Sherdog.com's Mike Sloan reports live from Las Vegas with real-time
Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley round-by-round updates. Sloan
will be joined by boxing personality Gary Randall and Sherdog.com
Managing Editor Mike Fridley in scoring the action.
Undercard Results
Even with the great “Irish” Micky Ward in his corner, “Irish” Joe
McCreedy had no answer for the powerful “Irish” Sean Monaghan” in
their light heavyweight showdown. The pride of Long Beach, NY,
Monaghan took his time in picking the shorter McCreedy apart at the
seams. As the rounds wore on, Monaghan’s power proved to be too
much and with how potent his hooks to the body were, the Lowell, MA
fighter never made it out of the fifth round. Monaghan (21-0, 14
KOs) scored a knockdown in the third with a flurry that was
punctuated by a left to the body. He scored two more knockdowns in
the fifth; the first from a left to the liver, the last from a
right to gut. When McCreedy (15-7-2, 6 KOs) crumbled onto his knees
after the third felling of the contest, Jay Nady waived it off,
officially ending the mugging at 2:25 of the fifth.
For six rounds, middleweight prospect Esquiva Falcao peppered,
battered, and toyed with the much slower Pubilo Pena and was never
in any real danger. Falcao, who hails from Vitoria, Brazil,
utilized a clear speed advantage and accurate punching to easily
outpoint his opponent for every minute of every round. But while he
landed dozens of clean, hard shots to the head, the Providence
fighter never wavered and hung tough until the end. Falcao (2-0, 1
KO) was flawless against Pena (2-2, 1 KO) and was awarded a
lopsided unanimous decision by the margins of 60-54 (twice) and
60-53.
Oscar Valdez, a very promising young super featherweight prospect
from Nogales, was brilliant against Adrian Perez in scoring a
fourth round knockout. Valdez, who fought for the Mexican flag at
both the Beijing and London Olympic Games, took his time with
sizzling counter punching and blistering leads. But what set him
apart from the Sarasota fighter were the thunderous shots to the
body. Finally, after Perez missed with a loopy right hand, Valdez
detonated a textbook left hook to the liver. Perez immediately
caved in and collapsed onto his gloves and knees where Russell Mora
counted him out. The official time of the knockout came at 1:23 of
the fourth, allowing Valdez to improve to 10-9 with his 9thcareer
stoppage. Perez dipped to 10-5-1 with 1 KO.
Oleksandr Gvozdyk made good on his pro debut by obliterating the
overmatched Mike Montoya in the opening round of their light
heavyweight tussle. The Ukrainian was too tall and much too
accurate for the Colorado Springs representative to handle and it
was just a matter of time before Gvozdyk ended the contest.
Finally, after battering Montoya with every punch in the book - and
after creating a grotesque mouse under his right eye – Gvozdyk
flattened him with a crushing straight right hand. Referee Russell
Mora immediately called off the bout and urged the ringside
physician into the ring. Fortunately Montoya (4-3-1, 2 KOs) was
able to get back to his feet and walk out of the ring on his own.
The official time of the knockout came with a mere five seconds
remaining in the opening frame.
What started out as an all-out war eventually turned into a
tactical boxing match and that suited Bryan Vazquez just fine. His
opponent in the WBA Interim super featherweight title tilt -- Jose
Felix -- stormed out of his corner with guns ablaze and forced
Vazquez to trade with him. For the first three rounds the two tore
into each other with reckless abandon, but after routinely getting
tagged by the counter right hand, Vazquez switched up his
style.
The San Jose, CA, fighter boxed more efficiently, which perplexed
Felix during the latter stages of the fight. When Felix couldn’t
goad his foe into more toe-to-toe action, he grew more and more
frustrated. That led to repeated low blows that eventually cost him
a point from referee Robert Byrd in the ninth. Vazquez was
countering the Los Mochis native beautifully and intelligently
shied away from the inside war until the final 20 seconds of the
contest. At that point, a desperate Felix tried to pull off a
last-minute knockout, but it never materialized.
