Timothy Bradley versus Juan Manuel Marquez - Round by round updates

Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley will put his WBO welterweight title on the line against Juan Manuel "Dinamita" Marquez at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bradlay holds an undefeated record of 30 wins with 12 knockouts. Marquez on the other hand has 55 wins, six losses, and a draw with 40 knockouts.

Marquez versus Bradley

The anthems are done! The fighters are on their way to the ring for the WBO welterweight title bout. Marquez, the challenger walks in to the ring first. The lights are now dimmed for the entrance of Bradley.

Michael Buffer is now doing what he does best. For the thousands in attendance and the millions watching around the world....

Marquez is wearing black trunks with red and greem trimming, gunning for a world title in his firth division. Bradley is wearing camo.

Here we go!!!

Round 1

Fighters are measuring their jabs in the first minute of the fight. Marquez lands the first combination of the fight. The two clash heads but there's no damage. Marquez lands a nice left hook to end the round.

GMA News Online unofficial scorecard: Marquez 10-9 (Marquez 10-9)


Round 2

Both fighters went back to throwing jabs, maybe out of respect to each other's power. Bradley scores with a nice right straight that lands on Marquez's face. The two engage in the fight's first real exchange but Bradley does enough to take the round

GMA News Online unofficial scorecard: Bradley 10-9 (Even 19-19)


Round 3

Marquez lands a nice straight right to the body. Bradley replies with a left jab to the body. Marquez lands a right over the top. He follows this up with another lead right that connects.


GMA News Online unofficial scorecard: Marquez 10-9 (Marquez 29-28)


Round 4

The referee momentarily stops the fight as there appears to be too much Vaseline on the body of Marquez. His corner wipes it off and action resumes for round 4. Marquez lands a good left hook right uppercut combo inside. Bradley replies with a nice one-two followed by a weave to evade the Mexican's counter. Very close round.


GMA News Online unofficial scorecard: Marquez 10-9 (Marquez 39-37)


Round 5

Bradley is making it difficult for Marquez to land his jabs. He keep coming up short. as Bradley is timing his steps perfectly. Marquez misses with a wild left-right-left combo. Both fighters are now taunting each other as the crowd goes wild. Bradley is asking Marquez to chase him around the ring. The Mexican finishes the round by landing a left.

GMA News Online unofficial scorecard: Bradley 10-9 (Marquez 48-47)


Round 6

Round starts with the fighters exchanging jabs. Marquez lands a right but Bradley is putting his punches together now. Crowd is booing as Bradley refuses to mix it up, contented with moving back and scoring points. A defiant Bradley raises both his hands as he walks back to his corner.

GMA News Online unofficial scorecard: Bradley 10-9 (Even 57-57)


Round 7


Bradley is sticking to his gameplan of moving around, making Marquez chanse him. Without his opponent engaging, Marquez is finding it hard to connect with power punches.

GMA News Online unofficial scorecard: Bradley 10-9 (Bradley 67-66)


Round 8

Marquez's face is starting to show some signs of damage. Bradley has not landed anything really powerful but the accumulation of punches is doing the job  for the reigning champion. This is looking strangely like the Mayweather-Marquez fight. Bradley is too elusive for Marquez. The counter-puncher is finding it hard to score without a Pacquiao-like opponent in front of him.

GMA News Online unofficial scorecard: Bradley 10-9 (Bradley 77-75)


Round 9

Bradley lands a nice right-left combination. Still sticking to his hit and not-be-hit plan which is working to perfection. Marquez throwing heavy leather but Bradley is blocking most of his punches. Marquez finishes the round strong by landing two strong punches. Enough to steal the round from Bradley who smiles as he walks back to his corner. 


GMA News Online unofficial scorecard: Marquez 10-9 (Bradley 86-85)


Round 10


Bradley lands a good two punch combination to start the round. They finally exchange in close range but Bradley gets the better of it as he wobbles Marquez with a short right hand!!! Marquez is starting to show his frustration. He just can't seem to hit the elusive Bradley with consecutive power punches.


GMA News Online unofficial scorecard: Bradley 10-9 (Bradley 96-94)


Round 11

Marquez opens the championship rounds by landing a his famous lead right. He connected with another right but Bradley digs a combination to the body. Marquez tried teeing off but Bradley is bobbing and weaving his way out of trouble. Bradley does enough to eke out the round.


GMA News Online unofficial scorecard: Bradley 10-9 (Bradley 106-103)


Round 12

Marquez needs to do something drastic to shake this fight up. Bradley is dictating the tempo so far. Barely any exchanges inside for both fighters. Bradley still moving away. Marquez corners Bradley and throws a flurry but he missed most of his punches. Bradley ended the fight by hurting Marquez again.




GMA News Online unofficial scorecard: Bradley 10-9 (Bradley 116-112)


The judges scored it 115-113 Marquez, 115-113 Bradley, 116-112 Bradley. Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley retains his undefeated record and his WBO welterweight title. Next fight might be against the winner of Manny Pacquiao versus Brandon Rios.


Salido versus Cruz

In the main supporting bout, Orlando Salido (39-12-2, 27 KOs) battles Orlando Cruz (20-2-1, 10 KOs) for the vacant WBO featherweight title.

Round 1

Salido is trying to dig to the body early but he is warned to keep his punches up. He is warned again by referee Kenny Bayless for hitting low but he was aggressive enough to win the round.

GMA News Online unofficial scorecard. Salido 10-9. (Salido 10-9)


Round 2

Salido still attacking. Cruz trying to keep him away with jabs. Cruz just pawing with his punches. he hasn't landed a strong punch in the fight, too tentative, too careful.

GMA News Online unofficial scorecard. Salido 10-9. (Salido 20-18)


Round 3

Salido lands a stiff and sneaky uppercut that stund Cruz. He follows up with a nice right hook then goes right back to his body attack. Cruz is barely landing.

GMA News Online unofficial scorecard. Salido 10-9. (Salido 30-27)


Round 4


The face of Cruz is starting to show some swelling. Salido lands two nice right straights. Cruz is still on the backfoot, trying to stay away from power shots and landing a couple of jabs, still no power punches. Cruz lands a nice right on Salido who barely blinks.

GMA News Online unofficial scorecard. Salido 10-9. (Salido 40-36)


Round 5

Cruz finally started putting some punches together but he does not appear to have the power to hurt Salido. Cruz had his best moments of the fight in this round but Salido finished it with multiple punches to the body.

GMA News Online unofficial scorecard. Cruz 10-9. (Salido 49-46)


Round 6

After losing fifth round, Salido bounces back in a big way. He's pouring in power punches against Cruz who is in full retreat mode. Salido doubles up on the left hook.

GMA News Online unofficial scorecard. Salido 10-9. (Salido 59-55)


Round 7

Salido finally bores through, flooring Cruz with an uppercut. Salido started with a left hook to the body followed by a big right hand. He caught Cruz on the way down with a left uppercut. The referee reaches the count of 10 and this one is all over. Salido is the new WBO featherweight champion!


Winner: Orlando Salido by knockout at the 1:56 mark of the seventh round