nick Xouris, FightHype.com: 118-111 Pacquiao
• Matt Youmans, Las Vegas Review-Journal: 117-111 Pacquiao
• Steve Zemach, The Queensbury Rules.com: 116-112 Pacquiao
• Vadim Zhuk, Championat.com: 118-110 Pacquiao

• Among the experts above, 121 scored the bout for Pacquiao, 3 scored it for Bradley and 1 had it a draw.
• None of the scores for Pacquiao were offered by Philippine media.
• Two of the three scores for Bradley were provided by American media. The other score for Bradley and the draw were from British media.