Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley III
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| Date | April 9, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | vacant WBO International welterweight title | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
[edit]- United States (The Star-Spangled Banner) – Trent Harmon
- Philippines (Lupang Hinirang) – The Word Choir
Referee and judges
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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
[edit] | This section's tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia. (January 2017) |
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
[edit]| Judge | Fighter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total[6] |
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| 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
[edit]| Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||||
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| Welterweight |  Manny Pacquiao
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def. |  Timothy Bradley
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UD | 12 | — | WBO International & Lineal Welterweight titles | |||
| Super Middleweight |  Gilberto Ramírez
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def. |  Arthur Abraham (c)
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UD | 12 | — | WBO Super Middleweight title | |||
| Featherweight | Oscar Valdez
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def. |  Evgeny Gradovich
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TKO | 4/10 | 2:14 | WBO NABO Featherweight title | |||
| Super Lightweight | Jose Ramírez
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def. | Manuel Perez
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UD | 10 | — | WBC Continental Americas Super Lightweight title | |||
| Welterweight |  Egidijus Kavaliauskas
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def. | Deniz Ilbay
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UD | 8 | — | ||||
| Light Heavyweight |  Oleksandr Gvozdyk
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def. |  Nadjib Mohammedi
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KO | 2/10 | 2:06 | WBC NABF Light Heavyweight title | |||
| Welterweight | Konstantin Ponomarev
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def. | Brad Solomon
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SD | 10 | — | WBC NABF Welterweight title | |||
| Super Middleweight | Leon Bauer
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def. | Ilshat Khusnulgatin
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UD | 6 | — | ||||
| Lightweight | Devin Haney
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def. |  Rafael Vazquez
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UD | 4 | — |
International broadcasting
[edit]| Country | Broadcaster | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Free-to-air | Cable | Pay-per-view | |
 Australia
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— | — | Main Event |
 Canada
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— | — | Canal Indigo (Vidéotron) SaskTel PPV Shaw PPV Sportsnet PPV (Rogers) Vu! (Bell) |
| Germany
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Sat.1 | — | — |
 Indonesia
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tvOne | — | — |
 New Zealand
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— | — | SKY Arena |
 Panama
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RPC-TV[7] | — | — |
| Philippines
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GMA Network | Solar Sports | Solar All Access |
 Thailand
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Channel 7 | — | |
 United Kingdom
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— | Premier Sports | — |
| United States
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— | — | HBO PPV |
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Pacquiao vs Bradley 3 a done deal – Arum - The Manila Times Online". The Manila Times. 30 December 2015.
- ^ "Manny Pacquiao: last fight will be April 9". Desert Sun. 20 January 2016.
- ^ "'Legacy' belt awaits winner of Pacquiao-Bradley bout". The Philippine STAR.
- ^ "Pacquiao vs Bradley 3 2016 Replay Online - FD Movies". Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
- ^ "Manny Pacquiao v Timothy Bradley III – as it happened". The Guardian. 10 April 2016.
- ^ "Look it over! Pacquiao-Bradley 3 Final Scorecard". 10 April 2016.
- ^ "Lo Mejor del Boxeo Eventos".