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BANGKOK, Thailand — Somewhere in Cambodia, the prime minister’s bookie is having a rough week.

Hun Sen, the nation’s all-powerful strongman, is fuming over Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao’s loss to Floyd Mayweather over the weekend.

He’s so irate that, in a public speech recorded by the Cambodia Daily newspaper, he admitted to gambling $5,000 on the fight — and added that he’s refusing to pay up in protest of the results.

"Fighting on their (American) land, they would not allow us to win unless Floyd was beaten to death."

His rationale? The match was rigged.

Hun Sen describes a conspiracy in which American judges secretly undermined Pacquiao because he’s a foreigner from the Philippines. He proposed a rematch on neutral ground — perhaps China — that would be free of America’s insidious influence.

Hun Sen said he could “hear voices of Filipino brothers and sisters who want a rematch,” according to the Cambodia Daily. “Fighting on their (American) land, they would not allow us to win unless Floyd was beaten to death.”

Hun Sen’s post-match analysis, which he slipped into a speech commemorating a rural highway, isn’t just overdramatic (though there are some legitimate concerns about the fairness of the fight). It’s revealing.

Hun Sen, now 62, has held power in Cambodia for three decades. That’s more than any other premier in Asia. His techniques for staying on top, as described by Human Rights Watch, include the repeated use of “political violence, repression and corruption” and a willingness to “stifle those who pose a threat to his rule.”

Hun Sen appears to be incredibly wealthy — at least wealthy enough to throw down $5,000 on a boxing match. Yet he claims to survive off an absurdly low official salary of $1,150 per month.

Taking his statements at face value, we’re meant to believe he dropped more than four months' salary on the fight. That $5,000 bet in Cambodia, one of Southeast Asia’s most dysfunctional and corruption-plagued nations, is equal to five years of earnings for the average citizen.

Most people who refuse to pay their sports bookie because of referees’ “injustice” run the risk of goons breaking their kneecaps. But Hun Sen enjoys virtual impunity in Cambodia. It’s even unclear if his $5,000 bet was legal. Only foreigners are legally cleared to gamble in the country’s casinos, which are technically off limits to Cambodian nationals.
 
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Someone Butt is Hurt :sick:

Cambodia’s Hun Sen Condemns Pacquiao-Mayweather Decision


Premier slams “unbelievable” unanimous decision by U.S. judges.

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By Prashanth Parameswaran
May 05, 2015

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Image Credit: Flickr/Prize Fights.com


Cambodian prime minister Hun Sen chimed in on Saturday’s Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather, Jr fight in Las Vegas, condemning the “unbelievable” unanimous decision by the judges in favor of Mayweather.

In what was dubbed “the fight of the century,” all three judges scored the match in favor of Mayweather, with two of them scoring it 116-112 and a third having it 118-110.

But on Monday, according to The Cambodia Daily, Hun Sen launched into a 15-minute tirade about a perceived “injustice created by the judges” during a ground-breaking ceremony of a road in Pursat province. He suggested that Mayweather only won the fight because it was staged in U.S. soil and scored by U.S. judges. He also argued that Pacquiao had thrown many more punches – an insight that runs contrary to widely-cited statistics by CompuBox, which suggested that Mayweather had actually thrown six more punches and landed 67 more.

“I send a message to American judges to provide an explanation for why Floyd won,” Hun Sen reportedly said. “Floyd was just running around – blocking and avoiding – while Pacquiao repeatedly threw more and more punches, punching him to lie against the ropes.”

“I didn’t expect that American judges would be so weak,” he continued. “I just know America clearly now. Judges made a unanimous decision to make a winner become a loser.”

Hun Sen was hardly a neutral party, as he had placed a $5,000 bet in favor of Pacquiao. But given the perceived injustice by the judges, the Cambodian leader said he had decided that he would not be paying his bet.

“Now if we are talking about yesterday’s fight, I owe you, but I will not pay,” he said.

According to The Phnom Penh Post, U.S. embassy spokesman Jay Raman declined to comment on the premier’s remarks.

Cambodia’s Hun Sen Condemns Pacquiao-Mayweather Decision | The Diplomat
 
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it's all about MONEY for Las Vegas mafia



Pacquiao’s Defeat Spawns Conspiracy Theories
The Cambodia Daily
MAY 4, 2015

As Floyd Mayweather raised his right arm in victory moments before the end of the 12th round in what had been billed “The Fight of the Century,” the mood at Mao’s nightclub in Phnom Penh began to shift.

The crowd of about 80 Filipinos watching the fight there had been nervous and excited, but certain that they were about to see their countryman Manny Pacquiao crowned the No. 1 boxer of the modern era.

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(Men watch the boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao at a coffee shop in Phnom Penh on Sunday.)

But Mayweather’s raised arm signaled a different outcome, and the room became tense. There were gasps of horror as the judges’ unanimous decision was announced: Mayweather had won.

They were in no doubt—one judge scored 118-110 in Mayweather’s favor while the other two awarded the fight to the American 116-112.

But the score was being kept differently in Phnom Penh.

