Timothy Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Marquez results & round by round updates

Marquez  vs. Bradley Results & Round by Round Blog:

On Saturday night, October 12th, two of the top welterweights in the world meet in a highly anticipated showdown as Juan Manuel Marquez and Timothy Bradley take to the ring in Las Vegas, live on HBO pay-per-view. Will it be the skillful counter-punching of Marquez, or the indomitable will of Bradley which emerges victorious, and what will be next for the winner?

Right here at ProBoxing-Fans.com we’ll be providing live Marquez vs. Bradley round by round results all throughout the evening, bringing you the action right as it happens for the main event and the entire undercard as well.

Bradley vs. Marquez Round by Round Scorecard

Bradley vs. Marquez Round by Round Results

Timothy Bradley, in a performance of redemption, won a close split decision over Juan Manuel Marquez to retain his WBO Welterweight Championship. Scores were 116-112 and 115-113 for Bradley and 115-113 for Marquez. Bradley goes to 31-0 (12 KOs), with Marquez dipping to 55-7-1 (40 KOs).

Rd 1: With all prelim fights ending early and an exhaustive lead-up, the two finally met in ring center. The opening bell sounded with the crowd revved-up. A feeling-out process ensues at long range. Left hand by Marquez and some jabs. Marquez gets his left going in the final minute. Bradley bores in with his head. Body shot by Bradley followed by a jab. Marquez’ round.

Rd 2: Early signs of a nice jab by Bradley. Right hand lands for Marquez, who looks sharp. Body shots by Bradley with some jabs. Both men look precise. Early rumblings of a good fight, but still a chess match. Big exchange with both men landing. Nice right by Bradley–very telling. Bradley being slick in there. Lands a big body shot on Marquez and lands another clean jab. Both land hooks. Marquez’ lands better, before both men erupt in the final ten seconds along the ropes, with Bradley landing a big right hand. Bradley’s round.

Rd 3: Bradley very quick, darting in and out, maybe a half a step ahead of Marquez at this point. His jab is on-point and his slick maneuvers are enabling him to get inside and go to the body–many of them counters. Big lead right by Marquez, hoping to stem a mini Bradley rally. Big counter right by Marquez. Nice action by Bradley–using long and close range boxing. Another nice exchange at the end of the round. Slightly debatable round goes to Bradley.

Rd 4: Good, technical fight, with explosive periods mixed in. Marquez starting to use the stick. Ref Robert Byrd halts action to get excess Vaseline off Marquez. Dull round with uneven action. Marquez throwing more, landing a big right with 40 seconds left. Bradley winging dangerously in exchanges, against a precise sharpshooter like JMM. Nice 1-2 by Bradley to end round. Close round, but edge goes to Marquez.

Rd 5: A good technical fight, with little explosions sprinkled in, continues. Bradley looking good with the jab.Good left hook by Bradley. Marquez leads and lands some hard shots. Right hand by Bradley. Left hook by Marquez. Bradley showcasing some quick reflexes, often countering the master counterpuncher. Bradley lashes out with a quick hook that nails Marquez. Both go at it to end the round, with Bradley doing a hotdog routine at the end and an agered Marquez obliging in kind. Bradley round.

Rd 6: Bradley lands a sneaky right. Marquez catches him with a well-timed hook that gets a rise out of the pro-Marquez crowd. Marquez lands a big body hook. Bradley responds, still sharp. Heavy jab by Bradley. Big lead right by Marquez, but is countered by Bradley. Close round goes to Marquez for heavier shots. It’s worth noting the 3 rounds I’ve given Bradley were easy to score, while the 3 rounds given to Marquez were quite close. It could be more in Bradley’s favor than what I have.

Rd 7: Quiet first minute to the round. Jab working for Bradley big time–faster and sharper than Marquez’. Marquez lands a hook after Bradley misses. But what stands out is Bradley’s speed, his clever control of range, and how he’s countering Marquez, even countering his counters on occasion. Bradley again lands a series of jabs. Marquez looking a bit discouraged, with Bradley dominating him by the end of the round.

Rd 8: Nice right to open the round by Marquez. Jab lands for Bradley and is such a big weapon so far. Bradley fighting very intelligently. This is a redeeming kind of fight, reminiscent of the form he showed when people were excited about him several years ago. Big left to the body by Marquez. Both land telling shots. Bradley looking to counter, with Marquez having to take the lead. Big straight right to the body by Marquez, who deftly moves out of the way of Bradley’s offerings. Another close round I’m compelled to give to Marquez.

