Pacquiao Barrios Fight Review: Controversy and Results

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00:00Let's first talk about Pacquiao Barrios because it turned out to be a better fight than we thought.

00:05Still not a great fight, but it ends up controversially to some people.

00:08A lot of people clamoring, including pro boxers, about Pacquiao getting robbed.

00:12It was a majority draw. One judge had it for Barrios, 115-113. Two judges had it as a draw.

00:19And a lot of people thought that Pacquiao got robbed, that he should have been one of the oldest champions,

00:23and that it wasn't fair. And I think that's rubbish. I think that's ridiculous.

00:27I think that's a load of crap. I mean, honestly, did they watch the fight for real?

00:31Take off the Pacquiao colored glasses here. I watched that fight.

00:35I even went back and watched rounds over because, you know, when I saw them, I'm like,

00:39am I seeing this wrong? Am I the idiot here?

00:42Because all these other people are talking about how great this guy did.

00:45Yeah, he lasted all 12 rounds. He threw a bunch of punches.

00:49You know, it was better than expected.

00:51But I think, A, part of that is because Barrios, I think, just gave up some rounds.

00:54I don't think he really turned it up until the end, like we saw, which has been a problem for him before.

00:58You know, it's the second time he had to really rush the last couple rounds there in order to get to a draw.

01:02But he didn't fight like a championship fighter, but he needed to Pacquiao.

01:06I mean, everyone has this love for him.

01:07And obviously, he had an incredible career, has had a great career, and people were rooting for him.

01:12He's a fan favorite in a lot of ways, but he didn't win that fight.

01:15I don't know what you were watching.

01:17In fact, I don't even think he drew that fight.

01:19To me, I had a 116-112 for Barrios.

01:22If you want to give a round here or there to Pacquiao, okay, I'm going to say the 115-113 was accurate.

01:29I can see that.

01:30But when you look at the judges' scorecards, there were three rounds that they had different.

01:36Otherwise, every other round, all judges scored it one way.

01:40They had 1-6-8-9 for Pacquiao.

01:43I agree with that.

01:44I thought, you know, those ones he came forward more.

01:46As you got into the 6-8-9, I thought he did a good job landing some good power shots in tight.

01:51It was more aggressive.

01:52They all had 2-3, 10-11 for Barrios.

01:57I agree with all those.

01:58You know, he kind of turns it up a little bit more towards the end especially.

02:01But early on, he was using that jab to keep Pacquiao away.

02:04And, you know, using that height advantage where a lot of Pacquiao's punches were landing on the gloves.

02:08They weren't landing to the face.

02:10Some were landing to the body.

02:11But I thought his stiff jab was doing more damage to Pacquiao.

02:13It was kind of snapping that head back a little bit more early on.

02:16And then the power punches that he was finally unleashing towards the end obviously put those last couple rounds in favor of him.

02:21The only ones that were really up for grabs, according to judges scorecards, were 4-5-7.

02:27And I gave all those to Barrios.

02:28You want to give one of those to Pacquiao?

02:30I can see it.

02:32I don't give him two of those.

02:33I don't make it 1-14-1-14.

02:35I thought in the fourth round, it was similar to the third and the second where Barrios was using the jab.

02:40Maybe getting a little more aggressive towards the end of it.

02:43Maybe using some more power punches.

02:44But especially with that longer jab, was snapping Pacquiao's head back a little bit.

02:47And was blocking a lot of Pacquiao's punches with the gloves.

02:50The fifth round, I thought, again, it was getting better.

02:53It was getting stronger.

02:54Big snapping jab.

02:55The seventh round, I thought he did better keeping the distance and keeping Pacquiao outside with the jabs.

02:59Throwing more of those.

03:00Not just throwing one or two.

03:01Throwing them in quick succession to really keep Pacquiao off him.

03:04And, you know, Pacquiao was throwing punches that were just short of landing.

03:08Hitting the gloves.

03:09Not hitting.

03:10I thought that Barrios was the clear winner of that fight.

03:13And maybe I'm the crazy one.

03:14But I don't think Pacquiao drew that fight.

03:17I don't even think it was 1-15-1-13.

03:20I thought it was a four-point advantage from Barrios.

03:21There was no 10-8 rounds.

03:23No one got knocked down.

03:24It wasn't even the most exciting fight.

03:26But I thought that Barrios still won that fight.

03:28And is the champion as he should be.

03:30Then also, the guy that is still the champion.

03:33The champion is, of course, Oleksandr Yousik fighting Daniel Dubois for the second time.

03:38This guy proved why he is the best at heavyweight.

03:40Maybe one of the best ever.

03:41He was undisputed cruiserweight champion.

03:44Now, for the second time, becomes undisputed heavyweight champion.

03:46After dropping Dubois with some big shots.

03:49Dropped him twice in that round.

03:51And just showed he is just a different class.

03:53Of course, there's other reports coming out.

03:55Maybe Dubois' dad kind of did him in a little bit here with causing problems with security at the venue.

04:01Throwing a party before the fight that made Dubois leave the house and go sleep somewhere else.

04:05Because, you know, it was just loud and raucous and late.

04:07I don't buy any of that.

04:08Yousik is just a better fighter.

04:09And, seriously, boxing.

04:12The interim belts, when you have a guy that is the champion that now becomes undisputed again

04:16because you gave an interim belt to somebody else for whatever reason.

04:19Like, there's too many governing bodies.

04:21Too many belts in each division.

04:23And you can't give an interim belt to have the same time to make this guy now become a second time undisputed.

04:27He wasn't disputed.

04:28Remains undisputed.

04:29Incredible performance by him once again.

04:32Incredible performance by both Holloway and Poitier.

04:33The UFC in New Orleans as Poitier closes his career.

04:36Both guys back and forth battle.

04:38Holloway keeps the BMF title as they both land some shots.

04:41They both get knockdowns.

04:42But Holloway is a little bit better.

04:44Great career by Dustin Poitier, though.

04:45The diamond will for sure be a Hall of Famer and remembered.

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