Bradley defeated Pacquiao via a controversial Split Decision (see judges’ scorecards) at their fight held on June 9, 2012 at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
At the post-fight press conference, Bradley arrived on a wheelchair; his foot apparently injured during the fight.
Here are the quotes:
Manny Pacquiao
On the result:
“100 percent I believe that I won the fight. The decision has already been done. So you have to give credit to [Bradley].”
On Timothy Bradley:
“I don’t even remember if he hurt me with even one punch. [Laughs] Amazing what the result is.”
On the rematch:
“I want a rematch.”
On Bradley’s foot injury:
“I believe that [Bradley was] hurt every time I landed my left hand.
Parting words:
“Don’t be discouraged about boxing.”
Timothy Bradley
On the result:
“There’s three judges out there and that’s the way they judged it, so I mean, what do you want me to do? You know what I mean? That’s the way they judged it. My corner felt we were winning the fight. I was controlling the action. But like I said, there was three judges out there. Two of them felt I won the fight and that’s all I can say on that.”
On the rematch:
“I definitely would like to do this again. I heard the boos at the end of the night. Let’s make it more decisive. “
On his technique:
“The corner just wanted me to box all night. I came out aggressive at times just to force the action.”
“I was controlling the action. The jab pretty much controlled the fight from the seventh round.”
On his foot injury:
“I got one injury on the top part of my foot. And another, where it’s completely swollen, on my right foot.”
On Manny Pacquiao:
“The thing that I like about Manny is that he can put his punches together. And they’re all hard shots. He’s very gifted.”
“Manny came on strong in spurts. [Manny] missed a lot of shots. My corner felt like I was winning the fight.”
Bob Arum
On the result:
“I want 2 congratulate Tim Bradley. But I want to say for myself I’ve never been as ashamed with the sport of boxing as I am tonight.”
“The decision was a ridiculous decision. You guys all know who won this fight. So let’s be honest about the situation. Hopefully we’ll revisit it in November…. I hope boxing recovers, because this isn’t arguing about a close decision. This is something that’s an absurdity, that’s ridiculous, and everybody that’s involved in boxing should feel ashamed.”
On the judges (Jerry Roth, Duane Ford, and C.J. Ross):
“I don’t think anything was happening here except these people don’t know how to score. They really don’t.”
On the rematch:
“There’s a rematch clause. But that’s up to Pacquiao to invoke.”
Freddie Roach
On the result:
“I had it 10 rounds to 2.”
“I thought we clearly, clearly won the fight. I think [the judges] had their eyes closed.“
Here’s the post-fight press conference video: