Timothy Bradley (L) of the US and Manny Pacquiao (R) of the Philippines are guided to their coners by referee Robert Byrd (C) during their WBO welterweight title match at the MGM Grand Arena on June 9, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Unbeaten Bradley ended Pacquiao’s long unbeaten run with a controversial split decision victory over the Filipino ring icon. AFP PHOTO / John Gurzinski / AFP / JOHN GURZINSKI
Familiar faces will be at the ring and the ringside as Manny Pacquiao closes his boxing career in a third bout against Timothy Bradley.
According to BoxingScene.com, veteran referee Robert Byrd will be the third man in the ring for the April 9 fight at MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
Byrd officiated the first match between Pacquiao and Bradley in 2012.
Judges chosen for the fight aren’t new to the fighters either as the five-man member Nevada State Athletic Commission chose Burt Clements, Dave Moretti, and Steve Weisfeld.
Moretti has been at ringside for seven Pacquiao fights including the Filipino’s previous one against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in what became the most lucrative match in boxing history, though he hasn’t judged any of Bradley’s.
Pacquiao first had Moretti as a judge was in his loss to Erik Morales in 2005.
Weisfeld was present when Juan Manuel Marquez knocked Pacquiao out in 2012 but the judge had the Filipino boxing champion ahead 48-47 in the sixth round.
Clements is the only one of the three judges to have presided over both boxers’ fights as he scored two of Bradley’s and one of Pacquiao’s.
Bradley had Clements score his match against Diego Gabriel Chaves in 2014 and his eight round stoppage of Joel Casamayor in 2011.
Clements’ lone appearance in a Pacquiao fight was in 2004 when the Filipino drew with Marquez in the first encounter of what came to be a four-part series.