Jessie Vargas: record, next fight and profile →
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Manny Pacquiao confirmed that he will come out of retirement to fight World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Jessie Vargas on November 5 in Las Vegas.
Eight division world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has set aside his previously announced retirement to fight WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas probably at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas on November 5.
Manny Pacquiao has made things official, as he confirmed confirmed on Tuesday that he is coming out of retirement to fight World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion Jessie Vargas in November.
WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10KOs) is the frontrunner to land an HBO Pay-Per-View opportunity against Manny Pacquiao in the fall.
Top Rank's CEO Bob Arum, who promotes Manny Pacquiao, says everyone is jumping the gun with articles claiming that his fighter will take on World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Jessie Vargas on November 5.
This past Wednesday, it was reported that Manny Pacquiao had selected World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Jessie Vargas for his next opponent when he returns to the ring on Nov. 5, according to the Filipino boxer's manager Michael Koncz.
As previously reported, Manny Pacquiao will take on World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Jessie Vargas when he returns to the ring on Nov. 5, according to the Filipino boxer's manager Michael Koncz.
As it stands now, WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas is the probable opponent for Manny Pacquiao on November 5th - but nothing has been made official.
Michael Koncz, adviser to eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao, is very disappointed with Adrien Broner. Koncz tabbed Broner as the frontrunner to face Pacquiao on November 5th at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
As previously reported, eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao has selected World Boxing Organization [WBO] welterweight champion Jessie Vargas as the preferred opponent of choice for November 5th at the Thomas & Mack Center.