Pacquiao Decision: WBO Panel Says Pacman Defeated Bradley

Pacquiao Decision

The controversial Bradley - Pacquiao decision can't be overturned but a WBO panel says Pacquiao won the fight.

After reviewing the controversial Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley, Jr. fight, a panel of five WBO judges unanimously scored it 117-111, 117-111, 118-110, 116-112 and 115-113 in favor of Pacquiao.

Bradley was proclaimed the winner via a controversial split decision during the boxers' World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title match last June 9th.

Judge Jerry Roth (115-113) awarded the fight to Pacquiao while C.J. Ross (115-113) and Duane Ford (115-113) gave it to Bradley.

Despite the result of the WBO review, the fight’s original split decision will apparently stay as is.

"We can’t change the result but we did this review for two reasons," WBO president Francisco Valcarcel told ESPN.com. "If they want to make a rematch, we will approve the rematch and if they don’t we will order one. Also, we wanted to show (the Nevada State Athletic Commission) that they could bring in other officials from outside of Nevada who can also do a fine job judging fights. It’s good to have different officials."

A rematch clause is included in Pacquiao's fight contract with Bradley, should the American pull off the upset. But Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said that he will most likely not push through with the rematch as the first bout was very clearly won by Pacquiao.

Instead, Pacquiao may fight Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez for the fourth time this November.