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| Date | October 12, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Thomas & Mack Center,Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBO welterweight title | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bradley wins via 12-roundsplit decision (113-115, 115-113, 116-112) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Timothy Bradley vs.Juan Manuel Márquez, was aboxingwelterweight championship fight. The bout was held on October 12, 2013, at theThomas & Mack Center inLas Vegas,Nevada,United States onHBO Pay-Per-View.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist and future three-weight world championVasiliy Lomachenko made his professional debut on the undercard of the fight, winning via a fourth round knockout over Jose Luis Ramirez.
InJune 9, 2012, Timothy Bradley shocked the world with a controversial split decision victory over then-WBO welterweight championManny Pacquiao to take the title, in which he would go on to defend in his next and latest fight againstRuslan Provodnikov the following year. Bradley suffered immense damage and a concussion from Provodnikov's punches in the fight and would go down in the twelfth and final round, but was able to beat his challenger in most of the 12 rounds to win a close unanimous decision in what was a candidate for Ring Magazine's Fight of the Year.
6 months after Bradley won against Pacquiao, Juan Manuel Marquez then stepped in against his rival on the night ofDecember 8th. Marquez knocked Pacquiao down in the third round, but was knocked down in the fifth after touching the canvas. With 2:59 in the sixth round, Marquez landed a counter right hand on an aggressively charging Pacquiao to finally knock him out and complete the tetralogy in brutal fashion.
On June, promoterBob Arum revealed that the fight would take place on October 12th inThomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, with two-country media tours taking place on Beverly Hills, California and Mexico City following the announcement.
At the weigh-in on Friday, Bradley weighed in at 146 lbs, and Marquez weighed in at a career-high 144 1/2 lbs.
Two-time Olympic Gold MedalistVasiliy Lomachenko made his professional debut on the undercard, taking on Jose Luis Ramirez.
Lomachenko started the fight strong, knocking down Ramirez in the second minute with a left hand body shot. He would dominate the second and third rounds with clean shots to his opponent, and avoiding most of the offense from Ramirez.
With less than 15 seconds in the fourth, Lomachenko lands another left hand to the body to knock Ramirez down for the second time, which ultimately finished him to give Lomachenko his first professional career win.[1]
The fight was fought at Bradley's pace, where Marquez was unable to connect his left hooks and right hands and he was able to land his left jab more often than in his previous fights. Both fighters taunted at each other with less than 10 seconds remaining in the fifth, with Marquez being more committed to the taunt and was hit by Bradley as he came charging forward.
The challenger soon got more frustrated with Bradley in the middle portion of the fight, as the champion kept Marquez at bay with his jab and evading most of Marquez's counters with his footwork and head movement.
In the 10th, Marquez connected with his right hand on Bradley, but the latter came back and landed a hard right overhand on Marquez's jaw, which momentarily staggered him as a result.
With 15 seconds remaining in the fight, Marquez cornered Bradley on the ropes and fired a fierce combination whilst Bradley was throwing back with more punches that was ineffective, but timed Marquez with a counter left hook that almost dropped the challenger as he was buckling backwards, which ultimately sealed the round for him.
After 12 rounds, Bradley won via a split decision, as the judges scored the fight 113–115, 115–113, and 116–112.[2][3]
After the fight, Marquez immediately went back to his dressing room with his trainer,Ignacio Beristáin, during Bradley's post-fight interview. He commented on the fight during the interview, and said "I gave him a boxing lesson. He couldn't touch me. I had complete control."
Both Marquez and his trainer were later interviewed and was asked about his thoughts of the fight. Just like the case with his post-fight interview in thethird fight against Pacquiao two years ago, he once again slammed the judges' decision on giving Bradley the victory, stating that "I clearly won. I have been robbed six times in my career. You don't have to knock down the other guy to win the fight."[4][5] Beristáin also pointed out that Bradley has suffered two losses against his fighter, as well as Pacquiao last year.
The fight drew 375,000 pay-per-view buys, as well as 13,111 in attendance and generated a live gate of $2,998,950.
On January, it was announced that therematch between Bradley and Pacquiao will take place at theMGM Grand Garden Arena on April 13, 2014. Pacquiao eventually beats Bradley via unanimous decision to reclaim his title.
After several months of inactivity, Marquez would return to fight againstMike Alvarado on May 17 for the vacant WBO International Welterweight title. Marquez won a wide unanimous decision in what would eventually turn out to be his last fight of his career, as he would be inactive for the next 3 years before retiring on August 2017.
| Weight Class | Result | Round | Time | Notes | |||
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| Welterweight |  Timothy Bradley | def. |  Juan Manuel Márquez | SD | 12 | ForWBOwelterweight title. | |
| Featherweight | Orlando Salido | def. |  Orlando Cruz | KO | 7 | For vacantWBOFeatherweight title. | |
| Featherweight |  Vasiliy Lomachenko | def. | Jose Ramirez | KO | 4 | ForWBO Internationalfeatherweight title. | |
| Light Heavyweight | Sean Monaghan | def. | Anthony Smith | TKO | |||
| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
 Brazil | SporTV |
 Canada | Viewers Choice |
 Philippines | Solar All Access Solar Sports GMA Network GMA News TV1 |
 Thailand | Channel 7 |
| United States | HBO PPV |
 United Kingdom | Sky Sports 1 HD |
1TheGMA News TV version ceased airing due to high airtime cost with live coverage via satellite feed of Timothy Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Marquez boxing fight.
| Preceded by | Timothy Bradley's bouts February 12, 2013 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Juan Manuel Márquez' bouts February 12, 2013 | Succeeded by |