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) WBO welterweight bout: Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley (c) Pacquiao won by unanimous decision. NABO lightweight bout: Raymundo Beltrán VS. Arash Usmanee Beltrán won by unanimous decision. WBA/IBO light welterweight bout: Khabib Allakhverdiev (c) vs. Jessie Vargas Vargas won by unanimous decision. WBA super featherweight bout: Bryan Vázquez (c) vs. Jose Félix Jr. Vázquez won by unanimous decision.
Preliminary bouts (TopRank.tv)
Light heavyweight bout: Oleksandr Hvozdyk vs. Mike Montoya Hvozdyk won by TKO. Featherweight bout: Óscar Valdez vs. Adrian Perez Valdez won by TKO. Super middleweight bout: Esquiva Falcão vs. Publio Pena Falcao won by unanimous decision. Light heavyweight bout: Sean Monaghan vs. Joe McCreedy Monaghan won by TKO.
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. CountryBroadcasterFree-to-airCablePay-per-view AustraliaFox SportsMain Event Canada Fight Network ChileGolden, Vive DeportestvOne New ZealandSKY Arena PhilippinesGMA NetworkSolar SportsSolar All Access ThailandChannel 7Media Channel United KingdomBoxNation United StatesHBO PPV
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