Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley II

Vindication

Date	April 12, 2014
Venue	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the line	WBO welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Timothy Bradley Manny Pacquiao Nickname "Desert Storm" "Pac-Man" Hometown Palm Springs, California, U.S. General Santos, South Cotabato, Philippines Purse $6,000,000 $20,000,000 Pre-fight record 31–0 (1) (12 KO) 55–5–2 (38 KO) Age 30 years, 7 months 35 years, 3 months Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) Weight 145+1⁄2 lb (66 kg) 145 lb (66 kg) Style Orthodox Southpaw Recognition WBO Welterweight Champion The Ring No. 1 Ranked Welterweight TBRB No. 2 Ranked Welterweight The Ring No. 3 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 2-division world champion WBO No. 1 Ranked Welterweight The Ring No. 3 Ranked Welterweight TBRB No. 4 Ranked Welterweight The Ring No. 7 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 8-division world champion
Result
Pacquiao wins via 12-round unanimous decision (116-112, 116-112, 118-110)

Timothy Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao II, billed as Vindication, was a professional boxing match contested on April 12, 2014, for the WBO welterweight championship. ^[1]

Background

The bout was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Bradley entered as a 2 to 1 betting underdog.

The fight

Pacquiao won by unanimous decision and took the WBO welterweight title, ending Bradley's undefeated streak. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

ESPN's Dan Rafael scored the bout 118-110 and HBO's Harold Lederman had it 116-112 both for Pacquiao.

National anthem singers

National anthem singers

Ashanti
The Star-Spangled Banner

Jessica Sanchez Lupang Hinirang

• United States ( The Star-Spangled Banner ): Ashanti
• Philippines ( Lupang Hinirang ): Jessica Sanchez

Fight card

Confirmed bouts: ^[5]

Main bouts (HBO PPV)

• WBO welterweight bout: Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley (c) ^[6]
  • Pacquiao won by unanimous decision.
• NABO lightweight bout: Raymundo Beltrán VS. Arash Usmanee
  • Beltrán won by unanimous decision.
• WBA/IBO light welterweight bout: Khabib Allakhverdiev (c) vs. Jessie Vargas
  • Vargas won by unanimous decision.
• WBA super featherweight bout: Bryan Vázquez (c) vs. Jose Félix Jr. ^[7]
  • Vázquez won by unanimous decision.

Preliminary bouts (TopRank.tv)

^[8]

• Light heavyweight bout: Oleksandr Hvozdyk vs. Mike Montoya
  • Hvozdyk won by TKO.
• Featherweight bout: Óscar Valdez vs. Adrian Perez
  • Valdez won by TKO.
• Super middleweight bout: Esquiva Falcão vs. Publio Pena
  • Falcao won by unanimous decision.
• Light heavyweight bout: Sean Monaghan vs. Joe McCreedy
  • Monaghan won by TKO.

Broadcasting

In the United States, the fight was broadcast on pay-per-view through HBO Boxing using Top Rank graphics and online at TopRank.tv. The fights were commentated by Jim Lampley, Max Kellerman and Mario Lopez as special guest commentator.

Unlike in the first fight drawing 890,000 PPV buys, the second fight drew around 800,000 PPV buys based on ESPN's report. ^[9] Other sources would estimate between 775,000 and 800,000 PPV buys. ^[10]

International broadcasting

The broadcasts for viewers outside the United States were under the Top Rank banner and commentated by the HBO Boxing crew for the English broadcast.

Country	Broadcaster
	Free-to-air	Cable	Pay-per-view
Australia	—	Fox Sports	Main Event
Canada	—	Fight Network	—
Chile	—	Golden, Vive Deportes	—
Indonesia	tvOne	—	—
New Zealand	—	—	SKY Arena
Philippines	GMA Network	Solar Sports	Solar All Access
Thailand	Channel 7	Media Channel	—
United Kingdom	—	—	BoxNation
United States	—	—	HBO PPV

References

1. "Timothy Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao (2nd meeting)". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
2. "WBO welterweight title fight: Manny Pacquiao vs Timothy Bradley – as it happened!". Guardian. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
3. "Manny Pacquiao v Timothy Bradley: live". Daily Telegraph. 13 April 2014. Archived from the original on 12 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
4. "Manny Pacquiao beats Timothy Bradley to win WBO title". BBC Sport. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
5. "BoxRec - event".
6. Christ, Scott (13 April 2014). "Pacquiao vs Bradley II results: Manny Pacquiao wins clear decision in rematch, evens the score". Bad Left Hook. SB Nation . Retrieved April 16, 2014.
7. Christ, Scott (April 12, 2014). "Pacquiao vs Bradley live streaming results: Bryan Vasquez outclasses Jose Felix Jr in PPV opener". Bad Left Hook. SB Nation . Retrieved April 16, 2014.
8. Christ, Scott (April 12, 2014). "Pacquiao vs Bradley II live streaming results: Prelim bouts from MGM Grand (April 12, 2014)". Bad Left Hook. SB Nation . Retrieved April 16, 2014.
9. Rafael, Dan (May 10, 2014). "Pacquiao-Bradley II numbers down". ESPN . Retrieved May 12, 2014.
10. "Report: Pacquiao-Bradley rematch draws 800K PPV buys". The Philippine Star . May 8, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.

Preceded by vs. Brandon Ríos	Manny Pacquiao's bouts 12 April 2014	Succeeded by vs. Chris Algieri
Preceded by vs. Juan Manuel Márquez	Timothy Bradley's bouts 12 April 2014	Succeeded by vs. Diego Chaves