In the end, Vazquez’ superior boxing and better movement in the
second half of the fracas allowed him to win a hard-fought but
well-deserved unanimous decision. The three ringside judges saw it
117-110 and 114-113 (twice) for Vazquez, who improved to 34-1 with
17 KOs. For Felix, he lost for the first time as a pro; he now
stands at 26-1-1 with 21 KOs.
Local super lightweight Jessie Vargas was a heavy betting favorite
entering the contest with Khabib Allakhverdiev, but most figured it
would be a tough fight for him to win convincingly. Considering
that Vargas doesn’t possess vaunted power in his hands, the notion
was that the fight would last the allotted twelve rounds and it
did. Vargas wound up winning a unanimous decision over his Russian
counterpart, but it wasn’t easy.
Vargas tagged Allakhverdiev with every punch in the book. The Las
Vegas nearly closed Allakhverdiev’s right eye and opened a nasty
laceration above his left that had to be checked by the ringside
physician twice. Vargas tore into his opponent throughout the bout,
but Allakhverdiev never relented and stood his ground the entire
way. Allakhverdiev had moments of brilliance as well, particularly
in the middle rounds, but he had difficulty in sustaining any real
attacks.
In the end, Vargas (24-0, 9) was a step ahead of Allakhverdiev
(19-1, 9 KOs) throughout the encounter and was more accurate with
his punches. The three ringside judges all scored in favor of him
with margins of 115-113 (twice) and 117-111. Sherdog also had it
for Vargas, but by the tally of 117-110; he took home the vacant
WBA Interim super lightweight title.
Continuing the trend of lackluster support bouts, Los Mochis native
Ray Beltran proved to be a tad too big and long for Arash Usmanee
to handle as he wound up winning a lopsided unanimous decision.
Beltran stalked the Canadian throughout the encounter and forced
him into a slugfest when he could, which wasn’t very often. Usmanee
was rocked a few times early in the battle, which led to him
backpedalling for the majority of the time.
Usmanee grew more and more desperate as the rounds wore away, but
even when he tried to land some ferocious shots upstairs, they were
either blocked or avoided. Some of his leaping hooks landed, but
Beltran took them well, never being fazed by his fellow
lightweight. There were a few times in the duel where it seemed as
though Beltran might break open the dam, but as soon as Usmanee
felt the power, he either clinched or retreated.
There were scattered moments of action here and there, but for the
most part it was a workmanlike performance by Beltran, who ran away
with the fight on points. The three ringside officials saw it for
Beltran, who won via tallies of 118-110 and 117-111 (twice).
Sherdog scored it 119-109 for Beltran as well, who improved to
29-6-1 with 17 KOs and took home the regional NABO lightweight
belt. Usmanee dipped to 20-2-1 with 10 KOs.
Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy
Bradley
Round 1
Bradley fires a jab to start the fight. He’s pawing with that left
jab but not connecting. Manny lands a meager right hand. Bradley is
staying just out of reach of Manny, who is patient. Pacquiao throws
a straight left but it’s blocked. Bradley digs a hook to the body
but it glances off. Nothing clean has landed from either man a
minute in. Nice straight right hand by Bradley lands on Manny’s
cheek. Pacquiao throws a combo but Bradley avoids them all. A
left/right to the body misses for Bradley. Bradley lands a right to
the body but Manny answers with a flurry, though all the punches
miss. Double right jab by Manny. Bradley fires a double jab and
straight right that lands. Very close round but Bradley took
it.
Sherdog Scores
Mike Sloan scores the round: 10-9 Bradley
Gary Randall scores the round: 10-9 Bradley
Mike Fridley scores the round: 10-9 Bradley
Round 2
Bradley opens the second with a stiff left jab. They miss a brief
exchange. Pacquiao lands a right hand. Manny fires a double jab.
Right by Bradley is blocked. Bradley is backing away slightly to
his left and then fires right to the body. Jab, jab, jab by
Bradley. Straight left lands by Manny and it buzzes Bradley. He
lands a right and Bradley backs away. Another left by Manny and
they go toe-to-toe. Bradley has recovered and lands a series of
punches in the corner. The Filipino returns fire and in a wild
exchange. It turns sloppy with both men slipping and grabbing. They
calm down a bit toward the end once Bradley gets his bearings under
control.
