布拉德利-帕奎奥：好人，坏人和丑陋的人【强·帖】

小强帝国 · 发表于 2012-6-12 23:58:18

BRADLEY-PACQUIAO: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
By John McCormick 6/11, 2012

布拉德利-帕奎奥：好人，坏人和丑陋的人
作者：约翰•麦考密克译者：小强帝国
译者注：THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY—— 电影名《黄金三镖客》，有兴趣的网友可以看看，世界50强电影。

Boxing was on the big stage Saturday night when Manny Pacquiao stepped into the ring with Timothy Bradley. Between the pre-fight delays, Pacquiao's offensive genius, Bradley's heart, and the horrible judging, the pay-per-view card featured all of what is good and bad about boxing in one package. Let's examine the good, the bad, and the ugly of Bradley's victory, or should we say official victory over Pacquiao.

上星期六晚上，当帕奎奥和蒂莫西•布拉德利步入拳台，拳击就是一个大舞台。赛前的延误、帕奎奥的攻击天才、布拉德利的心脏、可怕的判决、付费点播卡等所有的关于拳击的好的和坏的事情都包含在一起。让我们找出布拉德利的这场胜利中的好人、坏人和丑陋的人，或者我们更应该说是官方的胜利击败了帕奎奥。

THE GOOD
Manny Pacquiao's spiritual conversion led many to believe that he was not the same killer that brought death by a thousand left hands to Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, and Miguel Cotto within a twelve-month time period. Those critics were wrong. Pacquiao looked extremely sharp from the first round until the final bell. On the other hand, Timothy Bradley was impressive as well. Bradley withstood some hard, flush shots from Pacquiao while continuing to fight back. Bradley didn't curl up into a defensive shell like Joshua Clottey or put on his track shoes like Shane Mosley; he fought back, and fought to win, to the best of his ability. Both men were questioned heading into the fight: Pacquiao for his focus and Bradley for his chin; both men proved the critics wrong and should be proud, regardless of the outcome.

好人
曼尼•帕奎奥精神信仰的执着导致很多人相信他已不再是以前的杀手，是那个在十二个月的时间内，用一千次的左手拳给霍亚、里奇哈顿、库托带来死亡的杀手。然而，这些批评是错误的。从第一回合到最后结束的钟声，帕奎奥看起来极其犀利。另一方面，蒂莫西•布拉德利也令人印象深刻。布拉德利经受住了来自帕奎奥的系列严酷打击，并同时持续反击。布拉德利并没有像黑克那样，身体蜷成一个防守外壳，或像沙恩•莫斯利那样穿上他的田径鞋。布拉德利奋起反击，为胜利展示了他最好的能力。赛前，帕奎奥的专注度和布拉德利的下巴都曾被质疑，但两人都证明了批评者是错误的，他们都应该感到骄傲，不论结果如何。

THE BAD
Although Bradley had a few brief moments of success (and when I say brief, I am being generous), he was unable to make Pacquiao uncomfortable for any reasonable amount of time. It was clear Pacquiao didn't respect Bradley's punching power. In addition, Bradley barely attempted to counter punch. There were times when Pacquiao would throw a combination, Bradley would block, and then fire off a combination immediately. Those were the only moments that brought Bradley success and should've been the game plan to begin with. Instead, Bradley, who couldn't punch his way out of a time clock at the end of a workday, decided to stand and trade with one of boxing's most lethal punchers. He should consider himself lucky he didn't end up on the wrong end of a highlight reel knockout for that. Regardless of Bradley's poor game plan, he showed the world that he has a great chin.

坏人
尽管布拉德利有一些短暂的瞬间的成功（说短暂，还是我慷慨的说法），但他却始终不能让帕奎奥感到难受。很明显帕奎奥根本不在乎布拉德利的重拳。此外，布拉德利勉强试图依靠点数取胜。很多时候帕奎奥会打出一套组合拳，布拉德利防守，然后立即还击一套组合拳。这些是唯一的给布拉德利带来成功的机会，也应该是布拉德利赛前的计划。然而，布拉德利自始至终找不出应对之路，却决定站着和拳坛最致命的拳击手进行对决。他应该承认他很幸运，他并没有最终因为错误策略而被清脆地击倒。暂不考虑布拉德利的糟糕的比赛策略，但他向世界证明了他有一个坚强的下巴。

THE UGLY
Do I really need to restate the frightful ending of this fight? I favored Bradley heading into this fight but I will take no credit for predicting he would win a close decision. I was kind enough to give Bradley two rounds and therefore scored it 118-110 for Pacquiao. Surprisingly, one of boxing's worst judges, Jerry Roth scored the fight 115-113 for Pacquiao in a rare moment of lucidity, although even that score favored Bradley too much. Judges CJ Ross and Duane Ford overruled Roth by scoring it 115-113 for Bradley.

