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For those who don't know... Manny Pacquiao (The Filipino boxing champ who many consider the world's best pound for pound fighter ) lost his most recent match last Saturday to challenger Timothy Bradley by a close split decision in what people thought was a no-brainer unanimous win for Pacquaio (most thought he won at least 10 of the 12 of the rounds).

Pacquaio's 15 match winning streak ended.

This shocked the boxing world so much that fans are calling for an investigation on alleged payola...

1 posted on 06/13/2012 4:26:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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No brainer, non waste of a good 15 second news blurb to push yet another Federal agency staffed with Federal employees, organized by Federal unions, paid for by Federal tax dollars...

Wow, boxing is corrupt - What news!


2 posted on 06/13/2012 4:38:03 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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leave it to a SFB coward to impose his stupid a$$ warped sense of entitlement to lord over yet another industry....

Since he can make a leap with his power grabs, I will make a leap as well....

Why anyone would vote for Romney a globalist, lame excuse for a businessman (see the shape of Massachusetts) and like Reid an allegiance to something other than the Constitution, well, no thanks to them all.

3 posted on 06/13/2012 4:55:55 AM PDT by SERE_DOC ( “The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” TJ.)
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leave it to a SFB coward to impose his stupid a$$ warped sense of entitlement to lord over yet another industry....

Since he can make a leap with his power grabs, I will make a leap as well....

Why anyone would vote for Romney a globalist, lame excuse for a businessman (see the shape of Massachusetts) and like Reid an allegiance to something other than the Constitution, well, no thanks to them all.

4 posted on 06/13/2012 4:56:26 AM PDT by SERE_DOC ( “The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.” TJ.)
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I think Reid should sic the government on the TV show Master Chef. Something fishy about the judges picking the wife instead of her husband to continue on the program. /s/


5 posted on 06/13/2012 5:29:51 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (America: home of the free because of the brave)
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I think the boxing industry should appoint a committee to investigate and recommend action concerning corruption in asshat Reid’s senate.


6 posted on 06/13/2012 5:32:12 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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Bradley didn’t win the fight...the Lavender Mafia did.


7 posted on 06/13/2012 5:44:46 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations - The acronym explains the science.)
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This shocked the boxing world so much that fans are calling for an investigation on alleged payola...

One of the judges in the controversy answered it well. He said that if it were an episode of American Idol then Manny would have won handily but as a judge he awarded it to the fighter who did a better job over 12 rounds. The ones crying the loudest have a vested interest in Pacquiao's remaining undefeated since a loss has pretty much ruined the "fight of the century" against Mayweather (who I believe would toy with Manny like he was one of his sparring partners, just like he did against Marquez) and cost them a ton of money.

At the very least now fans can see how the millions of people who felt Juan Manuel Marquez got robbed in his last fight against Pacquiao (and didn't whine for an investigation) felt.

8 posted on 06/13/2012 5:52:55 AM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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Every time I see nonsense like this it only re-enforces the fact that the Founders were correct in having Senators appointed by the states rather than direct elections.

This is just one more area where the federal government has no business getting involved. Maybe if our Senators would actually do their jobs of acting in the interest of their State rather than in the interest of the Federal government we would all be better off.


11 posted on 06/13/2012 6:39:55 AM PDT by Wurlitzer (Nothing says "ignorance" like Islam!)
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Hey, Reid

How about passing a budget?

Then you can go after boxing.


12 posted on 06/13/2012 7:24:22 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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Harry Reid: Maybe we can use that disputed Manny Pacquiao fight to get a federal boxing bill passed

Lazamataz: Maybe we can use Manny Pacquiao to get Harry Reid to pass a budget

14 posted on 06/13/2012 7:40:09 AM PDT by Lazamataz (People who resort to Godwin's Law are just like Hitler.)
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