Sherdog Scores
Mike Sloan scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Gary Randall scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Mike Fridley scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Round 3
Bradley fires a series of jabs to start the round again. Manny
lands a nice left hand early. Bradley charges in and throws wild
punches to Pacquiao, who blocks them all. Manny is darting in and
out beautifully and it’s perplexing Desert Storm. Nice straight
left by Pacquiao but it’s not clean. Bradley answers with a
right/left to the head and body. Bradley is opting to slug it out
with Pacquiao, which could be his downfall. They trade wild blows
on the inside. Manny is firing more but his shots are being
blocked. Pacquiao rattles off a string of hard lefts and rights,
but Bradley jukes and dodges almost all, even with his gloves to
his side. Great action at the close of the third.
Sherdog Scores
Mike Sloan scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Gary Randall scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Mike Fridley scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Round 4
Bradley starts the round with a right and left to the head but he
misses them both. Bradley is stalking Pacquiao now. Manny fires a
three-punch combo but his missiles miss. Hard right to the body by
Bradley. After and exchange, Bradley lands a hard counter right to
the Filipino’s jaw. Hard straight right by Bradley. Another. It
seems to have rocked Pacquiao. Nice left jab/right
uppercut/overhand right by Bradley. Hard left to the ribs by
Pacquiao. Bradley chases down Manny and lands a hard right up top.
Another.
Sherdog Scores
Mike Sloan scores the round: 10-9 Bradley
Gary Randall scores the round: 10-9 Bradley
Mike Fridley scores the round: 10-9 Bradley
Round 5
Bradley fires off a three-punch combo upstairs immediately. Pac-Man
is backing away, but then lands a decent left hand along the ropes.
Two hard rights to the body from Tim. Pacquiao just misses a lethal
left hand to the head. Stiff left jab by Bradley. Pacquiao is not
very busy at all in this round thus far. Bradley is walking him
down. Big right hand by Bradley but Manny shakes it off. Bradley
jabbing effectively as he closes the gap, but he misses with two
big right hands to the head. Bradley drops both of his hands and
tries to sucker Pacquiao in, but Manny doesn’t take the bait.
Sherdog Scores
Mike Sloan scores the round: 10-9 Bradley
Gary Randall scores the round: 10-10
Mike Fridley scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Round 6
Manny looks flustered in his corner between rounds; Bradley and his
team are brimming with confidence. They both miss would-be
crippling right hands. Bradley digs a hard left to the ribs. Now
Manny is walking down Bradley, who is backing up, trying to set a
trap. Jab by Bradley. Straight left by Manny misses badly. Bradley
misses a wild right cross. Manny is starting to bounce more and
move side to side, but he’s not firing with much offense. Nice
right to the face by many, but Bradley counters with a left hook.
Manny pins Bradley in a corner and unloads a barrage of punches,
but Bradley, with his hands down, bobs and weaves, avoiding almost
every single one of them at the bell.
Sherdog Scores
Mike Sloan scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Gary Randall scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Mike Fridley scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Round 7
Bradley rattles off a combo of shots to the head and body; some of
them land. Nice counter right to the head by Manny. Pacquiao lands
a right/left as Bradley bobbed, which caused him to stumble back.
Bradley answers with a wild right and left, but they miss. They
exchange a wild flurry in the center of the ring, but neither man
lands anything noteworthy. Nice right by Bradley. Pacquiao lands
short left hand and then unloads a furious barrage along the ropes.
Bradley covers up. Pacquiao unloads again, but Bradley blocks most
of the shots. Bradley taunts him and begs him back in. Pacquiao
obliges and swarms him again, missing most of his shots. Bradley
fires back but misses his return fire.
