Timothy Bradley vs Manny Pacquiao Live fight Kickoff for third time on April 9th, 2016

Boxing’s initial major PPV event for 2016 has been confirmed, and it may double because the last bout of Manny Pacquiao's career. Pacquiao's agent, Bob Arum, told the Los Angeles Times' Lance Pugmire that the previous multi-division world champ can have a rubber match vs. Timothy Bradley on 9th April at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. HBO PPV can broadcast the event, and on the road will be Bradley's WBO welterweight (147 lbs.) title.

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Bradley and Pacquiao initial battled in 2012, with Bradley winning an extremely disputable decision and handing Pacquiao his initial loss since 2005. They rematches in April 2014, and Pacquiao won a transparent unanimous decision to send Bradley to the 1st (and to date only) defeat of his career.

Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs) is returning off a unanimous decision loss to Floyd Mayweather on 2nd May within the richest match in boxing history. The extremely anticipated super fight did not live up to the high expectations, And Pacquiao later discovered he came into the fight with a bruised right shoulder. Because it stands, his last win may be a Nov 2014 lopsided decision win over the sadly overmatched Chris Algieri.

 

Bradley (33-1-1, 13 KOs) recorded his initial stoppage win in four years by knockout Brandon Rios in an HBO main event last month. The 32-year-old conjointly defeated Jessie Vargas by unanimous decision in June, however not before suffering an enormous scare within the last round wherever he was desperately rocked within the closing seconds. Bradley's solely different non-win of his career may be a disputable draw vs. Diego Chaves last year, that came when the loss to Pacquiao.

As much as whether or not this may be Pacquiao's last fight, Arum had this to mention (via LA Times):

"I'm not aiming to advertise it as his last fight. It might be his final Boxing match. However I am not aiming to place myself in position wherever he changes his mind and goes on to boxed in November, and so everybody says I am a huckster. If it's his last boxing fight, it's his last fight and it is relevant intrinsically when.... I am not sure it's."

Other choices for Pacquiao enclosed rising star Terence Crawford (27-0, 19 KOs), and Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs), however according to Arum, cable and satellite distributors "didn't feel Khan would do something," which "[Khan] features an inconsistent record, hasn't done nice ratings. Why would we tend to feel he'd move on pay-per-view?"

While Khan is not engaged to fight anybody, Crawford is probably going to defend his a hundred and forty lbs. WBO title against Mauricio Herrera in February on steady HBO. The fight would happen at Madison square Garden in New York.

For the record, Pacquiao-Bradley I draw an according 890,000 buys, and also the rematch force in 800,000. Bradley has ne'er been abundant of a draw throughout his career, and also the aftermath of Mayweather-Pacquiao may greatly have an effect on Pacquiao's PPV strength, that had previously declined when his knockout loss to Juan Manuel Marquez. There is an authentic case to be created that Bradley may truly get the win here, however it is not precisely a fight that I think most fans were clamor to envision once more.

 

Manny Pacquiao has created his decision: He can fight welterweight titleholder Timothy Bradley Jr. for a 3rd time on 9th April at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas within the main event of an HBO PPV card, Top Rank agent Bob Arum mentioned.

Although the work is being sent to each camps, Arum told ESPN that he has deals with each fighters which he closed with Pacquiao on Tuesday by wiring him a $2 million advance against his $20 million bonded purse.

"[Pacquiao adviser] Michael [Koncz] cleared the whole thing with Manny and that we sent out the advance cash to seal the deal," Arum said.

Although immediate public reaction on social media was savagely negative concerning the fight -- as neither of the primary 2 installments were significantly unforgettable or competitive -- Arum said he believes Bradley may be a completely different fighter than he was the primary twice as a result of he is currently operating with trainer Teddy Atlas, the ESPN TV analyst.

Bradley fired career-long trainer Joel Diaz within the fall and convinced Atlas to require over his coaching. In their initial fight along, Bradley looked terribly sharp during a title defense against an ill-prepared Brandon Rios, whom he knocked move into the ninth round of a one-sided fight on November 7th.

 

Atlas told ESPN.com that he has nevertheless to listen from Bradley that the fight with Pacquiao was official however said he has already evaluated video of their initial 2 fights.

"I already checked out it. I do not believe waiting," Atlas said. "When this fight was initial mentioned, I checked out it and that I see what I ought to see and that I see why Pacquiao was able to be effective and why Tim was able to be effective at the days once he was effective."

