BRISBANE, Australia (AP) – Kung nagbubunyi ang Australia sa malaking panalo ng kanilang home town boy kay 11-time champion Manny Pacquiao, nagpupuyos naman ang ngitngit ng boxing fans at mga boxing analyst sa buong mundo sa naging resulta ng laban.
Umuusok sa init ng balitaktakan ang social networking, higit ang Twitter sa rumaragasang opinyon at pahayag nang mga boxing fans.
“Jeff Horn won after only landing 92 total punches, 15% of total thrown. He did more damage with headbutts, forearms, and rabbit punches
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— Amino Boxing (@handsofstone491)
Mismong si ESPN reporter T.J. Quinn ay hindi napigilan na banatan ang naging resulta. Aniya hometown decision ang nangyari.
“No way in hell Horn won unanimously,” aniya. “A 117-111 card? Ridiculous. This is a hometown hit job. Manny looked old, but mostly in control.”
Binira rin ito ng pamosong sports columnist na si Skip Bayless.
Kritikal naman ang pahayag ni FOX Sports reporter Dieter Kurtenbach nang kanyang sabihin na ang resulta ng laban ay “rigged”.
Tinawag namang ‘joke’ ni Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers ang boxing sports.
Sa kanyang post-fight comment, sinabi ni Stephen A. Smith, commentator ng ESPN, na isang malaking katatawanan ang naging resulta ng laban.
“Are those officials from Australia? Are they? What did we just see? This is a horrible decision! Horrible!” aniya.
Narito ang ilan pang pahayag sa Twitter:
.@stephenasmith can't believe it. pic.twitter.com/y535eKi1y3
— ESPN (@espn) July 2, 2017
Wow is the wrong response. Rigged is more like it. That fight was close, but there’s no world where Horn won.
— Dieter Kurtenbach (@dkurtenbach) July 2, 2017
No way in hell Horn won unanimously. A 117-111 card? Ridiculous. This is a hometown hit job. Manny looked old, but mostly in control.
— T.J. Quinn (@TJQuinnESPN) July 2, 2017
No way in hell Horn won unanimously. A 117-111 card? Ridiculous. This is a hometown hit job. Manny looked old, but mostly in control.
— T.J. Quinn (@TJQuinnESPN) July 2, 2017
117-111 on one card??? What fight was that judge watching. Bradley jinx again. #UFC #
— Aaron Rodgers (@AaronRodgers12) July 2, 2017
Manny got robbed. This was some Olympic style robbery on @ESPN. Jeff Horn is the new WBO champion. #joke@NBCDFWSports https://t.co/5ksAqULFBV
— Newy Scruggs (@newyscruggs) July 2, 2017
I'm surprised but I can't argue with the judges' scores giving it narrowly but unanimously to Jeff Horn. But ... this was in Horn's country.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) July 2, 2017
I'm surprised but I can't argue with the judges' scores giving it narrowly but unanimously to Jeff Horn. But ... this was in Horn's country.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) July 2, 2017
Sa kabila nito, magaan sa loob ang pagtanggap ni Pacquiao sa kabiguan.
“That’s the decision of the judges, I respect that,” aniya.
Ipinahayag naman ni boxing expert Teddy Atlas na ang panalo ni Horn ay isang regalo.
“They gave a win, a huge win, to the local kid for trying hard,” aniya. “You’re not supposed to get it for trying hard. You’re supposed to get it for winning and I thought Pacquiao won the fight if you go by the real rules of who lands the cleaner punches.”
Sa statistics ng ESPN, napatama ni Pacquiao ang 182 sa binitiwang 573 suntok (32%), habang si Horn ay nakapagpatama lamang ng 92 sa 625 (15%).
Lamang din si Pacman sa power punches (123 sa 380) para sa 32%, habang si Horn ay may 73 sa 428 (15%).
