Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas, billed as The Legend/The Champ or Resurgence was a boxing match for the WBOwelterweight championship. The event took place on November 5, 2016 at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] Pacquiao won the fight by unanimous decision and took the WBO welterweight title.[2][3]
Background[edit]
On August 3, Pacquiao's business manager confirmed that WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs) will be the next opponent for Pacquiao on November 5, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.[4][5] Pacquiao made the confirmation after a two-hour meeting with Top Rank's Bob Arum and Canadian adviser Michael Koncz held in Manila on August 7, that he agreed to fight Vargas. 'Yes, the fight is on. I have agreed to a Nov. 5 fight with reigning WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas. Boxing is my passion. I miss what I'd been doing inside the gym and atop the ring. My entire training camp will be held here in the Philippines so I can attend to my legislative works. This is my campaign promise and I'm determined to keep it,' Pacquiao said in a statement. He also explained that he has to fight again to earn a living: 'Boxing is my main source of income. I can't rely on my salary as public official. I'm helping the family of my wife and my own family, as well. Many people also come to me to ask for help and I just couldn't ignore them.'[6][7]
In a press conference on September 8 held in Los Angeles California, it was announced by Bob Arum that the fight will be self-distributed by Top Rank PPV. He also revealed that his company will continue to produce and distribute future pay-per-view events without the involvement of HBO.[8] As for the commentating panel, Arum stressed that he plans to put a star-studded announcing team, which will rival the work of HBO's Jim Lampley and Max Kellerman. Arum confided that he is in talks with major boxing analysts, but he declined to name one as he has not worked out any official deals yet. 'I think the commentating team is going to blow everybody's socks off,' he vowed. According to Arum, Top Rank's initial plans have received a good feedback from its partners and television companies, which gives him a hindsight that they could pull it off. 'They're all very, very receptive to getting this kind of programming. But right now, this looks like the most likely scenario,' Arum stated.[9]
Fight details[edit]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. made an entrance and sat ringside with his daughter before the main event began. When asked why he was at the fight, he replied, 'I'm just taking her to the fight.', whilst pointing to his daughter.[10]
In front of 16,132 in attendance, Pacquiao defeated Vargas in a lopsided unanimous decision to win the WBO welterweight title for the third time. In the second round, Pacquiao caught Vargas with a straight left counter, dropping him to the canvas. In the eighth round, an accidental clash of heads opened a deep cut on Vargas’ right eyebrow. However, replays between rounds clearly showed that the cut above Vargas’ eye in the eighth was caused by a left straight punch, which the Nevada Athletic Commission has ruled. In the eleventh round, Vargas went down on a slip, tripping over his feet after he got hit by a right. Vargas went down again in the twelfth round, but Kenny Bayless ruled it another slip. Pacquiao won on all three ringside scorecards—118–109, 118–109 and 114–113.[11]
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According to Compubox statistics, Pacquiao landed 147 of 409 of his punches (36%), and Vargas landed 104 of 562 of his punches thrown (19%).[12][13] Pacquiao was guaranteed $4 million plus a percentage of the revenue of the fight while Vargas was guaranteed $2.5 million.[14]
Fight card[edit]
Broadcasting[edit]
For this event, the organizers Top Rank, broadcast, produced and distributed the event on their own under the 'Top Rank PPV' brand instead of it being broadcast by HBO, the broadcaster of most Pacquiao fights in the United States. The reason was because the latter had scheduled an event on November 19, and because Pacquiao insisted HBO between November 5 and November 14 to broadcast his bout due to his participation in the Philippine senate, where he is a senator, and of his busy schedule.[16] Because of this, both domestic and international feeds carried the Top Rank-produced broadcast.[17]
MLB Network's Brian Kenny, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith and boxer Timothy Bradley serves as ringside commentators, Crystina Poncher handles interviews and updates at the locker room, while Fox Sports and Extra's Charissa Thompson handles as the hostess of the event.[17]
While the broadcast was a success in the U.S., some international countries (including the Philippines, Pacquiao's home country) had some 'minor' problems when the fight is broadcast. Portions where the ringside commentators or Charissa Thompson would appear on camera would be cut out and replace with different shots of the arena. Another is the post-fight interview of the main bout, where it was replaced with natural crowd noise, making it hard to hear what did Pacquiao, Vargas and Stephen A. Smith were actually saying (the latter had a little audio noise, but the fighters are harder to hear).
