Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner

Date	January 19, 2019
Venue	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the line	WBA (Regular) welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Manny Pacquiao Adrien Broner Nickname Pac-Man The Problem Hometown General Santos, Philippines Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. Pre-fight record 60–7–2 (39 KO) 33–3–1–1 (24 KO) Height 5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (166 cm) 5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (169 cm) Weight 146 lb (66 kg) 146+1⁄2 lb (66 kg) Style Southpaw Orthodox Recognition WBA (Regular) welterweight champion 8-division world champion 4-division world champion
Result
Pacquiao wins via 12-round unanimous decision (117–⁠111, 116–⁠112, 116–⁠112)

Manny Pacquiao vs. Adrien Broner, was a boxing match for the WBA (Regular) welterweight championship. The event took place on January 19, 2019 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1][2] Pacquiao won the fight by unanimous decision and retained his WBA (Regular) welterweight title.^[3] The bout sold 400,000 pay-per-view (PPV) buys in the United States, earned an estimated $30 million in pay-per-view revenue.^[4][5] The bout also produced a live gate of $6 million from 11,410 tickets sold^[6] and the final attendance was reported to be 13,025.^[7]

Background

After Pacquiao signed with Al Haymon in October 2018, reports circulated that Broner was the front-runner to face him in January 2019.^[8] Pacquiao confirmed on October 18 that the deal was almost complete.^[9] One month later on November 19, a press conference was held in New York City to confirm the fight between Pacquiao and Broner on January 19, 2019 for the WBA (Regular) welterweight title. Pacquiao reunited with long-time trainer Freddie Roach who supervised the whole training camp while Buboy Fernandez did the mitts and physical parts of the training due to Pacquiao's concern of Roach's health.^[10] The fight took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada and was distributed by Showtime PPV.^[11]

Fight details

Pacquiao successfully defended his WBA (Regular) welterweight title against Broner via unanimous decision and never seemed troubled throughout the fight. In the seventh round, Pacquiao trapped Broner on the ropes and unloaded a barrage of punches that prompted Broner to tie him up. Pacquiao then continued his onslaught after the break, but Broner survived the round. In the ninth round, Pacquiao caught Broner with a huge left hand that sent Broner reeling backwards.^[12][13] All three judges ruled in favor of Pacquiao 117–111, 116–112, 116–112.^[14] According to CompuBox, Pacquiao landed 82 out of 197 of his power punches (42%) against Broner's 39 out of 180 power punches (22%). Total punch stats were 112 out of 568 (20%) for Pacquiao and 50 out of 295 (17%) for Broner.^[15] This marked Broner's career low for total punches landed at 50, his previous low was 90 against Jessie Vargas.^[16]

During the post-fight interview, Jim Gray asked Pacquiao if a Floyd Mayweather Jr. rematch will happen and Pacquiao answered, "Tell him to come back to the ring, and we will fight." Mayweather, who was ringside, was asked by Gray to nod at the camera if he wanted a rematch with Pacquiao but did not give an answer.^[17] Meanwhile, Broner's interview immediately went south as he claimed victory and said, "I controlled the fight. He was missing. I hit him clean more times. I beat him." He alleged that it was a setup for a Mayweather–Pacquiao rematch and accused Gray of being against him. When Gray commented that Broner had three wins, three defeats and a draw in his last seven fights, Broner told Gray, "I'm 3–3–1 in my last seven but I'll be 7–0 against you," to which Gray responded, "Well that wouldn't mean much, that's the end of this interview."^[18]

Fight card

Weight Class	Weight		vs.		Method	Round	Time	Notes
Welterweight	147 lbs.	Manny Pacquiao (c)	def.	Adrien Broner	UD (117–111, 116–112, 116–112)	12/12		Note 1
Light Heavyweight	175 lbs.	Marcus Browne	def.	Badou Jack	UD (117–110, 116–111, 119–108)	12/12		Note 2
Bantamweight	118 lbs.	Nordine Oubaali	def.	Rau'shee Warren	UD (115–113, 116–112, 117–111)	12/12		Note 3
Featherweight	125 lbs.	Hugo Ruiz	def.	Alberto Guevara	UD (100–89, 99–90, 99–90)	10/10
Lightweight	135 lbs.	George Kambosos Jr.	def.	Rey Perez	UD (80–72, 80–72, 80–72)	8/8
Welterweight	147 lbs.	Jonathan Steele	def.	Jayar Inson	SD (74–77, 77–74, 78–73)	8/8
Super featherweight	130 lbs.	Desmond Jarmon	def.	Canton Miller	MD (59–55, 58–56, 57–57)	6/6
Welterweight	147 lbs.	Destyne Butler	def.	David Payne	UD (40–36, 40–36, 40–36)	4/4
Cruiserweight	200 lbs.	Viddal Riley	def.	Mitchell Spangler	KO	1/4	0:33

^Note 1 For WBA (Regular) welterweight title
^Note 2 For vacant WBA interim and WBC silver light heavyweight titles
^Note 3 For vacant WBC bantamweight title

Broadcasting

The fight was shown live on Showtime PPV in the United States, Cignal and Sky Sports in the Philippines and free on ITV4 in the United Kingdom.

Country	Broadcaster
	Free-to-air	Cable/pay television	PPV	Stream
Australia[19]	—		Main Event	—
Austria	—			DAZN
France[20]	—	Canal+ Sport	—	My Canal
Germany[21]	—			DAZN
Indonesia[22]	tvOne	—		VIVA
Italy[23]	—			DAZN
Japan	—	Wowow	—	Wowow
MENA[24]	—		OSN Sports Box Office	OSN Play
Mexico[25]	Azteca 7	—		Azteca En Vivo
	—	Fox Premium		Fox Play
Monaco	—	Canal+ Sport	—	My Canal
New Zealand	—		Sky Arena	—
Panamá	Telemetro	—		Medcom Go
Philippines[26][27][28]	The 5 Network (delayed)	One Sports (delayed)	Cignal	Cignal Play
				ESPN5 (delayed)
	ABS-CBN S+A (delayed)		Sky Sports	Sky On Demand
	Solar Sports (delayed)
	GMA Network (delayed)	—
Poland[29]	TVP Sport	—		TVP Stream
Russia[30]	Match TV
South America [31] Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela	—	Fox Premium		Fox Play
Sub-Saharan Africa[32]	—	SuperSport	—	DStv Now
Switzerland	—			DAZN
Tajikistan	Varzish TV	—		Varzish TV
Thailand[33]	—	True Sport	—	True ID
Turkey[34]	DMAX	—		DMAX
United Kingdom[35]	ITV4	—	—	ITV Hub
				TVPlayer
United States[36]	—		Showtime

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