Date | April 12, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBO welterweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pacquiao wins via 12-round unanimous decision (116-112, 116-112, 118-110) |
Timothy Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao II, was a professional boxing match contested on April 12, 2014, for the WBO welterweight championship. [1]
The bout was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Bradley entered as a 2 to 1 betting underdog.
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.
Confirmed bouts: [5]
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]
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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 | ||
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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 |
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