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Boxing champ Pacquiao arrives with PNP chief “Bato”

  (Eagle News) — Filipino boxing champion Senator Manny Pacquiao arrived early Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at a Manila airport thanking everybody who supported him. Pacquiao, arrived with Philippine National Police chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa, who watched the fight at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, where the senator defeated Jessie Vargas, taking his WBO welterweight title.

Pacquiao reclaims WBO title for third time

  by Greg Heakes LAS VEGAS, United States | AFP | — Filipino star Manny Pacquiao reclaimed the World Boxing Organization welterweight title for the third time with a unanimous decision victory over former champion Jesse Vargas in his comeback fight on Saturday. The 37-year-old Pacquiao, who announced his retirement seven months ago after beating Timothy Bradley, knocked Vargas down in the second round en route to a decisive victory at the Thomas & Mack […]

PHL’s Donaire loses to Mexico’s Magdaleno

  THE “Filipino flash” Nonito Donaire lost via unanimous decision to the 24-year old Mexican-American challenger Jessie Magdaleno in the undercard of the historic Pacquiao-Vargas fight at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. With the loss, Magdaleno got Donaire’s WBO World super bantamweight title and ups his undefeated record to 24-0 while the former champion slips to 37-4. Magdaleno was ahead in all three score cards, 116-112, 116-112, 118-110.his four-fight win streak come […]