Who won Bradley Jr vs Pacquiao?
Manny Pacquiao beat Timothy Bradley Jr by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 12th April 2014 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
The scorecards were announced as 112-116, 110-118, 112-116 in favor of winner Manny Pacquiao.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 KG).
This contest was for the WBO welterweight championship of the world.
Bradley Jr vs Pacquiao stats
Timothy Bradley Jr stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 31 wins, zero loses and 0 draws, 12 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Manny Pacquiao made his way to the ring with a record of 55 wins, 5 loses and 2 draws, with 38 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Pacquiao had a large advantage in power over Bradley Jr, boosting at 69% knock out percentage over Bradley Jr's 39%.
Timothy Bradley Jr was the younger man by 5 years, at 39 years old.
Bradley Jr had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pacquiao. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.
Timothy Bradley Jr fought out of the orthodox stance, while Manny Pacquiao was a southpaw.
Bradley Jr was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 31 less fights, and made his debut in 2004, 9 year and 6 months later than Pacquiao, whose first professional fight was in 1995. He had fought 217 less professional rounds, 287 to Pacquiao's 504.
Bradley Jr vs Pacquiao form
Pacquiao had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 2 of them, going the distance 3 times.
In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Chris Algieri on 23rd November 2014 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Welterweight championship fight at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.
Previous to that, he had defeated Timothy Bradley Jr on 12th April 2014 by unanimous decision in their WBO World Welterweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.
Going into that contest, he had beat Brandon Rios on 24th November 2013 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.
Before that, he had won against Ricky Hatton on 2nd May 2009 by knockout in the 2nd round at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada, United States.
He had beat Oscar De La Hoya on 6th December 2008 by technical knockout in the 8th round at MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Nevada.
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Pacquiao's last 5 fights had come over a period of 14 years, 2 months and 1 day, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 10 months. In those fights, he fought a total of 46 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9.2 rounds on average.
What time did Bradley Jr vs Pacquiao start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 6:00 PM EST / 3:00 PM PST at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 10:00 PM GMT in the UK.
What were the odds on Bradley Jr vs Pacquiao?
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