More than any one thing, the most persistent stench that attaches itself to modern day boxing is the poor quality of judging in many high-profile bouts. The stench was heavy and lingering on June 9, 2012, when Manny Pacquiao met 9-to-1 underdog Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Most watchers, in person and on TV, thought Pacman, the whirling dervish from the Philippines, had got the better of Bradley. He landed more than the California-based Bradley (253 to 159) and drama wasn't thick in the air as ring emcee Michael Buffer read the cards submitted by C.
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