"WTF just happened? WHOA WOW! Crowd is pissed as hell and screaming and booing at Bradley and the decision. It's chaos here at the MGM Grand."
- KingJ, Bleacher Report

"What the hell just happened?"
- Geoffrey Ciani, East Side Boxing

"I feel stunned right now... scored it 117-111 for Manny Pacquiao."
- Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook

"This was just a stunning, breathtaking decision... it's difficult to know what else to say... Bad decision."
- Kieran Mulvaney, ESPN

"More stunning was just who was victimized here, one of the biggest draws in the sport as well as one of the sports iconic figures"
- Steve Kim, MaxBoxing

"A stunning slight to punch statistics — and the naked eyes of most everyone else"
- Lance Pugmire, Los Angeles Times

"Stunning, simply stunning. Pacquiao had spent virtually all of the fight beating Bradley to the punch, strafing him with power shots from both hands and visibly rocking him on multiple occasions."
- Dan Rafael, ESPN

"Shocker... a result which stunned onlookers and all but a few in the boxing world."
- Gareth A Davies, Telegraph

"The shock the decision of the judges caused, cannot be taken in fully right now. It will take time for this one to sink in."
- James Slater, East Side Boxing

"Shock is the best way to describe how Bradley's decision was met by nearly everyone in the arena."
- Bob Velin, USA Today

"It takes a lot to shock the sport of boxing but it happened on Saturday night in Las Vegas."
- John Duerden, The Diplomat

"A shocking upset"
- Ramon Aranda, 3MoreRounds

"In live wagering, during the period between the end of the fight and announcement of the decision, the odds on Bradley winning were at an astronomical 200 to 1. 200 to 1!"
- Sean Pendergast, Houston Press

"Nothing more needed to be said, as the boxing world was flipped on its axis."
- Jake Donovan, BoxingScene

"Howls erupted in the arena as the verdict was announced. Many commentators found the decision egregious. Some had Pacquiao winning all but one round and hardly a boxing scribe could be found who had Bradley on top."
- Gordon Marino, Wall Street Journal Blog

"The most surprising megamatch decision I have ever seen."
- Michael Woods, The Sweeet Science

"Doesn't make the stunning outcome of Saturday's welterweight title fight - one of the most dumbfounding decisions in recent history - any easier to make peace with."
- Bryan Graham, Sports Illustrated





"Whoa! Pacquiao loses! This is a pretty bad decision." 
- Jake Emen, Pro Boxing Fans

"This was probably the worst decision since the Evander Holyfield-Lennox Lewis draw at Madison Square Garden in 1999."
- Tim Smith, New York Daily News

"This was a bad decision. Pacquiao won the fight on my card... It was a bizarre and unpopular decision, one that (again) makes you wonder about the competence of judges in boxing."
- Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated

"Maybe the worst decision in boxing history."
- Marc Abrams, 15 Rounds

"One of the Worst and Most Puzzling Verdicts in Boxing History"
- Ace Freeman, Fight Fan

"Terrible, terrible decision. The worst one I've ever seen."
- Tim Kawakami, Mercury News

"I’ve been around the sport of boxing for 36 years now and Saturday night’s decision is right up there with the most puzzling I’ve ever seen."
- Barry Tompkins, CSN Bay Area

"The decision was so bad that an Irish sports betting site offered a full refund to anyone who bet on Pacman."
- Mac Engel, Star-Telegram

"Will be considered one of the most controversial decisions in a sport that is certainly in no need for anymore controversy"
- Andreas Hale & Anthony Springer Jr., Fight News

"One of the worst decisions in a competitive one-sided fight ever."
- Gabriel Montoya, Doghouse Boxing/Maxboxing

"One of the worst decisions in the long and contentious history of boxing... Boxing is dying a death by a thousand cuts, and this one just nicked the jugular."
- Robert Ecksel, Boxing.com

"The Worst Decision In Pro Boxing History."
- ThePostGame

"In one of the worst decisions in boxing history, 8 division world champion Manny Pacquiao was utterly robbed and once again the sport of boxing stinks up planet earth."
- Brad Cooney, 8CountNews





"Will go down as one of the most heinous robberies in boxing history."
- Ryan McKinnell, Examiner

