Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley III

Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley III
DateApril 9, 2016
VenueMGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the linevacant WBO International welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Philippines Manny Pacquiao United States Timothy Bradley
Nickname Pac-Man Desert Storm
Hometown Sarangani Province, Philippines Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Pre-fight record 57–6–2 (38 KO) 33–1–1 (13 KO)
Age 37 years, 3 months 32 years, 7 months
Height 5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (166 cm) 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 145+1⁄2 lb (66 kg) 146+1⁄2 lb (66 kg)
Style Southpaw Orthodox
Recognition The Ring No. 7 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
8-division world champion
 The Ring No. 9 ranked pound-for-pound fighter
2-division world champion
Result
Pacquiao wins via 12-round unanimous decision (116-110, 116-110, 116-110)

Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley III, was a professional boxing match for the WBO International welterweight title. It was held on April 9th, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The bout was on HBO PPV.[1] Pacquiao claimed this fight would be his last professional bout, however, he has fought six times since.[2] The winner of the bout was awarded a Special WBO commemorative title belt, which billed the "Legacy Belt".[3]

Pacquiao knocked Bradley down twice and outpointed him throughout the fight, winning by unanimous decision after all three judges scored the bout in his favor, 116-110.[4] According to CompuBox, Pacquiao landed 28% [122/439] of his punches thrown and 46% of his power punches thrown [92/201], in comparison to Bradley's 33% [99/302] of punches landed and 40% [87/218] of power punches landed.

National Anthem Singers

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Referee and judges

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The MGM Grand Garden Arena, site of "PacBrad III"

Tony Weeks served as the referee in the ring whilst the judges who scored the bout (and ultimately decided its outcome) were Burt Clements (Las Vegas), Dave Moretti (Las Vegas) and Steve Weisfeld (New Jersey).

Fight Recap

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Pacquiao began the fight as the "aggressor", though Bradley dodged most of Pacquiao's major shots during the opening rounds. By midway through the fight, both fighters had traded blows, with Rounds 5-8 being very even. Pacquiao knocked Bradley down twice over the fight, in Rounds 7 and 9, ultimately helping Pacquiao secure his 58th professional win and the rights to the "Legacy Belt."[5]

Official Scorecards

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Judge Fighter  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 Total[6]
Burt Clements Pacquiao 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 9 116
Bradley 9 10 9 9 10 9 8 10 8 9 9 10 110
Dave Moretti Pacquiao 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 116
Bradley 10 9 10 9 9 9 8 10 8 9 10 9 110
Steve Weisfeld Pacquiao 10 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 10 9 10 116
Bradley 9 10 10 9 9 9 8 10 8 9 10 9 110

Fight card

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Weight Class vs. Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Philippines Manny Pacquiao def. United States Timothy Bradley UD 12 — WBO International & Lineal Welterweight titles
Super Middleweight Mexico Gilberto Ramírez def. Germany Arthur Abraham (c) UD 12 — WBO Super Middleweight title
Featherweight Mexico Oscar Valdez def. Russia Evgeny Gradovich TKO 4/10 2:14 WBO NABO Featherweight title
Super Lightweight United States Jose Ramírez def. United States Manuel Perez UD 10 — WBC Continental Americas Super Lightweight title
Welterweight Lithuania Egidijus Kavaliauskas def. Germany Deniz Ilbay UD 8 —
Light Heavyweight Ukraine Oleksandr Gvozdyk def. France Nadjib Mohammedi KO 2/10 2:06 WBC NABF Light Heavyweight title
Welterweight Russia Konstantin Ponomarev def. United States Brad Solomon SD 10 — WBC NABF Welterweight title
Super Middleweight Germany Leon Bauer def. Russia Ilshat Khusnulgatin UD 6 —
Lightweight United States Devin Haney def. Puerto Rico Rafael Vazquez UD 4 —

International broadcasting

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Country Broadcaster
Free-to-air Cable Pay-per-view
 Australia — — Main Event
 Canada — — Canal Indigo (Vidéotron)
SaskTel PPV
Shaw PPV
Sportsnet PPV (Rogers)
Vu! (Bell)
 Germany Sat.1 — —
 Indonesia tvOne — —
 New Zealand — — SKY Arena
 Panama RPC-TV[7] — —
 Philippines GMA Network Solar Sports Solar All Access
 Thailand Channel 7 —
 United Kingdom — Premier Sports —
 United States — — HBO PPV
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Preceded by Manny Pacquiao's bouts
April 9, 2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Timothy Bradley's bouts
April 9, 2016 		Retired

References

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  1. ^ "Pacquiao vs Bradley 3 a done deal – Arum - The Manila Times Online". The Manila Times. 30 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Manny Pacquiao: last fight will be April 9". Desert Sun. 20 January 2016.
  3. ^ "'Legacy' belt awaits winner of Pacquiao-Bradley bout". The Philippine STAR.
  4. ^ "Pacquiao vs Bradley 3 2016 Replay Online - FD Movies". Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  5. ^ "Manny Pacquiao v Timothy Bradley III – as it happened". The Guardian. 10 April 2016.
  6. ^ "Look it over! Pacquiao-Bradley 3 Final Scorecard". 10 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Lo Mejor del Boxeo Eventos".
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