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Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley II

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Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley II
DateApril 12, 2014
VenueMGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the lineWBO welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer United States Timothy Bradley Philippines 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+12 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, was a professional boxing match contested on April 12, 2014, for the WBO welterweight championship.[1]

Background

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

The fight

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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.

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National anthem singers

Fight card

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Confirmed bouts:[5]

Main bouts (HBO PPV)

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Preliminary bouts (TopRank.tv)

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Broadcasting

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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

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

References

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  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. "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 Manny Pacquiao's bouts
12 April 2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by Timothy Bradley's bouts
12 April 2014
Succeeded by