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championship fight for the

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welterweight championship. The bout was held on April 12, 2014, at the

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. Pacquiao won by

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and took the WBO welterweight title, ending Bradley's undefeated streak.

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Fight card

Main bouts (
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bout: Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley (c) **Pacquiao won by

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bout: Raymundo Beltrán VS.

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**Beltrán won by unanimous decision. * WBA/ IBO

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bout:

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**Vargas won by unanimous decision. *WBA

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bout:

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Preliminary bouts ( TopRank.tv)

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bout:

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vs. Mike Montoya **Hvozdyk won by TKO. *

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bout:

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vs. Adrian Perez **Valdez won by TKO. *

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bout:

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vs. Publio Pena **Falcao won by unanimous decision. *

bout:

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vs. Joe McCreedy **Monaghan won by TKO.

Broadcasting

In the United States, the fight was broadcast on

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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

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'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

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broadcast.

External links

References

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