Rd 9: Marquez seems to be warming up and getting sharper, though Bradley is difficult, especially with that jab. Marquez not doing bad taking the lead, sometimes raking Bradley with shots. Bradley taking round off so far. But he’s sitting in Marquez’ range more this year. Left hook wobbles Bradley!. Right hand follow-up! Some body shots against the ropes and the bell rings. Bradley is OK, but that was the first time Bradley sagged in the face of a Marquez attack.

Rd 10: I have Marquez ahead and Harold Lederman has it 7-2 and says it’s a no-brainer for Bradley. Go figure. Big shots at the 1:45 mark! thunderous right by Bradley with Marquez landing some hooks. Bradley looking a bit tired. Marquez now letting Bradley lead, leaving Marquez in the more comfortable position to counter with fury–his forte. They trade right hands moments before the bell. Close round for Marquez.

Rd 11: Bradley still nifty in there, working the jab, Nice exchanges, with Bradley having success to the body and Bradley landing a chopping right to the head. Good right by Bradley. Tim is circling and controlling the slow round. Marquez lets some shots go, but nothing telling. Bradley tired, but holding it together well. Nice 1-2 by Bradley at end of round.

Rd 12: In the last round of a high-tension chess match of moderately pleasing action, Bradley is moving around, with Marquez in pursuit. Marquez lands a big lead right. Marquez unloads, but Bradley avoided the shots. Nice 1-2 by Bradley. Jab by Marquez. Again. Right hand and left hook by Marquez, who is more active. Roundhouse right lands for Marquez. In the last ten seconds, both do the obligatory let-it-all-fly routine, but Bradley lands a huge left hook, with Marquez frozen and rocking on his heels. He barely stays up and the bell rings. Good fight. After 12 rounds, I have it a 114-114 draw.

Scores were 115-113 (Marquez), 115-113 (Bradley), and 116-112 (Bradley) in a split decision for Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley, who retains his WBO Welterweight Championship. The crowd, staunchly pro-Marquez, is booing, but it was a righteous decision. Bradley fought intelligently and controlled a lot of the action, though Marquez was landing the harder shots for a good part of the fight.

Marquez seemed a little tired tonight, but a a lot of that had to do with Bradley. He didn’t bore in and let Marquez pick him apart, as many thought would happen. He was sharp, masterfully utilizing range. For a lot of the fight, he had Marquez out of his comfort zone, having to pursue him. It was a well-deserved win for Bradley and he is now back at the elite level. It was his best performance in years.

Just as an aside, Michael Buffer needs to mix it up and stop announcing the losing fighter’s winning card first in a split decision. If it’s a split decision, the first name Buffer says is always going to lose.

PPV Undercard Results & Updates

In the main support to Bradley-Marquez, Orlando “Siri” Salido won the WBO Featherweight Championship at 1:05 of the 7th round, knocking out Orlando Cruz in an entertaining bout that saw the Mexican former champion mostly having his way. A precise right hand, left uppercut combo brought an end to matters, with Salido coming on strong. Despite a spirited performance from Cruz, Salido was simply too strong, too physical, and too insistent.  Salido goes to 40-12-2 (28 KOs), while Cruz falls to 20-3-1 (10 KOs), with all three of his defeats coming via the stoppage route.

Both men entered the ring with a lot of contrasts. Though both 32, Salido is the 17-year vet, with Cruz’ career developing far more slowly. Cruz is the southpaw stylist, with Salido the orthodox bomber and free-wheeling slugger. And of course, a Puerto Rico vs. Mexico battle is always welcomed, with those two countries always combining to make for mayhem in the ring.

The fight opened with both men pecking at long range without much happening. Cruz, 125, flashed a little speed, with “Siri” slow to get going–as usual. A first impression was that Salido, 126, looked bigger against the stumpy Cruz. Salido went hard to the body at the end of the first and drew a warning from ref Kenny Bayless. The second saw Cruz continue his quasi Hector Camacho approach–a short southpaw using legs with quick shots interspersed into the flow. Salido served notice midway through the second with some winging shots (his trademark) that found the head and body. Cruz was skittish and alarmed in his retreat. Still, Cruz was being slick, mostly averting Salido’s thrusts through two rounds.

Cruz is doing okay with the jab and a nifty lead hook. this fight, however, comes down to Salido and whether or not he can get rolling. The few times he has mounted a meaningful offense, Cruz looks to be out of his depth, as are the great majority of the featherweights in the world. Salido flirting with a point deduction after several warnings for low blows. Action picking up at the end of the third round, with Cruz trading a little bit.

