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.
Background It was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on HBO PPV. Pacquiao claimed this fight would be his last professional bout, however, he has fought seven times since. The winner of the bout would be awarded a Special WBO commemorative title belt, which billed the "Legacy Belt".
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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.
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 JudgeFighter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112TotalBurt ClementsPacquiao10910109101091010109 116 Bradley9109910981089910 110Dave MorettiPacquiao91091010101091010910 116 Bradley1091099981089109 110Steve WeisfeldPacquiao10991010101091010910 116 Bradley9101099981089109 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." 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: Weight Class vs. Method Round Time NotesWelterweight Manny Pacquiao def. Timothy BradleyUD12—WBO International & Lineal Welterweight titlesSuper Middleweight Gilberto Ramírez def. Arthur Abraham (c)UD12—WBO Super Middleweight titleFeatherweight Oscar Valdez def. Evgeny GradovichTKO4/102:14WBO NABO Featherweight titleSuper Lightweight Jose Ramírezdef. Manuel PerezUD10—WBC Continental Americas Super Lightweight titlePreliminary boutsLightweight Devin Haneydef. Rafael VazquezUD4—Light Heavyweight Oleksandr Gvozdyk def. Nadjib MohammediKO2/102:06WBC NABF Light Heavyweight titleWelterweight Egidijus Kavaliauskas def. Deniz IlbayUD8—Super Middleweight Leon Bauerdef. Ilshat KhusnulgatinUD6—Welterweight Konstantin Ponomarevdef. Brad SolomonSD10—WBC NABF Welterweight title
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External links Official website
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