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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 the April 9th, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The bout was on HBO PPV. [1] Pacquiao claimed that the 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 landing 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 thrown.
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).
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Pacquiao began the fight as the aggressor, while Bradley dodged most of Pacquiao's major shots. Midway through the fight, both fighters traded blows; leading to Rounds 5-8 being very even. Pacquiao knocked Bradley down twice in the right, in both Round 7 and Round 9, which helped Pacquiao secure his 58th professional win and the rights to the "Legacy Belt." [5]
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 |
Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||||
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Welterweight | ![]() | def. | ![]() | UD | 12 | — | WBO International & Lineal Welterweight titles | |||
Super Middleweight | ![]() | def. | ![]() | UD | 12 | — | WBO Super Middleweight title | |||
Featherweight | ![]() | def. | ![]() | TKO | 4/10 | 2:14 | WBO NABO Featherweight title | |||
Super Lightweight | ![]() | def. | ![]() | UD | 10 | — | WBC Continental Americas Super Lightweight title | |||
Welterweight | ![]() | def. | ![]() | UD | 8 | — | ||||
Light Heavyweight | ![]() | def. | ![]() | KO | 2/10 | 2:06 | WBC NABF Light Heavyweight title | |||
Welterweight | ![]() | def. | ![]() | SD | 10 | — | WBC NABF Welterweight title | |||
Super Middleweight | ![]() | def. | ![]() | UD | 6 | — | ||||
Lightweight | ![]() | def. | ![]() | UD | 4 | — |
Country | Broadcaster | ||
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Free-to-air | Cable | Pay-per-view | |
![]() | — | — | Main Event |
![]() | — | — | Canal Indigo (Vidéotron) SaskTel PPV Shaw PPV Sportsnet PPV (Rogers) Vu! (Bell) |
![]() | Sat.1 | — | — |
![]() | tvOne | — | — |
![]() | — | — | SKY Arena |
![]() | RPC-TV [7] | — | — |
![]() | GMA Network | Solar Sports | Solar All Access |
![]() | Channel 7 | — | |
![]() | — | Premier Sports | — |
![]() | — | — | HBO PPV |
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