Tag: Vargas

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 […]

Pacquiao advises against mixing politics with boxing

  (Reuters) — Manny Pacquiao seemed to indicate he may have overextended himself in combining a political career with a boxing comback at a news conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday (November 2) The only eight division world champion said “It’s going to be a historical fight. Basically my first fight being a senator. I tell you this. Don’t do this. Being a senator in a fight is not easy. If you don’t have discipline […]