Bradley Jr., Chaves have split draw

— -- LAS VEGAS -- Former two-division world titleholder Timothy Bradley Jr. looked like he had done all he needed to do in an exciting performance against Diego Chaves on Saturday night at the Cosmopolitan.

And then Michael Buffer read the scorecards: a split draw that seemed completely impossible to understand.

Judge Burt Clements scored it 115-113 for Bradley, Julie Lederman surprisingly had it 116-112 for Chaves and Craig Metcalfe had it 114-114. ESPN.com had it for Bradley 119-109.

Bradley, a former welterweight and junior welterweight titleholder, was looking to rebound from his first official loss, the April rematch with Manny Pacquiao, who easily outpointed him to regain the welterweight world title Bradley claimed against Pacquiao in a massively controversial split decision in 2012.