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Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao and welterweight titlist Timothy Bradley Jnr, whose June 2012 fight will go down as one of the most controversial decisions in boxing history, will meet again.

Bradley agreed to terms last Saturday, a week after Pacquiao did the same, to set up their sequel, which will take place on April 12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN.com.

“I finished the deal with Pacquiao last week and [Top Rank president] Todd [duBoef] finished with Bradley (Saturday),” Arum said.

Arum said Pacquiao will be guaranteed $20 million — a $6 million cut from the first fight — and that Bradley would receive $6 million, a $1 million raise from the first fight. Both fighters will also be cut in for an upside of the pay-per-view profits, Arum said.

When Pacquiao and Bradley met the first time, also at the MGM Grand, Bradley was awarded a split-decision victory that gave him a 147-pound world title and left the world in stunned disbelief over the 115-113 scorecards he received from judges Duane Ford and C.J. Ross. Jerry Roth had it 115-113 for Pacquiao and even that was too close for many.

Bradley has fought twice since, outpointing Provodnikov in an epic slugfest in March and then outpointing Marquez in October.

The 35-year-old Pacquiao (55-5-2, 38 KOs) has also fought twice and is a much different fighter now than he was then, getting knocked out cold by Marquez in the sixth round in December 2012 and returning to score a lopsided decision win in a tentative performance against Brandon Rios in November in Macau, China. — espn.co.uk