Conspiracy or accident? Scorecard suggests Pacquiao should have won

What you need to know:

  • The judges scored it 118-110 and 116-112, 116-112, with Glenn Feldman, Burt Clements and Dave Moretti, named ‘white, ‘blue’ and ‘pink’, all awarding Floyd the victory.
  • The official card from the Nevada State Athletic Commission shows the fighter in the red corner ahead, on all three judges’ scores - but Mayweather was actually in the blue corner in Las Vegas.
  • Evander Holyfield was among those questioning the decision of the judges, saying: “I thought Pacquiao won a poor fight.”

The scorecard from Saturday night’s showdown between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao has led to suggestions the Filipino may have in fact won the bout.

Mayweather stretched his unbeaten record to 48-0 at the MGM Grand, once again strengthening his position as the greatest fighter of his generation.

The judges scored it 118-110 and 116-112, 116-112, with Glenn Feldman, Burt Clements and Dave Moretti, named ‘white, ‘blue’ and ‘pink’, all awarding Floyd the victory. However, an administrative error on the scorecard has led to conspiracy theories that Pacquiao should have been victorious.

The official card from the Nevada State Athletic Commission shows the fighter in the red corner ahead, on all three judges’ scores - but Mayweather was actually in the blue corner in Las Vegas.

While there have been claims on social media that something sinister has occurred with fans taking to Twitter to claim the result was incorrect and a rematch should be arranged.

However, the bottom right of the scorecard clearly reads ‘Mayweather won by unanimous decision’ - proving the general consensus after the fight. After the bout, Pacquiao claimed he defeated the American - despite the unanimous verdict decision.

He said: “I thought I won the fight. He didn’t do anything.

“He was moving around on the outside, so it’s not easy to throw a lot of punches. I could handle his power. I have fought bigger than him and not had a problem.”

Evander Holyfield was among those questioning the decision of the judges, saying: “I thought Pacquiao won a poor fight.”

And several people also took to social media to question the eventual decision. As well as a whole thread about the ‘conspricy’ starting on Reddit, Twitter user ?’@OperationSyaf’ posted (sic):

“Fight of the century? Scam of the century. (Pacquiao is in the red corner and Mayweather in the blue; reversed scores)”.

@LiamFellows added: “Pacquiao was in the red corner and Mayweather was in Blue? They’ve basically robbed Pacquiao of the win he deserved.”

And @GoonerMarty is another of many who questioned the marks: “Interesting, Pacquiao RED corner, Mayweather BLUE, judges appear to have scored in favour of Pac Man”. Meanwhile, Pacquiao’s camp accused the Nevada Athletic Commission on Monday of denying them treatment for an injury to his right shoulder which will now require surgery to repair.