Rankings: Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley scoring controversy hurts Pacman in poll

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Rankings: Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley scoring controversy hurts Pacman in poll



By Kevin Iole Yahoo! Sports – 2 hours 5 minutes ago

Voters in the monthly Yahoo! Sports boxing poll faced a difficult decision when compiling their ballots for the June rankings: What to do with Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley and how to regard the outcome of their controversial June 9 bout.
Most of them simply chose to ignore the outcome, though it is clear that Pacquiao's performance in his split-decision loss to Bradley at the MGM Grand Garden didn't sit well with voters.
Manny Pacquiao's loss to Timothy Bradley hurt him in the eyes of some voters. (AFP)
Floyd Mayweather Jr., who on May 5 scored a wide unanimous decision over Miguel Cotto, increased his lead over Pacquiao in the race for the top spot in our poll. In voting taken for May's poll shortly after Mayweather's win, he received 29 of 39 first-place votes, or 74.4 percent of all votes cast. In June, in voting done shortly after Pacquiao-Bradley, Mayweather received 36 of 44 first-place votes, or 81.8 percent of all votes cast.
So, 7.4 percent of the voters opted to decrease support for Pacquiao in favor of Mayweather.
I am just one of the 46 overall voters on the panel (two failed to submit ballots in June) and my vote counts no more than anyone else's. But I chose to drop Pacquiao from two to three on my ballot, with Mayweather and Andre Ward ahead of him.
I scored Pacquiao's Nov. 12 fight with Juan Manuel Marquez a draw, 114-114. Though I believe Pacquiao deserved to win the fight with Bradley, let's not forget that Pacquiao couldn't put away a guy who fought on a foot with a torn ligament for 11 rounds. And worse, Bradley injured his right ankle in the fourth or fifth round.
So while Pacquiao looked better against Bradley than he did against Marquez, he's now coming off two fights in which he was not at his best and couldn't put away a clearly injured, and limited, fighter.
Ward is a low-key guy and doesn't have the most exciting style, but he's extremely effective and has been beating quality opposition by a wide margin. That has to count for something and so, in my poll, I pushed him past Pacquiao.
Eight of the 44 voters this month chose to keep Pacquiao first. He was also voted as low as seventh by one.
As for Bradley, I moved him to fifth. I felt that though he lost, he performed very well against one of the elite fighters in the world. Having done so on injured feet only makes his performance all the more impressive in my mind.
For the record, my votes this month were, in order, for Mayweather, Ward, Pacquiao, Marquez, Bradley, Nonito Donaire, Sergio Martinez, Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali Klitschko and Carl Froch.
With that, let's head to the newest rankings:
Mayweather
1. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Points: 431 (36 of 44 first-place votes)
Record: 43-0 (26 KOs)
Title: WBA super welterweight champion
Last outing: W12 over Miguel Cotto on May 5
Previous ranking: 1
Up next:Nothing scheduled
Analysis:Will he be same boxer after jail sentence ends?
Pacquiao2. Manny Pacquiao
Points: 390 (8 of 44 first-place votes)
Record: 54-4-2 (38 KOs)
Title: None
Last outing: L12 to No. 8 Timothy Bradley on June 9
Previous ranking: 2
Up next:Nov. 10 against TBA
Analysis: Hasn't had a stoppage since Nov. 14, 2009
Martinez3. Sergio Martinez
Points: 314
Record: 49-2-2 (28 KOs)
Title: Ring middleweight champion
Last outing: KO11 Matthew Macklin on March 17
Previous ranking: 3
Up next:Sept. 15 vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in Las Vegas
Analysis: Superior conditioning makes him dangerous late in fights
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Marquez4. Juan Manuel Marquez
Points:270
Record: 54-6-1 (39 KOs)
Title:Interim WBO super lightweight champion
Last outing: W12 Sergey Fedchenko on April 14
Previous ranking: 4
Up next:TBA
Analysis: Hoping for one more shot at Pacquiao
Ward

5. Andre Ward
Points: 264
Record: 25-0 (13 KOs)
Title: WBA, WBC super middleweight champion
Last outing: W12 over Carl Froch on Dec. 17
Previous ranking:6
Up next:Sept. 8 vs. Chad Dawson in Oakland, Calif.
Analysis: Showed the full package in winning Super Six
Donaire

T6. Nonito Donaire Jr.
Points: 231
Record: 28-1 (18 KOs)
Title: WBO super bantamweight champion
Last outing: W12 over Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. on Feb. 4
Previous ranking: 5
Up next: July 7 vs. Jeffrey Mathubela in Carson, Calif.
Analysis: Stay at 122 pounds expected to be brief W. Klitschko

T6. Wladimir Klitschko
Points: 231
Record: 57-3 (50 KOs)
Title: Ring, IBF, WBA, WBO heavyweight champion
Last outing: KO4 over Jean Marc Mormeck on March 3
Previous ranking: 7
Up next: July 7 vs. Tony Thompson in Switzerland
Analysis: Rematch looks even less exciting than first bout
Bradley

