As Ithethao.vn reported, in 2000, the referee Carlos Padilla was appointed as the arbitrator controlling the WBC International Protection match Super Bantamweight between two boxers Manny Pacquiao and Nedal Hussein. In that match, he deliberately extended the counting time to help Pacquiao escape the defeat in the fourth half.
More notably, Padilla also said that he “helped” Pacquiao from being deducted 1 point, when he thought that a situation he hit his head on the opponent was just a punch. The match ended in the 10th half when Pacquiao defeated Hussein, thereby opening the most brilliant era in the Philippine punching career. Meanwhile, Hussein gradually decided for the rest.
When he learned that he had been biased by referees to win at home, Pacquiao, who had stopped playing, said he did not care too much about the sharing of others. Pacquiao said: “The referee cheated, not me. I was cheating, and did not do anything wrong to win.”
Commenting on being biased by the referee, Pacquiao further explained: “Maybe I was favored because I was playing at home. I am a professional boxing boxing, so I only do what I need to do: Step up to the ring and win.
On the side of Nedal Hussein, he lost his unbeaten record after the defeat of Pacquiao and his career gradually went to a dead end. Referring to the match 22 years ago, he said: “I understand that the opponent has an advantage, knowing that I was forced by the referee. But when I heard the referee admit it, I still felt sad, because he laughed when told.”
Hussein further revealed that he felt that he was caused difficult before he competed. His hotel (set by the organizers) is located away from the place of the competition for up to 2 hours of driving. That makes the Australian boxer not get the best preparation before entering the match against Pacquiao.
There is information that Hussein can be remained with Pacquiao in the near future. This will be a performance match, recreating the scene of the overview of the two rivals in the past.