"Highway robbers blanched at what transpired at MGM Grand, where Bradley was awarded a decision he unequivocally didn't deserve."
- David Mayo, The Grand Rapids Press

"What happened tonight was a robbery.... Boxing’s credibility once again has been KOed."
- Robert Little, Black Sports Online

"Boxing's worst robbery in a major fight since Pernell Whitaker and Julio Cesar Chavez"
- Rafe Bartholomew, Grantland

"Not even George Clooney and his boys would have dared attempt a movie heist in Sin City as big as the real crime perpetrated under cover of darkness here."
- Corbin Middlemas, New Zealand Herald

"They stole Pacquiao’s title and gave it to Bradley. In twenty years around the sport, I’ve seen and heard just about everything... to the shock of the world, two judges awarded Bradley the win... "
- Scoop Malinowski, Boxing Insider

"The sport of boxing is in critical condition the morning after its biggest star, Manny Pacquiao, was robbed by the judges in his fight against Timothy Bradley."
- Connor Simpson, The Atlantic Wire

"Pacquiao Got Robbed. This wasn't a bad decision, it was an out-and-out lie. Nothing so crooked has been perpetrated on the ticket-buying public in this generation - or any other that I know of."
- Allen Barra, Village Voice

"Robbery! Timothy Bradley was outboxed and outpowered by Manny Pacquiao."
- Graham Parker, The Guardian





"It's so unbelievably laughable. Who are these people anyway?"
- Ed Graney, Las Vegas Journal Review

"Manny Pacquiao won the talent portion of the pageant but ultimately wasn't chosen by the judges to wear the crown."
- Joseph Herron, Fight Saga

"Delusion of Grandeur. Boxing allowed it’s ugliest of colors to resurface once more this Saturday and mar the virtual landscape of the sport... an affair that was laughable and pathetic all in the same instance."
- Jason Petock, Doghouse Boxing

"The decision was so outrageous as to defy description."
- Ron Borges, Boston Herald

"Pacquiao takes beating from the judges. Manny Pacquiao totally dominated the action"
- Paul Strauss, East Side Boxing

"The decision leaves a bad taste"
- Rob Day, Ring News 24

"Incompetence or corruption... How about contempt? Genuine and gratuitous — the kind of contempt you can find in every moldy corner of boxing."
- Carlos Acevedo, The Cruelest Sport

"As someone who has been extremely vocal over the years in regard to controversial decisions and for someone with great understanding of how Boxing on both the Amateur and Professional levels is scored, frankly the decision rendered in this fight disgusts me."
- Beau Denison, Sports Page Magazine

"Disgusting. The stain on boxing and Nevada is indelible. And we’ll cringe whenever we see Bradley wearing the belt that was stolen from Pacquiao, which will remind us of the injustice."
- Michael Rosenthal, Ring TV

"In a sad attempt at comedy, boxing has managed to carve the perfect tragedy; and while in repose, clearly shoot itself through both feet with almost surgical precision."
- Marc Livitz, Fight Saga





"When the scores were read Saturday night in Las Vegas my kneejerk reaction was to start pounding out a scathing article about all that is wrong with boxing"
- William Trillo, Pound4Pound

"Every once in a while, a sport that I love, boxing, will do something that will betray my trust and leave me muttering about my feelings to friends at a bar."
- Vittorio Tafur, The San Francisco Chronicle

"Boxing’s reliance on judges is often a weakness"
- Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker

"The oddest thing about boxing, though, is that the fighters, trainers and spectators go through the entire contest without knowing the score... If secret scoring were a good idea, wouldn't other sports have adopted it?"
- Editorial, Chicago Tribune

"The score from each judge should be electronically submitted after every round."
- Jake Emen, Yahoo Sports

"Bad for boxing."
- Doug Fischer, Ring TV

"Bad for boxing — great for business. The scorecards didn’t pass the smell test."
- David Greisman, BoxingScene

"There will be calls for an international panel of roving judges... an age limit for the men and women who sit in judgement"
- Steve Bunce, The Independent

"Boxing hit a new low Saturday."
- Adam Hirshfield, Bleacher Report

"Knockout punches are the only fair thing in the entire sport."
- Hamilton Nolan, Deadspin

