HBO Sports Sets Pacquiao-Bradley Rematch

By R. Thomas Umstead
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HBO Sports has set an April 12 Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley pay-per-view boxing event, the company announced Saturday.

The fight, in which Pacquaio will seek to avenge his June 2012 controversial decision loss to current welterweight champion Bradley, will be the first PPV boxing match for HBO in 2014. Showtime last week announced it will distribute a March 8 Canelo Alvarez-Alfredo Angulo fight card.

Pacquiao last fought on PPV this past November, defeating Brandon Rios in an easy 12-round decision. The China-based event, which was Pacquiao only fight in 2013, drew approximately 475,000 PPV buys, according to HBO.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.