Arum said he knew that a lot of boxing fans would be a react negatively to the fight, but said, "This may be a completely different Timothy Bradley below the aegis of Teddy Atlas,"

Arum said. "This isn't not me just that. The Bradley that fought Rios, no matter you considered Rios, was a unique fighter. It's still Bradley, however a replacement Bradley with Teddy. And at now of his career, will Manny handle that? Moreover, Manny is just returning off an injury."

Pacquiao, boxing's solely eight-division titleholder, are fighting for the initial time in 11 months when losing a transparent unanimous decision to Floyd Mayweather in their long-awaited and record-shattering welterweight title unification fight on 2nd May, similarly at the MGM Grand.

 

Pacquiao fought despite a shoulder injury he didn't expose till when the contest, angering many that shelled out a record $100 for the pay-per-view and thousands for tickets.

Pacquiao had surgery to repair a torn right rotator cuff following the boxing match, that sold-out a record 4.6 million pay-per-view subscriptions and generated in more than $600 million, moreover a record.

Pacquiao (57-6-2, 38 KOs), Who turned 37 on Dec. 17, and Bradley (33-1-1, 13 KOs), 32, of Palm Springs, California, have already split a pair of welterweight title fights, both of that were also at the MGM Grand.

In June 2012, Bradley claimed a split-decision win in one amongst the foremost disputable decision in boxing history. Whereas Duane Ford and C.J. Ross, both of whom no longer judge, gave the fight to Bradley, nearly everyone saw Pacquiao because the clear winner. The result was thus disputable that there it spawned multiple inquiries.

In the April 2014 rematch, Pacquiao won a cockeyed unanimous decision as he dominated the bout even as several believed he had done the 1st time.

"Anyone who has watched me on ESPN for nearly twenty years is aware of I am not one to throw out superlatives unless I trust them, however Pacquiao is one amongst the most effective fighters of the last decade," Atlas said. "It'll be a troublesome challenge, however we'll confirm we're prepared for this match. We’ll respect the challenge Pacquiao offerings. We’ll do what we're imagined to do and be 100% ready. It’ll be a tough fight."

Arum is already licking his chops to market the fight, in part, as a battle between Atlas and Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's Hall of Fame trainer and seven-time trainer of the year. Atlas and Roach do not significantly look after one another, and Arum is banking on some trash speak between the corner men to assist sell the fight.

Atlas, however, said he's not fascinated by being a sideshow with Roach.

"If that is what people are trying to envision, they're going to see exercise," Atlas said. "They'll see Freddie by himself. I actually have no interest in this. This can be concerning Timmy and concerning winning the fight. That is all it's concerning on behalf of me. It's concerning Timmy, not about me and Freddie."

Although the fight is meant to be the last one amongst Pacquiao's legendary career -- he's possible to be elective to a six-year term within the Philippines' senate in May, which is able to leave him very little time to coach or concentrate on boxing -- Arum said he wouldn't endorse the bout as a career finale.

"I am not aiming to position this as his last fight," Arum said. "It could okay be his last fight, however I will not place myself within the position of selling it as his last fight and so he decides he needs to fight once more and that I appear as a schmuck. I am unsure it's his last fight, despite what he told me."

If Pacquiao wins, several believe he can still fight in hopes of luring Mayweather out of retirement for a remunerative rematch next fall.

Timothy Bradley was hand-picked as Pacquiao's opponent over boxer titlist Terence Crawford (27-0, 19 KOs) and welterweight competitor Amir Khan (31-3, 19 KOs), a former unified junior welterweight boxer titleholder.

Although fights against Crawford, the 2014 fighter of the year who is promoted by Top Rank, and England's Khan, a protracted shot to land the fight as a result of he's within the stable of authority Al Haymon, Arum's business enemy, were far more popular choices among fans and media, Arum said Bradley created the most business sense.

His said Top Rank spoke broadly with cable operators and satellite services to raise their read on that fight would do larger business. He said all of them in agreement on Bradley.

"The reasoning was they did not assume Khan would resonate on pay-per-view within the United States," Arum said. "While people within the boxing community know him, he wasn't popular by the general public within the United States. In England, sure. There was no contest that he would be larger business over there. However the majority of the cash is within the United States pay-per-view.