8. Timothy Bradley
Points: 135
Record: 29-0 (12 KOs)
Title: WBO welterweight champion
Last outing: W12 over No. 2 Manny Pacquiao
Previous ranking: 8
Up next:TBA
Analysis:Needs rematch with Pacquiao to quell the doubters
V. Klitschko

9. Vitali Klitschko
Points: 66
Record: 44-2 (40 KOs)
Title: WBC heavyweight champion
Last outing: W12 over Dereck Chisora on Feb. 18
Previous ranking:10
Up next: TBA
Analysis: Has begun speaking of retirement
Bute

10. Carl Froch
Points: 40
Record: 29-2 (21 KOs)
Title: IBF super middleweight champion
Last outing: TKO5 Lucian Bute on May 26
Previous ranking: NR
Up next: TBA
Analysis:Was extremely impressively in dominating Bute Others receiving votes: Miguel Cotto, 31; Chad Dawson, 28; Yuriorkis Gamboa, 26; Chris John, 11; Anselmo Moreno, 7; Roman Gonzalez, 6; Amir Khan, 2; Abner Mares, 2; Canelo Alvarez, 1; Adrian Broner, 1; Lucian Bute, 2; Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., 1; Guillermo Rigondeaux, 1.
Voting panel:Al Bernstein, Showtime; Ron Borges, Boston Herald; Damian Calhoun, Orange County Register; Brian Campbell, ESPN.com; Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook.com; Steve Cofield, ESPN Radio 1100; Dave Cokin, ESPN Radio 1100; Mike Coppinger, Ring; Gareth A. Davies, London Telegraph; Tris Dixon, Boxing News; Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com; Andrew Eisele, About.com; Corey Erdman, Sirius/XM; Steve Farhood, Showtime; Thomas Gerbasi, BoxingScene.com; Nick Giongco, Manila Bulletin; Carlos Gonzalez, Primera Hora; Randy Gordon, Sirius/XM; Bryan Graham, Sports Illustrated.com; Lee Groves, Ring; Rafael Hernandez Brito, Univision; Keith Idec, The Record; Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports; Max Kellerman, HBO; Scott Mallon, Boxing Digest; Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated.com; Rich Marotta, Fox Sports; David Mayo, MLive.com; Franklin McNeil, ESPN.com; Gunnar Meinhardt, Die Welt; Robert Morales, Los Angeles Daily News; Marty Mulcahey, MaxBoxing.com; Kieran Mulvaney, Reuters; Santos Perez, Miami Herald; Martin Rogers, Yahoo! Sports; Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com; Mike Rosenthal, Ring; Lem Satterfield, Ring; tim Smith, New York Daily News; Tim Starks, The Queensbury Rules; Don Steinberg, Philadelphia Inquirer/Wall Street Journal; T.K. Stewart, Ring; Dave Weinberg, Press of Atlantic City; George Willis, New York Poat.

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Voting panel:Al Bernstein, Showtime; Ron Borges, Boston Herald; Damian Calhoun, Orange County Register; Brian Campbell, ESPN.com; Scott Christ, Bad Left Hook.com; Steve Cofield, ESPN Radio 1100; Dave Cokin, ESPN Radio 1100; Mike Coppinger, Ring; Gareth A. Davies, London Telegraph; Tris Dixon, Boxing News; Jake Donovan, BoxingScene.com; Andrew Eisele, About.com; Corey Erdman, Sirius/XM; Steve Farhood, Showtime; Thomas Gerbasi, BoxingScene.com; Nick Giongco, Manila Bulletin; Carlos Gonzalez, Primera Hora; Randy Gordon, Sirius/XM; Bryan Graham, Sports Illustrated.com; Lee Groves, Ring; Rafael Hernandez Brito, Univision; Keith Idec, The Record; Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports; Max Kellerman, HBO; Scott Mallon, Boxing Digest; Chris Mannix, Sports Illustrated.com; Rich Marotta, Fox Sports; David Mayo, MLive.com; Franklin McNeil, ESPN.com; Gunnar Meinhardt, Die Welt; Robert Morales, Los Angeles Daily News; Marty Mulcahey, MaxBoxing.com; Kieran Mulvaney, Reuters; Santos Perez, Miami Herald; Martin Rogers, Yahoo! Sports; Cliff Rold, BoxingScene.com; Mike Rosenthal, Ring; Lem Satterfield, Ring; tim Smith, New York Daily News; Tim Starks, The Queensbury Rules; Don Steinberg, Philadelphia Inquirer/Wall Street Journal; T.K. Stewart, Ring; Dave Weinberg, Press of Atlantic City; George Willis, New York Poat.

Lots of distinguished reporters in the BSerst list...............

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LMAO Rok...You and your funnies....I say Bradley should at least be #2 remember who he beat and still undefeated................................

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LMAO Rok...You and your funnies....I say Bradley should at least be #2 remember who he beat and still undefeated................................

bradley didn't beat anyone and the WBO already stated he didn't win the last fight