“Our perception is that Manny Pacquiao won the fight,” said a Manila native who has lived in Phnom Penh for the past two years and gave his name only as Ely.

“It is not because we are Filipinos, but because of what we are just seeing. He throws more punches. He is more aggressive about the fight,” he said. “Mayweather is always just running around.

“I’m too disappointed,” he added.

It had all started very differently. The Phnom Penh crowd had joined those in Las Vegas and millions across the world, erupting in cheers as Pacquiao made his way to the ring.

The pride was palpable at Mao’s as the room stood to attention, hands on hearts for the national anthem. Then it was off. The fight got off to a slow start, but by round four, when Pacquiao erupted and unleashed a fury of blows, cheers rang out and the mood became increasingly buoyant

Pacquiao would later say, to the delight of his fans, that the American “didn’t do nothing.” Statistics told a different story, however: Mayweather landed 148 punches to Pacquiao’s 81.

Outside the nightclub, Cambodian spectators around Phnom Penh were just as frustrated as Pacquiao’s Filipino fans.

Tim Leng, 41, who watched the match at a coffee shop at the corner of streets 242 and 63, said the result was not fair.

“I think the result is biased in favor of Floyd because I and others saw that Manny Pacquiao was chasing from the first round until the end.”

The judges, he felt, favored Mayweather because the fight was held in the U.S.

But there was at least one Mayweather supporter in Phnom Penh—42-year-old Ek Rith, who said he had been following the American boxer for five years and was a happy man Sunday.

“I am very happy Floyd won…. Manny Pacquiao punched a lot, but most of them missed.”



Biggest stars in attendance at Pacquiao-Mayweather superfight

LAS VEGAS — Name one famous celebrity and he or she is likely at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Robert De Niro, Denzel Washington, Bradley Cooper, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson. The stars have converged here to be part of the biggest sporting event of the year: Mayweather-Pacquiao.

READ: The Pacquiao Files Celebrity Corner

Also in attendance are actor and Manny Pacquiao supporter Mark Wahlberg, NBA superstar Russell Westbrook and Hall of Famers Charles Barkley and Reggie Miller.

Hollywood stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Denzel Washington, Christian Bale, Ben Affleck, and Claire Danes are also at the Arena.

READ: Celebrities arriving for Mayweather-Pacquiao

Tennis great Andre Agassi and boxing legends Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield are also among the sellout crowd in this glitzy desert boxing capital.

The megafight between Floyd Mayweather and Pacquiao is expected to shatter all existing records in combat sports including Pay-Per-View buys and revenues.



Cambodia PM says Mayweather only won because megafight was held in US
Tuesday, May 5th, 2015

A leader of an Asian country slammed the result of the “Fight of the Century,” saying that judges should have given the victory for Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and not to undefeated American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.

In a report published in the Cambodia Daily on Tuesday, Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen said Dave Moretti, Burt Clements and Glenn Feldman, the judges of the historic fight, would only side with Pacquiao if Mayweather was “beaten to death.”

“Now hear voices of Filipino brothers and sisters who want a rematch. Fighting on their land, they would not allow us to win unless Floyd was beaten to death,” Hun Sen was quoted as saying.

READ: Pacquiao cries conspiracy

He blasted the judges for letting Mayweather win, saying that he was just “running around” while Pacquiao was throwing more punches.

“I send a message to American judges to provide an explanation for why Floyd won. Floyd was just running around—blocking and avoiding—while Pacquiao repeatedly threw more and more punches, punching him to lie against the ropes,” he said.

“I didn’t expect that American judges would be so weak. I just know America clearly now. Judges made a unanimous decision to make a winner become a loser,” the prime minister added.

BACKSTORY: Mayweather preserves perfect record, overcomes Pacquiao

Hun Sen said that Mayweather won because the fight was held in the US.

The prime minister was reportedly an “avid sports fan” and has betted $5,000 in favor of Pacquiao. However, he refuses to pay up in protest of the fight’s result.

“Now if we are talking about yesterday’s fight, I owe you, but I will not pay,” he added.

Offering his message to Pacquiao, Hun Sen said that the People’s Champion should not be disappointed.

“Pacquiao doesn’t need to get disappointed because it’s an injustice created by judges,” he said.

Mayweather won via unanimous decision of the judges, keeping his spotless record of 48-0.
 
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Let a friendly nation like VN to host a rematch , then I'm sure that Pacquiao will win a a fare and square game

Middle finger to American judges :taz:
 
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Is this a way for Hun Sen to express his support to PH ?

Btw, boxing has ever been popular in Vietnam during 1960-1970s ( both North and South) but people turn away, in consider this as too much violence game.
 
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Let a friendly nation like VN to host a rematch , then I'm sure that Pacquiao will win a a fare and square game

Middle finger to American judges :taz:

Middle finger? Be careful ! They might respond in kicking VN from TPP

lol

I jest.. I jest...

:devil:
 
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Shame on Mayweather and US judges.

It is boxing not children game hide and seek.

Guerrila tactic still could lead to final victory.
Refer to another "jungle game" between Ali vs Foreman
 
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