Big shots by Salido to open the 4th. Cruz gutty and throwing back with grit, but Salido beginning to take over a bit. Big right hands for Salido! Cruz unable to keep Salido off him and doesn’t have the power to engage in the trenches with Salido. But Cruz still throwing combos. Action heated. Cruz getting hit flush multiple times. He’s taking the shots well, but this can’t continue. Big left by Cruz at end of round. Gutty performance by Cruz, but it’s now coming down to whether he can make a strategic adjustment. As it stands, what he’s doing isn’t working.

Better round for Cruz in the 5th. He managed distance better and zeroed in with some nice combos. He appeared to be finding a groove at the end of the round, both offensively and defensively. At the end of 5 rounds, I have it 3-2 Salido. The 6th saw Salido acting strangely. A small cut over the eye seemed to be bothering him and he is getting affected by Cruz’ shots. Salido bounced back with some body shots, before launching an all-out assault with Cruz pinned in a corner. Cruz taking it well, but the shots hurt. Salido on a roll now. Rights and left hooks are landing with impunity. But Cruz is dogged and hanging in there–still determined.

Big right by Salido to open the 7th round. He’s landing it straight and with his arching right–the same shot he used to take apart Juan Manuel Lopez. Both men trade at ring center. A roundhouse right and left uppercut combo by Salido stiffens Cruz on the canvas! Both punches land with precision and absolutely finish Cruz. Salido was beginning to run him over. Cruz made an admirable stand, but it was too much to withstand in the end. Another nice win in the amazing career of Orlando Salido.

Highly-regarded Vasyl Lomachenko scored an impressive 4th-round knockout over Jose Ramirez at 2:59 of the round. For featherweight Vasyl Lomachenko, 125, the amateur-supreme with two Olympic gold medals to his credit, it was his professional debut. He is obviously on the fast track, with the winner of this fight supposed to get a shot at the winner of Salido-Cruz for the WBO Featherweight belt. Lomacheko apparently won 395 of 396 amateur fights. He is 1-0 (1 KO), with Ramirez suffering his first stoppage loss at 25-4 (15 KOs).

Ramirez opened the fight pushing the southpaw Ukrainian. Lomacheko, an angular mover, moved around a little bit, before unleashing a sweeping left hand that caught Ramirez flush in the body, sending him down. Ramirez got up at 8. After rising, he came right at Lomacheko, showing he wasn’t going to fade quietly. Still, a clear 10-8 round for Lomacheko to open his pro career. It’s obvious he belongs. Lomachenko unleashed some nice combos in the second. He’s a big featherweight, defensively-solid, and fluid once he lets the hands go. Another combo snapped Ramirez’ head back, before moving his head expertly to avoid the Ramirez return. Too many skills for Ramirez. It seems Lomacheko can dominate at will.

Lomachenko, 25, continued to control the action in the third, with Ramirez, also 25, still trying to find some foothold. At least Ramirez is dogged, running to Lomachenko after breaks to engage. Great stuff from Lomacheko in the 4th. His feet are great, always in position. His distance is seemingly always on-point, and his combos flow so seamlessly. With tn seconds left in the round, Lomachenko landed two lefts to Ramirez’ body, the second one a crippling shot that put Ramirez down for the count.

On the first bout of the undercard, Seanie Monaghan stopped Anthony Caputo Smith in the 3rd round of a light heavyweight bout. Monaghan, a 32-year old unbeaten prospect looked more polished that the soft Caputo Smith as soon as the opening bell sounded. Upon seeing Caputo Smith’s sloppy form, one wondered how he complied a 14-1 (10 KOs) record, beating guys like Dhafir Smith. But he was trying, however unrefined it may have been. Monaghan got his jab untracked a bit better in the second, but wasn’t getting the separation from Smith as one may have figured, with Monaghan being the A-side opponent in this matchup.

Both men kept landing with regularity in the third round. Monaghan was landing the sharper blows and though Smith was game, he was outgunned. Still, some pleasing action, with free-swinging exchanges ensued. Smith began to look the worse the wear. With Monaghan landing 1-2’s and Smith slumping, referee Tony Weeks called a halt. Monaghan goes to 19-0 (12 KOs), while Smith falls to 14-2 (10 KOs). Good performance for Monaghan, who has a nice following in Long Island.

The Bradley vs. Marquez PPV undercard showcases the professional debut of Vasyl Lomachenko, undefeated prospect Seanie Monaghan, and the showdown between Orlando Salido and Orlando Cruz.

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