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, billed as The Legacy Fight, was a professional boxing contested on April 9, 2016, for the WBO International championship.
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.[1]
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It was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on HBO PPV.[2] Pacquiao claimed this fight would be his last professional bout, however, he has fought seven times since.[3] The winner of the bout would be awarded a Special WBO commemorative title belt, which billed the "Legacy Belt".[4]
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Referee and judges
Tony Weeks served as the referee in the ring whilst the judges who scored the bout were Burt Clements (Las Vegas), Dave Moretti (Las Vegas) and Steve Weisfeld (New Jersey).
Fight Recap
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 by unanimous decision with all three judges scoring it 116–110.[5][6]
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.
Official Scorecards
| Judge | Fighter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total[7] |
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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 |
Aftermath
After the match, Pacquiao said, "As of now, I am retired" and later shared "I'm going to go home and think about it. I want to be with my family. I want to serve the people."[8] He was also recognized as the TBRB champion.
On August 6, 2017, Bradley officially announced his retirement from professional boxing after nearly 12 years in the sport.
Fight card
Confirmed bouts:[9]
| Weight Class | vs. | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||||
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| Welterweight | Manny Pacquiao |
def. |  Timothy Bradley |
UD | 12 | — | WBO International & Lineal Welterweight titles | |||
| Super Middleweight |  Gilberto Ramírez |
def. |  Arthur Abraham (c) |
UD | 12 | — | WBO Super Middleweight title | |||
| Featherweight | Oscar Valdez |
def. |  Evgeny Gradovich |
TKO | 4/10 | 2:14 | WBO NABO Featherweight title | |||
| Super Lightweight | Jose Ramírez |
def. | Manuel Perez |
UD | 10 | — | WBC Continental Americas Super Lightweight title | |||
| Preliminary bouts | ||||||||||
| Lightweight | Devin Haney |
def. |  Rafael Vazquez |
UD | 4 | — | ||||
| Light Heavyweight |  Oleksandr Gvozdyk |
def. |  Nadjib Mohammedi |
KO | 2/10 | 2:06 | WBC NABF Light Heavyweight title | |||
| Welterweight |  Egidijus Kavaliauskas |
def. | Deniz Ilbay |
UD | 8 | — | ||||
| Super Middleweight | Leon Bauer |
def. | Ilshat Khusnulgatin |
UD | 6 | — | ||||
| Welterweight | Konstantin Ponomarev |
def. | Brad Solomon |
SD | 10 | — | WBC NABF Welterweight title | |||