Sherdog Scores
Mike Sloan scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Gary Randall scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Mike Fridley scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Round 8
Nothing happens for the first 45 seconds of the round. Bradley
misses with a ferocious right hand. Pacquiao fires off a two-punch
combo but they glance off Bradley’s dome. Bradley backs up into the
ropes and eats a right hand, but he answers with a right of his
own. Bradley punches from too far out, missing with a wild, sloppy
right hand. Bradley cracks his nemesis with two rights while
clinched, eliciting boos from the crowd. Bradley has gotten way
from his jab and seems to want to only throw haymakers at
Pacquiao.
Sherdog Scores
Mike Sloan scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Gary Randall scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Mike Fridley scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Round 9
Nice jab/jab/right by Bradley to start the round. Bradley paws out
with that left jab as he backs up. Desert Storm fires off two jabs
but eats a right, which makes him stumble. He was off balance,
though. Hard left hand by Pacquiao forces Bradley to stumble into
the ropes. Pacquiao opens up, but Bradley blocks and clinches. They
go toe-to-toe in a wild exchange, but neither man is able to land
any crushing shots. They clinch again and reset. Nice left jab by
Timmy snaps Manny’s head back. Pac-Man blocks a counter left hook
to the head. They miss lefts and rights at the bell. Close
round.
Sherdog Scores
Mike Sloan scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Gary Randall scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Mike Fridley scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Round 10
Bradley needs to be more assertive with his jabs and counters, or
else he’ll see the fight totally slip away. His corner is imploring
him to jab more. They touch gloves to start the round. Pacquiao
lands a nice right jab. Another. Bradley clinches and looks tired
now. Bradley lunges with a left hook and just misses. Bradley
misses with another sweeping left hook after eating a stiff jab.
Straight left by Pac-Man. Bradley flails away, which leads to a
nice right hand by Manny. Hard right by Bradley right down the
pike. They swing for the fences for a few moments, but nothing
lands. Just before the bell, Pacquiao lands a short, chopping right
hand. Bradley answers with a wild right and left but misses.
Bradley looks to be gassing badly now.
Sherdog Scores
Mike Sloan scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Gary Randall scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Mike Fridley scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Round 11
Pacquiao looks extremely relaxed and focused in his corner; Bradley
does not. There is some swelling around Bradley’s left eye now.
Hard counter right hand by Bradley to the jaw. That was clean but
Manny walked right through it. Manny answers with a left and right,
forcing Bradley to clinch. Bradley is jabbing and backing away.
Huge right hand misses badly for Bradley. Beautiful left jab by
Bradley snaps Pacquiao’s head back. Bradley is moving in and out
and side to side, which the crowd hates. He’s boxing very well
right now and Manny has no answer for it. They exchange hard right
hands. Hard straight right by Bradley with 30 seconds left. Another
with 15 left.
Sherdog Scores
Mike Sloan scores the round: 10-9 Bradley
Gary Randall scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao
Mike Fridley scores the round: 10-9 Bradley
Round 12
It’s likely that Bradley needs a knockdown, possibly even a
full-blown knockout in order to win. Both corners are amped up and
yelling at their man. Jabs by Bradley miss their mark. Bradley
misses with a huge left hook. He misses with an even meaner right
hand. They swing away along the ropes. Bradley is backing away with
his jab. Jab/jab/right by Bradley glances off Manny’s gloves. They
wildly exchange again and then Bradley clinches. A minute left,
Bradley needs to do something right away. Manny is now backing
away. Hard right hand by Bradley. They engage in a flurry and their
heads clash. Many is cover above his left eye and the fight is
halted with 15 seconds left. The doctor clears him and it
continues. They wildly exchange again, with neither getting the
better of the two. Very, very close round.
Sherdog Scores
Mike Sloan scores the round: 10-9 Bradley (Pacquiao: 115-113)
Gary Randall scores the round: 10-9 Pacquiao (Pacquiao:
118-111)
Mike Fridley scores the round: 10-9 Bradley (Pacquiao: 116-112)
The Official Result
Pacquiao takes the unanimous decision with official scores of
116-112 (twice) and 118-110.