Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley III, 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]

Background

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 six 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]
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 and the Lineal welterweight champion.[9]

On August 6, 2017, Bradley officially announced his retirement from professional boxing after nearly 12 years in the sport.

Fight card

Confirmed bouts:[10]

Weight Class vs. Method Round Time Notes
Welterweight Philippines Manny Pacquiao def. United States Timothy Bradley UD 12 — WBO International & Lineal Welterweight titles
Super Middleweight Mexico Gilberto Ramírez def. Germany Arthur Abraham (c) UD 12 — WBO Super Middleweight title
Featherweight Mexico Oscar Valdez def. Russia Evgeny Gradovich TKO 4/10 2:14 WBO NABO Featherweight title
Super Lightweight United States Jose Ramírez def. United States Manuel Perez UD 10 — WBC Continental Americas Super Lightweight title
Preliminary bouts
Lightweight United States Devin Haney def. Puerto Rico Rafael Vazquez UD 4 —
Light Heavyweight Ukraine Oleksandr Gvozdyk def. France Nadjib Mohammedi KO 2/10 2:06 WBC NABF Light Heavyweight title
Welterweight Lithuania Egidijus Kavaliauskas def. Germany Deniz Ilbay UD 8 —
Super Middleweight Germany Leon Bauer def. Russia Ilshat Khusnulgatin UD 6 —
Welterweight Russia Konstantin Ponomarev def. United States Brad Solomon SD 10 — WBC NABF Welterweight title

International broadcasting

Country Broadcaster
Free-to-air Cable Pay-per-view
 Australia — — Main Event
 Canada — — Canal Indigo (Vidéotron)
SaskTel PPV
Shaw PPV
Sportsnet PPV (Rogers)
Vu! (Bell)
 Germany Sat.1 — —
 Indonesia tvOne — —
 New Zealand — — SKY Arena
 Panama RPC-TV[11] — —
 Philippines GMA Network Solar Sports Solar All Access
 Thailand Channel 7 —
 United Kingdom — Premier Sports —
 United States — — HBO PPV
Preceded by Manny Pacquiao's bouts
9 April 2016 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Timothy Bradley's bouts
9 April 2016 		Retired

References

  1. ^ "Pacquiao vs Bradley 3 2016 Replay Online - FD Movies". Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  2. ^ "Pacquiao vs Bradley 3 a done deal – Arum - The Manila Times Online". The Manila Times. 30 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Manny Pacquiao: last fight will be April 9". Desert Sun. 20 January 2016.
  4. ^ "'Legacy' belt awaits winner of Pacquiao-Bradley bout". The Philippine STAR.
  5. ^ "Pacquiao vs Bradley 3 2016 Replay Online - FD Movies". Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  6. ^ "Manny Pacquiao v Timothy Bradley III – as it happened". The Guardian. 10 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Look it over! Pacquiao-Bradley 3 Final Scorecard". 10 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Manny Pacquiao retires after beating Timothy Bradley by unanimous decision". Yahoo Sports. April 10, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  9. ^ "The Lineal Welterweight Champs". cyberboxingzone.com. Cyber Boxing Zone. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
  10. ^ "BoxRec - event".
  11. ^ "Lo Mejor del Boxeo Eventos".
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