Manny Pacquiao ‘Cheated In Rematch Fight Against Timothy Bradley With Plaster Hidden In His Gloves’ is Fake

Manny Pacquiao ‘Cheated In Rematch Fight Against Timothy Bradley With Plaster Hidden In His Gloves’ is Fake
Timothy Bradley, left, lands a left to the head of Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, in their WBO welterweight title boxing fight Saturday, April 12, 2014, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)
Jack Phillips
4/14/2014
Updated:
7/18/2015

Manny Pacquiao was not “discovered to have cheated” in a rematch against Timothy Bradley on Saturday night.

The article was published on Huzlers.com, which posts hoax news stories.

A disclaimer for the website reads, “Huzlers.com is a combination of real shocking news and satire news to keep its visitors in a state of disbelief.”

The article says, “After defeating Timothy Bradley by unanimous decision in their second fight early Sunday morning in a rematch fight. Manny Pacquiao has been discovered to have cheated during the whole fight against Bradley by using an illegal substance in his hand wraps.

“The Nevada State Athletics Commission (NSAC) ordered Pacquiao’s hand wraps to be checked for illegal substances after Bradley claimed that Pacquiao ‘had cheated’. the NASC found a small amount of plaster (of paris) hidden in his hand wraps and later confirmed Pacquiao has cheated.”

The article had a few thousand shares as of Monday morning

Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter with 15 years experience who started as a local New York City reporter. Having joined The Epoch Times' news team in 2009, Jack was born and raised near Modesto in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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