World-renowd Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao successfully tipped the scales at 145.5 pounds while Timothy Bradley came in a pound heavier ahead of their third showdown during the weigh-in ahead of third showdown on Saturday at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in the United States. The weigh-in video of Pacquiao vs. Bradley highly anticipated boxing match was already posted on YouTube and it went viral in just a few hours after it was posted online.
Watch the Weigh-In Video of the Pacquiao vs. Bradley Boxing Match:
Manny Pacquiao was clad in all blue and all smiles during the weigh-in on Friday (US Time) and promised anew to give the fans “what they want,” on fight night. In an interview with the media he was quoted as saying “Expect more action in the ring. A better fight than the last two that we had,” Pacquiao said in an interview.
The world’s only eight-division world champion in eight different categories, Manny Pacquiao will showcase his boxing skills against the five-time world champion, who came with his father Timothy Bradley Se. and trainer Teddy Atlas. Bradley wants to take the opportunity to show to the world that he is the “top pound-for-pound” fighter in the world.
Pacquiao and Bradley posed for photos with legendary boxing champion Roberto Duran while holding up the the special 12-karat diamond encrusted WBO belt, which is up for grabs in their April 9 bout. Aside from Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley the fight will showcase also a showdown with middleweights from Germany Arthur Abraham and Mexico’s Gilberto Ramirez who both came in at 168 pounds for the co-main event.
Mexico’s Oscar Valdez, WBO’s no. 1 featherweight champ, tipped the scales at 125.5 pounds, half a pound lighter than Evgeny Gradovich from Russia. Californian Jose Ramirez weighed in at 138 pounds while challenger Manny Perez from Colorado came in at 137.5.