丑陋的人
我真的需要重申这是个可耻的比赛结果吗？我喜欢布拉德利投入这场战斗，但我将不会用信誉预测他将赢得这场比赛。我好心地给布莱德利赢两轮，因此点数118 – 110是帕奎奥胜。令人惊讶的是，拳击界最差劲的裁判—杰瑞•罗斯表现出难得一见的清醒时刻，打出115 - 113帕奎奥胜，虽然如此，但比分还是太偏爱布拉德利了。裁判CJ•洛思和杜安•福特判定115 – 113，布拉德利。

A closer look at the scorecards showed Roth gave Pacquiao rounds 1,3,4,5,6,8 and 9, while giving Bradley rounds 2, 7 and the final three. Ross scored the middle rounds evenly between Pacquiao and Bradley while Ford gave Bradley five of the last six. All three had Bradley winning the last three rounds.

仔细看看这个记分卡，罗斯判帕奎奥胜了第1、3、4、5、6、8和9回合，同时判给布莱德利第2、7和最后的三个回合。罗斯均衡地判决中间回合，而福特判给布莱德利胜了最后6个回合的5个。所有三个裁判都判布拉德利赢得最后3个回合。

I am fully aware that watching a fight live can be a completely different experience than watching it on television. You don't get to hear the opinions of the broadcasting team and you can get a clearer picture of who is controlling the fight if you are sitting close enough. However, there can be no case made that Bradley deserved a decision. Pacquiao won the fight clearly and the judges, plus whoever else had anything to do with the scores, should be brought up on charges of robbery in the first degree. I predicted before the bout that promoter Bob Arum would cash Pacquiao out in favor of the young Bradley, but I thought Bradley would've earned the liquidation by winning legitimately. He didn't.

我完全知道，在现场看比赛和在电视里看是一个完全不同的感受。你不会听到广播团队的意见，如果你坐的足够近，你可以更清晰地了解谁在控制战斗。但是布拉德利没有任何理由获胜。帕奎奥清晰地赢得了这场比赛，裁判以及任何和比赛比分有关的人，都应该被指控一级抢劫罪。我以前预测推广人鲍勃•阿鲁姆将从帕奎奥那里拿出现金照顾年轻的布拉德利，但我也认为布拉德利将通过真正胜利获得补偿，但他没有。

Arum had this bout set up to keep Pacquiao away from the fight people really wanted to see, Pacquiao against Floyd Mayweather. If Pacquiao lost, the interest in Mayweather-Pacquiao would be greatly diminished, Arum would have a new star in Bradley and Arum could keep things in house by promoting Bradley-Pacquiao II.

阿鲁姆没有举办一场让人们真正想看到的帕奎奥的战斗，即帕奎奥和梅威瑟的对决。如果帕奎奥失败，梅威瑟和帕奎奥的比赛兴趣将显著降低。阿鲁姆会有一个新的明星—布拉德利，阿鲁姆可以推广布拉德利和帕奎奥的二战，让所有的收益都落入自己囊中。

But the way things played out, Arum's logic may backfire on him. Although Bradley has an official win over Pacquiao on his record, the scoring was so horrible that there will forever be an unofficial asterisk next to it in the minds of all boxing fans. Pacquiao put on a dominant performance and a fight with Mayweather should be in more demand now than ever. Pacquiao should wipe the smile off his face that he wore after his loss was announced, and see who is really to blame. Then he should leave Arum for good. In my opinion, Arum doesn't have Pacquiao's best interest at heart and was looking to cash out on him before it was too late.

但是这种玩法，阿鲁姆很可能会玩火自焚。尽管布拉德利拥有一个官方战胜帕奎奥的记录，但比分太有争议了，所有的拳迷头脑中都会打个大大的问号。帕奎奥现在呈现出一个优异表现，并且他和梅威瑟的比赛应该比以往任何时候更加被渴望。面对被宣布的失败，帕奎奥应该更加面带微笑，并且要看看谁要真正受到指责，然后帕奎奥应该离开阿鲁姆为好。在我看来，阿鲁姆并没有把帕奎奥的最高利益放在心上，并且一直从事着在帕奎奥退役前，从他身上榨取更多的现金。

It's true Arum was complaining about the judges after the fight and claiming that they didn't know how to score a boxing match but anybody with a tidbit of common sense could see through the promoter's academy award performance. Arum wanted Bradley to win and now he gets to double up on his money in the November rematch. Pacquiao should bite the bullet, refuse the rematch, leave Top Rank, make the Mayweather fight happen, and leave Arum watching resentfully from the sidelines as his two former fighters make astronomical amounts of money without his participation.

赛后阿鲁姆抱怨裁判并宣称裁判们不知道如何判决一场拳击比赛，这也是真的。但任何一个有常识的人都可以看穿这个推广人的绝佳表演。阿鲁姆希望布拉德利赢得比赛，但现在他开始怀疑11月的重赛能否获得高收益。帕奎奥应该咬紧牙关，拒绝重赛，并离开顶级推广，让和梅威瑟战斗发生，让阿鲁姆极度郁闷地旁观他曾经的两名旗下拳手制造出天文数字的收益，而他不能分到分文。

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