LAS VEGAS -- If this was truly Manny Pacquiao's final fight, as he has said it would be, he went out with a near-vintage performance.
He knocked rival Timothy Bradley Jr. down twice, in the seventh and ninth rounds, and cruised to a unanimous decision in their welterweight fight -- their third battle -- on Saturday night before 14,665 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
Pacquiao, perhaps bringing down the curtain on his legendary 21-year career, won going away, 116-111 on all three judges' scorecards. ESPN.com also scored it for Pacquiao, 117-109.
Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 KOs), 37, rebounded nicely from last May's unanimous decision loss to Floyd Mayweather in their megafight, which was followed by surgery to repair a torn right rotator cuff.