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Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley II

Timothy Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao II, billed as Vindication, was a professional boxing match contested on April 12, 2014, for the WBO welterweight championship.

Background

The bout was held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada. Bradley entered as a 2 to 1 betting underdog.

The fight

Pacquiao won by unanimous decision and took the WBO welterweight title, ending Bradley's undefeated streak.

ESPN's Dan Rafael scored the bout 118-110 and HBO's Harold Lederman had it 116-112 both for Pacquiao.

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Fight card

Confirmed bouts:

Main bouts (HBO PPV)

Preliminary bouts (TopRank.tv)

Broadcasting

In the United States, the fight was broadcast on pay-per-view through HBO Boxing using Top Rank graphics and online at TopRank.tv. The fights were commentated by Jim Lampley, Max Kellerman and Mario Lopez as special guest commentator.

Unlike in the first fight drawing 890,000 PPV buys, the second fight drew around 800,000 PPV buys based on ESPN's report. Other sources would estimate between 775,000 and 800,000 PPV buys.

International broadcasting

The broadcasts for viewers outside the United States were under the Top Rank banner and commentated by the HBO Boxing crew for the English broadcast.

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