Kenny Bayless Admits Knockdown Mistake in Pacquiao vs Mosley
by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 12:06 PM EDT
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Kenny Bayless is one of the finest referees in the sport of boxing, but even the best make mistakes.
Last Saturday night, Bayless called a knockdown against Manny Pacquiao in the 10th round of Pacquiao's bout with Shane Mosley, when from all angles it was an obvious shove from Mosley that put Pacquiao on the canvas. The Filipino superstar seemed genuinely annoyed at the bad call, but at least Bayless knows and admits it was a bad call:
"It was a call I missed," Bayless, 61, told this writer several minutes after Manny Pacquiao was declared winner by unanimous decision in 12 rounds. "I already whispered it to Pacquiao."
Bayless has a pretty excellent track record, so it was particularly bizarre to see him miss something that seemed so totally clear from every single angle that it was shown at on replays, and even from the live camera angle. The audience reacted with disbelief, too, and Pacquiao basically couldn't believe it, then got all mad and tried to attack, but found that Mosley wasn't so willing to mix it up.
I'd also say it's pretty typical -- in a good way, of course -- for Bayless to be the type of guy to admit he made a rare mistake. It does happen sometimes.
By the way, how did you score that round? It appears that the official judges paid it no mind. Duane Ford scored the fight 120-107 for Pacquiao, which is a perfect sheet of 10-9s plus a 10-8 in the third when Pacquiao legitimately knocked down Mosley. I would guess that Dave Moretti (120-108) scored that 10th round a 10-10 round to give credit to the bogus knockdown. And Glenn Trowbridge (119-108) likely gave the round to Mosley, but by a 10-9 score, which would have been the only round he gave to Shane. I just scored it 10-9 Pacquiao because the call was so bad.
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“It was a call I missed,” Bayless, 61
You’re telling me Kenny Bayless is 61?!
"Occasionally, there is a boxing match that, in its demonstration of skill, courage, intelligence, hope, seems to redeem the sport - almost. Perhaps boxing has always been a sport in crisis, a sport of crisis."
I know right?
The guy doesn’t look a day over 40.
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions
He looks great for his age
"You can have the knowledge that a tomato is a fruit, but it takes wisdom not to put it in a fruit salad." Jerry Reynolds
Huh. Next time I make fun of Joe Cortez, I’ll make sure to just call him ignorant rather than old. Bayless needs to put out a cookbook or something.
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Bayless needs to put out a cookbook or something
:)
by Don From Prov on May 12, 2011 3:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Manny's look says it all in that picture
I don’t want to give Bayless any more stick than he’s already had but when watching it on replay he was at the perfect angle, looking right at Manny.
He must have just had a lapse of concentration or been day dreaming.
Not the best place to do either of those things.
Anyway, at least it had no impact on the outcome…It actually made Manny get more aggressive so maybe it was a good thing!
yeah that was the strangest thing about it. He seemed to have the perfect view.
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
Jim Joyce
made a worse call and he was right there… Cost Armando Galarraga a perfect game.
Sometimes the smallest lapse in concentration could cause the biggest mistake.
by jack_e_chan on May 12, 2011 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
Joyce and Bayless both handled it well, though, manning up to their errors. Galarraga bears Joyce no ill will.
They wrote a book together, right?
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"To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day..."
by Scott Christ on May 12, 2011 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions
I scored it 10-9 Mosley, but didn’t like it one bit. I did so largely because I’m still not entirely clear on what the responsibility of a judge is to respect a knockdown call.
by The Boxer Rebellion on May 12, 2011 1:19 PM EDT reply actions
Scored it 10-9 Mosley
I was sending my friend round by round texts. Here is what I said about the 10th round. “Mosley talking to Manny instead of throwing. They’re touching gloves every 20 seconds. Manny bringing it. They touch gloves again. MANNY GOES DOWN AND IT’S RULED A KNOCKDOWN. TOTAL BLOWN CALL. Manny is mad and charging. 10-9 Mosley”
I really hated scoring this round for Mosley as I am on the same page as The Boxer Rebellion above. I think I had it 118-108 in the end.
Still though,
Bayless is one of the best in the game and I get excited when he is announced as the ref for a fight.
Ignored the push
and scored the round for Manny. Not being a judge, I can ignore whatever the rules say on such an occasion—
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