Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao and welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley Jr., whose June 2012 fight will go down as one of the most controversial decisions in boxing history, will meet again.
Bradley agreed to terms on Saturday, a week after Pacquiao did the same, to set up their sequel, which will take place on April 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN.com.
Arum said Pacquiao will be guaranteed $20 million — a $6 million cut from the first fight — and that Bradley would receive $6 million, a $1 million raise from the first fight. Both fighters will also be cut in for an upside of the pay-per-view profits, Arum said. The first bout generated approximately 890,000 pay-per-view buys, according to Mark Taffet of HBO PPV.
Bradley was awarded a split-decision victory that gave him a 147-pound world title and left the world in stunned disbelief. “If people want to bring up the first fight, let them bring it up. As far as I’m concerned it’s irrelevant. I thought like everybody else that Pacquiao won the fight and I was shocked when I heard the result, but to me it’s not relevant,” said Arum.
