BoxingScene.com has obtained the numbers for last Saturday's welterweight bout between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, which took place at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The controversial fight generated a live gate of $8,963,180, with 13,229 tickets sold. There were 2,070 unsold tickets and 925 comps given out.
Newly crowned WBO welterweight champion Timothy Bradley Jr. appeared on the most recent edition of The Boxing Lab, BoxingScene.com's official audio show. Bradley spoke at length about his controversial win over Manny Pacquiao this past Saturday. Shortly after Bradley's victory, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank told reporters that Bradley told him in the ring - "I did my best. I just couldn't beat this guy."
Over the past few days, people in the sport of boxing have tried to find an explanation for the scorecards of officials Duane Ford, C.J. Ross, and Jerry Roth, who were sitting ringside at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada during Saturday night’s Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley duel.
The World Boxing Organization, led by Puerto Rico's President Francisco ‘Paco‘ Valcárcel, will have the organization's Championship Committee evaluate the controversial fight between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, where Bradley captured the WBO's welterweight title with a split decision (113-115, 115-113, 115-113). The result has been highly protested all over the world.
A wide array of comments followed Monday’s announcement that Top Rank submitted a formal request with the Nevada Attorney General’s office for an investigation regarding last Saturday’s bout between Tim Bradley and Manny Pacquiao. Bradley was the recipient of a split decision win that was met with enough backlash to where Top Rank felt it necessary to take a deeper look into the circumstances surrounding the scoring. Judge Jerry Roth had Pacquiao winning 115-113, while officials Duane Roth and CJ Ross had Bradley winning by that same margin.
Whenever a big fight in the boxing world goes down, I like to make the rounds and get some feedback from the boxing community out here in Las Vegas. This past weekend, at the MGM Grand, Manny Pacquiao appeared to do enough to claim a victory over the ambitious Tim Bradley. But after twelve rounds, the WBO welterweight title would change hands as Bradley came away with a split-decision verdict after two of the 115-113 scorecards read across the board went in his favor.
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