The theory goes like this: Shortly after Floyd Mayweather?s decisive unanimous decision victory over Manny Pacquiao, the judges? official scorecard began surfacing on social media.
NSAC Official scorecard: Glenn Feldman 116-112; Burt Clements 116-112; Dave Moretti 118-110 #OneForPacman pic.twitter.com/kX9J4lHGxz
? Miranda de Quiros (@MdeQuirosABSCBN) May 3, 2015
The judges? decision was hardly a surprising one, and people everywhere agreed that Mayweather won the fight handily. But that didn?t stop people from spotting something strange regarding each boxer?s corner.
(MdeQuirosABSCBN/Twitter)
On the scorecard, Mayweather?s column is always on the left side and Pacquiao?s is on the right. It also lists Mayweather as being in the red corner and Pacquiao in the blue, but therein lies the problem: Mayweather actually fought out of the blue corner, as you can see here.
(Al Bello/Getty)
Pacquiao, by contrast, was situated in the red corner.
(Eric Jamison/AP)
It was clearly just a clerical error ? as SportsJoe.ie points out, ?a minuscule mistake on the scorecards by confusing which corner each fighter started out in? ? bad that didn?t stop people from claiming foul play. The judges, in the mind of conspiracy theorists, had actually scored all those rounds in favor of the red corner ? which they thought was Pacquiao?s ? and thus accidentally scored them for Mayweather instead.
Of course, not everyone is convinced.
Sigh I keep hearing conspiracy theories about the fight. Just stop!!Mayweather won and it was clear. As much as I hate his method, it worked
? Carlos (@Cangri_LSU) May 3, 2015
Lol this scorecard conspiracy is jokes. Mayweather demanded to have his name first and so it come first on the scorecard.
? Asad Abbas Zaidi (@Asad_A_Zaidi) May 3, 2015
lmao the mayweather vs pacquiao fight was a conspiracy ahahahah
? Ben (@Dxnshy) May 4, 2015
Someone please show me another Mayweather/Pacquiao conspiracy. Please.
? JC T. (@jtenchiYB) May 4, 2015
