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05.05.2015 Sports News

Revealed: All three judges had Mayweather marked in the wrong corner

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Revealed: All three judges had Mayweather marked in the wrong corner
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An administrative error on the scorecard used in Floyd Mayweather's victory over Manny Pacquiao has ignited conspiracy theorists into suggesting the Filipino should have won the bout.

Judges Glenn Feldman, Burt Clements and Dave Moretti, named 'white', 'blue' and 'pink' on the scorecard respectively, all award Mayweather victory on the night but in every column where they mark their scores at the end of the round, he is labelled as being in the red corner.

This is the point that has galvanised certain boxing fans into suggesting the fight may have been awarded to the wrong fighter because Mayweather was actually in the blue corner in Las Vegas. It was Pacquiao who took red.

It is very unlikely to be anything more than human error but conspiracy theorists will allege there was something sinister at hand, though there is no evidence of any intentional wrongdoing on the part of the judges

The bottom right of the scorecard, issued by the Nevada State Athletic Commission, has 'Mayweather won by unanimous decision' written underneath Moretti's name.

Evader Holyfield was among those questioning the decision of the judges, saying 'I thought Pacquiao won a poor fight.'

And several people also took to social media to question the eventual decision. As well as a whole thread about the 'conspricy' starting on Reddit, Twitter user ‏'@OperationSyaf' posted (sic): 'Fight of the century? Scam of the century. (Pacquiao is in the red corner and Mayweather in the blue; reversed scores)'

@LiamFellows added: Pacquiao was in the red corner and Mayweather was in Blue? They've basically robbed Pacquiao of the win he deserved.

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And @GoonerMarty is another of many who questioned the marks: 'Interesting, Pacquiao RED corner, Mayweather BLUE, judges appear to have scored in favour of Pac Man'

SCORECARDS
ROUND JEFF POWELL DAVE MORETTI BURT CLEMENTS GLENN FELDMAN
1 10-9 10-9 10-9 10-9
2 9-10 10-9 10-9 10-9
3 9-10 10-9 10-9 10-9
4 9-10 9-10 9-10 9-10
5 10-9 10-9 10-9 10-9
6 9-10 9-10 9-10 9-10
7 10-9 10-9 10-9 10-9
8 10-9 10-9 10-9 10-9
9 10-10 10-9 9-10 9-10
10 9-10 10-9 9-10 9-10
11 10-9 10-9 10-9 10-9
12 10-10 10-9 10-9 10-9
TOTALS 115-115 118-110 116-112 116-112

Mayweather also had the edge when it came to the punch stats, outlanding Pacquiao with his jabs and power punches.

PUNCH STATS
MAYWEATHER PACQUIAO
435 Total punches thrown 429
148 Total punches landed 81
34 Percentage 19
267 Jabs thrown 193
67 Jabs landed 18
25 Percentage 9
168 Power punches thrown 236
81 Power punches landed 63
48 Percentage 27

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