Timothy Bradley: record, next fight and profile →
Dethroned boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao's furious mother led demands in the Philippines for a rematch with Timothy Bradley, although church leaders said the Catholic fighter should retire.
Ryan Burton catches up with former champion Manny Pacquiao to discuss his controversial twelve round split decision loss to Timothy Bradley.
Ryan Burton catches up with strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza to get his thoughts on Manny Pacquiao's controversial decision loss to Timothy Bradley.
Ryan Burton catches up with trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr. to discuss Manny Pacquiao's controversial decision loss to Timothy Bradley.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Forget Willy Loman. And while you’re at it… forget Billy Mays, Dale Carnegie and that old guy who mentored Tom Cruise’s character in Jerry Maguire. In fact, you can go ahead and forget every great salesman you’d ever thought you’d known from movies, literature and late-night infomercial TV. Because Bob Arum’s got ’em all beat. I went ahead and labeled the long-time Top Rank consigliere a “genius” in a pre-fight tweet last week, back when I thought his master stroke was merely selling a slap-hitting 140-pounder without a relevant division win as a worthwhile contender for a welterweight title. The idea that Tim Bradley – with exactly 12 KOs in 28 pro fights – would put up anything more than token resistance to a rampaging pound-for-pounder who’d not lost in seven years seemed patently ridiculous, but Arum showed his chops in the number of savvy media pros he’d gotten to buy in.
Moments after the official verdict of the Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley fight was announced, members of the media and various boxing insiders began pouring into the MGM Grand’s media center in anticipation towards the evening’s post-fight press conference. Bradley would score a shocking upset, coming away with a split-decision verdict over Pacquiao after two 115-113 scorecards were read in his favor while the third 115-113 tally was for the sport’s only eight-division champion.
CompuBox broke down Pacquiao’s landed punches vs. Bradley round by round/minute by minute. Our findings may offer a clue as to what may have altered the scorecards of judges Ford and Ross (and even Roth's). Of Manny's 253 landed punches, 122 (48%) occurred in the final minute of each round. This should not have had an effect on the judges scoring since the entire round is scored, however, perhaps Manny created the perception that he was losing rounds by starting slow. Of his 253 landed punches, only 42 (17%) occurred in the first minute of each round.
LAS VEGAS, NEV. – Bob Arum, Chairman and CEO of Top Rank, said today that he has submitted a formal request to the Nevada Attorney General’s office for a full and complete inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the scoring of Saturday’s WBO welterweight championship fight between defending champion Manny Pacquiao and challenger Timothy Bradley. The Pacquiao-Bradley welterweight title fight took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
BoxingScene.com caught up with four division champion Juan Manuel Marquez shortly after Timothy Bradley's controversial victory over Manny Pacquiao. The Mexican fighter was hoping to face Pacquiao for a fourth time in November but now Pacquiao and Bradley will be squaring off in a rematch instead.
BoxingScene.com spoke with Richard Schaefer, the CEO of Golden Boy Promotions, to get his thoughts regarding Manny Pacquiao's controversial decision loss to Timothy Bradley from this past Saturday night in Las Vegas. Schaefer also gave his take on why a Pacquiao-Bradley rematch is a bad idea for the sport. And he also discusses whether or not the Bradley defeat will affect future negotiations for a possible mega-fight between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.