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After his defeat, Bradley congratulated Pacquiao and vowed to return to the ring.
The pace picks up again in round four and Pacquiao lands a right that staggers Bradley but he recovers but that punch gives Pacquiao the round.
Retirement is far from Freddie Roach’s mind even if his prized pupil, Manny Pacquiao, has chose to call it a day.
The 37-year-old floored Bradley twice in their epic welterweight fight, eventually coning out a comfortable victor by unanimous decision. No sooner had the scorecards been read – judges Dave Moretti, Burt Clements and Steve Weisfeld all had Pacquiao ahead 116-110 – than Pacquiao announced he was retiring from boxing to focus on his political career. It was as if the crowd were bidding Manny Pacquiao adieu in his final fight.
A Manny Pacquiao sequel would always be welcome. Last year’s so-called fight of the century was a dud, with Mayweather winning easily. “I don’t know. Canelo is a younger fighter and has power but I think maybe the people want to see that fight”, Marquez stated.
The April 9 fight was believed to be Pacquiao’s last professional fight.
As Bradley was shown a replay of the second knockdown during a post-fight interview in the ring, he said: “Ooh-wee!”
“Take time off with my family”.
Pacquiao was guaranteed $20 million and Bradley about $5 million.
“He was very quick, very explosive”, Bradley said.
ESPN determined it a sweet victory for Manny Pacquiao to have brought his fight trilogy with Bradley to a 2-1 close. He hadn’t scored a knockout at 147 pounds since stopping Miguel Cotto in 2009, and went after Bradley with big left hands to try to break that streak. His style is to counter punch.
Pacquiao lost his WBO welterweight title in 2012 to Bradley via a controversial split decision but dominated their rematch two years later to regain the belt.
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It was during their brief talk that the now-retired unbeaten champion (49-0, with 26 KOs) reportedly told Bradley that he thought the fight was a draw. Atlas fulfilled his job, jumping into the ring after each bell to lecture Bradley, sometimes having to be pushed out of the ring by Nevada boxing officials so the next round could start.
