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Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness, [1] was a professional boxing match between undefeated five-division world champion and WBA (Super), WBC, TBRB and The Ring welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world champion and WBO, and IBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for the unified world welterweight ...
Pacquiao would drop Barrera for a second time in the 11th, he beat the count but later in the round he would be trapped on the ropes with the challenger landing a barrage of unanswered punches would prompted Barrera's corner to throw in the towel giving Pacquiao a TKO victory. [6] At the time of the stoppage Pacquiao led on all three scorecards ...
Pacquiao's promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank Boxing said on 22 January that the fight "was off", citing Pacquiao's decision not to sign the contract. Arum increased Pacquiao's guaranteed purse to US$12 million from $11 million and a 52%–48% split. Pacquiao's camp asked for "more demands and the deal fell apart", he said. [6]
On May 10, Márquez accepted an offer from Top Rank to fight Pacquiao for his WBO welterweight title at a catchweight of 144 pounds. [130] On May 18, Márquez signed the deal to fight Pacquiao for the third time on November 12 in Las Vegas. On November 12, Pacquiao defeated Márquez via majority decision 114–114, 115–113, and 116–112.
The fight was stopped before the start of the ninth round and Pacquiao is awarded the victory. [8] [10] Pacquiao was ahead on all three judges' scorecards before the stoppage, with two judges scoring the fight at 80-71 (Pacquiao won all rounds) and one scoring it at 79–72 (Pacquiao won 7 rounds and lost 1). [11]
The fight generated 1.25 million buys and 70 million dollars in domestic pay-per-view revenue, making it the most watched boxing event of 2009. [11] Pacquiao earned around 22 million dollars for his part in the fight, whilst Cotto earned around 12 million dollars. [ 11 ]
Pacquiao wins via 12-round unanimous decision (116-112, 116-112, 118-110) Timothy Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao II , was a professional boxing match contested on April 12, 2014, for the WBO welterweight championship.
[2] [3] The bout is the last of the Pacquiao-Morales trilogy, [4] widely considered one of the greatest boxing trilogies of all time. [5] [6] [7] The fight also marked a return to HBO for Pacquiao, and the first fight in his four-year contract with Top Rank as his promoter. [8]