Jessie Vargas: record, next fight and profile →
On Saturday evening at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, Senator Manny Pacquiao will return from a brief retirement to face WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas in a pay-per-view fight that promoter Top Rank will distribute.
Yes, you’ve read some of this before every Manny Pacquiao fight since 2010. This time, though, Freddie Roach has a very specific reason why he thinks Manny Pacquiao will knock out his upcoming opponent. The International Boxing Hall of Fame trainer thinks Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 KOs) must knock out Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs) on Saturday night at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas ($64.95 in HD) to generate more interest in a rematch against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in 2017.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum is not only predicting a knockout ending for Saturday's pay-per-view headliner - he guarantees Manny Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38KOs) vs. Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10KOs) will end in a knockout.
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - Manny Pacquiao’s been a boxer for many years and a politician for few. But the Filipino has nevertheless mastered the art of competitive diplomacy. As he heads back to Las Vegas for a fight that ends a retirement that really never got under way, the now-37-year-old Pacquiao is the subject of...
WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas discusses the upcoming pay-per-view showdown with eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao on Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, and more.
Pacquiao vs. Vargas Pay-Per-View Open Workout Photos - In just a few days, boxing's only eight division world champion and the reigning Fighter of the Decade Senator MANNY “Pacman” PACQUIAO (58-6-2, 38 KOs), from General Santos City, Philippines, collides with World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight world champion JESSIE VARGAS (27-1, 10 KOs), of Las Vegas.
Hollywood, Ca - Senator Manny Pacquiao works out in Los Angeles at Wildcard Boxing Club with trainer Freddie Roach before heading to Las Vegas to face WBO Welterweight Champion Jessie Vargas at Thomas and Mack Center Nov. 5, 2016. Photography by Mikey Williams/Top Rank.
There was a moment in time when eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38KOs) was demolishing his competition inside the distance. While Pacquiao has looked impressive in the ring, his victories have been lacking the same devastation that we've seen in the past.
This coming Saturday night, WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10KOs) is viewed as a massive underdog when he steps in the ring with eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38KOs) at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38KOs) admits there is pressure to put in an impressive performance against a fighter who is ten years his junior, WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10KOs).