"This was a deeply disturbing decision that is the kind of thing that people makes think boxing is fixed... boxing disgraced itself."
- Tim Stark, The Queensberry Rules

"Pro boxing is on the ropes yet again after two blind mice showed up at ringside and stole Manny Pacquiao’s championship belt."
- George Diaz, The Orlando Sentinel

"Unfortunately it is also another black eye to the sport of boxing."
- Brett Newton, Pound4Pound

"Bradley had clearly been hit with the harder shots but the most damaging blow was dealt to boxing."
- Denzil Stone, On The Break

"There needs to be an investigation into all involved. Immediately."
- Scott Sawitz, Inside Fights

"An old friend posted a comment on my Facebook page: 'Believing in boxing is like believing in the Tooth Fairy.'"
- Victor Contreras, The Sacramento Bee

"Boxing fans paid 55 dollars for a fight that they will probably be asking, 'WTF did I spend this money on a decision that a blind man could have scored!'"
- Tom Donelson, BlackAthlete.net





"The loss ends Pacquiao’s seven-year, 15 fight winning streak and severely damages the potential for a mega-bout between Pacquaio and Floyd Mayweather."
- Kurt Badenhausen, Forbes

"With Mayweather in jail and Pacquiao defeated, boxing’s not in its best shape... The fear that many people had was finally realized: one of them lost, and not to the other."
- LaVar Arrington, Washington Post

"The outrageous result has also damaged boxing because Pacquiao's showdown with Floyd Mayweather Junior will now never happen."
- David Anderson, Mirror

"The damage from this decision is irreparable... by the time the final two titans of the sport (Mayweather and pacquiao) can sign a contract, they will either be too old, or one will (legitimately) lose, or the fans will refuse to watch two old men jam to the oldies, or all the above."
- Jason Keidel, CBS New York





"In a fight Pacquiao seemed to have in hand, two judges decided otherwise."
- Tim Dahlberg, Associated Press

"If you're an honest man and knows what he's watching, Pacquiao won that fight. It's an injustice to the sport, an injustice to the fighters, an injustice to the fan base."
- Teddy Atlas, ESPN

"There is no question in my mind that Manny Pacquiao outpointed Timothy Bradley by a wide margin."
- Andrew Eisele, boxing.about.com

"It was unfair to Pacquiao, who deserved to win."
- Kevin Iole, Yahoo Sports

"119-109, Pacquiao Wins"
- Max Parker, Boxing Watchers

"Bradley 112, Pacquiao 116"
- Ben Thompson, Fight Hype

"Manny won that damn fight and I am upset"
- Stephen Edwards, Boxing Talk

"The Filipino fighter appeared to have done enough to take the decision"
- David Boland, The Independent

"Scored the fight in favor of Pacquiao, all 117-111."
- Steve Carp, Las Vegas Journal Review

"I was pulling for Bradley and thought it was ridiculous.... I gave Pacquiao nine of the 12 rounds."
- Matt Youmans, Las Vegas Journal Review

"Huge upset! I have only encountered one writer at ringside who had Bradley winning. Most had Pacquiao way ahead."
- Dan Hill, Wall Street Journal Blog

"Virtually every veteran reporter had Pacquiao winning the fight, many by four points and some by more."
- Robert Morales, Los Angeles Daily News

"By all accounts, Bradley was way behind on points in the fight entering the championship rounds"
- Mike Sloan, Seconds Out

"Pacquiao hit Bradley so hard that the American twisted his right ankle and fractured his left foot."
- Gary Andrew Poole, The Atlantic

"Bradley needed a knockout in the 12th win ... or so it seemed."
- George Willis, New York Post

"Bradley looked a defeated man. He spoke through gritted teeth at times and looked like a man who knew he was beaten by a better fighter"
- Phil Jay, WorldBoxingNews

"Retired veteran judge Chuck Giampa scored the mismatch at home on television. Fully focused on each round, watching with the sound off, he made it 118-110 for Pacquiao."
- John L. Smith, Las Vegas Review Journal

"I re-watched Pacquiao-Bradley round by round on Sunday morning, to determine for myself... In the end, re-watching and re-scoring as carefully as I could, my scorecard read 118-110... I mean, that decision was a crime."
- Eric Raskin, Inside HBO Boxing