Off the wire
• NBA results  • 1st LD: 39 people killed in triple attacks in Iraq's Salahudin  • Yili's profit surges during first three quarters  • Urgent: 39 people killed in 3 attacks in Iraq's Salahudin  • Bulgarians vote for new president  • Roundup: Iraqi forces retake last town south of Mosul  • Shenzhen Int'l Industrial Design Fair focuses on innovation  • Roundup: Bangladesh police tightens security, arrest scores after Hindu attacks  • Ethiopian, Kenyan runners win in Hangzhou Marathon  • Full Text of Riga Declaration  
You are here: 　 Home

Filipino boxer Pacquiao reclaims WBO title

Xinhua, November 6, 2016 Adjust font size:

Filipino star boxer Manny Pacquiao reclaimed the World Boxing Organization welterweight title for the third time with a unanimous decision victory over former champion Jesse Vargas here on Saturday.

The 37-year-old Pacquiao used a short right-handed counterpunch to floor Vargas in the second round en route to a one-sided win at the Thomas & Mack Center.

All three judges scored the bout for Pacquiao, two of them by 118-109 and the other by 114-113.

Pacquiao won the WBO title for the first time in 2010 when he beat Miguel Cotto. He lost it two years later to Timothy Bradley, then got it back by winning the rematch with Bradley in 2014.

He then lost it last year to the now-retired Floyd Mayweather, who had a front row seat for Saturday's bout. Endit