Fight purses[edit]
Guaranteed Base Purses[18]
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Manny Pacquiao vs. Jeff Horn, billed as the Battle of Brisbane, was a boxing match for the WBOwelterweight championship, held at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia on 2 July 2017. After 12 rounds, Horn won by unanimous decision.
Background[edit]
The bout was initially announced in January 2017.[1] However, by the next month the fight was in doubt.[2] Pacquiao decided to fight Amir Khan in the United Arab Emirates, but the fight fell through.[3] Pacquiao-Khan was then thought to possibly take place in November 2017.[4]
The fight was finalized in April 2017,[5] with the city of Brisbane and the Queensland government financing it.[6] Some in the media questioned the quality of the match-up.[7][8]
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It was reported on 1 June that 40,000 tickets had been sold within over a month left for the fight.[9]
The fight[edit]
In front of 51,052, Pacquiao lost a hard fought fight via a controversial unanimous decision when the three judges scored it 117–111, 115–113, 115–113 in favor of Horn. Many pundits as well as many current and former boxers believed Pacquiao had done enough to retain the WBO title. Although Horn was the aggressor and showed determination throughout the fight, it nearly came to an end in round 9 when Pacquiao took control and looked for the stoppage. Horn lasted the round and was told by referee Mark Nelson to show competitiveness or else he would stop the fight.[10]
Despite now having lost four of his last nine fights, Pacquiao remained humble, “I’m professional. I respect the judges.”
It was reported that Horn would receive $500,000 from this fight and Pacquiao was guaranteed at least $10 million. Pacquiao stated he would activate the rematch clause and fight Horn again at the end of 2017. Compubox stats showed that Pacquiao landed 182 out of 573 punches thrown (32%), whilst Horn landed 92 of 625 thrown (15%).[11][12]
ESPN's Dan Rafael scored the fight 117–111 and ESPN analyst Teddy Atlas scored it 116–111, both for Pacquiao. The Guardian, like Rafael, also scored the fight 117–111 in favor of Pacquiao. CBS Sports scored the fight 114–114 even, while BoxNation's Steve Bunce scored the fight 115–113 for Horn.[13][14][15][16][17][18] In total, 12 of 15 media outlets scored the bout for Pacquiao, 2 of 15 outlets ruled in favor of Horn, and 1 scored a draw.[19]
Broadcasting[edit]
The fight was broadcast as a pay-per-view in the fighters' home countries of Australia and the Philippines, with the rights respectively held by Main Event and ABS-CBN.[20][21][22]
In the United States, the fight was aired on ESPN (in English) and ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). The fight marked a return of Top Rank boxing to ESPN; the promotion had previously aired fights on ESPN from 1980 to 1996. It marked the first time that a Pacquiao bout would air on a non-premium, basic cable channel in the United States, and was his first non-PPV bout since his co-main event fight with Hector Velasquez in an Erik Morales-Zahir Raheem headliner on 10 September 2005.[23] The event was reported by The Ring to be the first in a larger, two-year contract with ESPN.[24][25] The ESPN broadcast achieved an average viewership of 2.812 million and a 1.6 Nielsen household rating, while ESPN reported an average audience of 3.1 million and a peak of 4.4 across both its English and Spanish-language broadcasts. ESPN claimed that it was the most-watched boxing telecast in cable history, and the most-watched boxing telecast in ESPN history.[26][27][28]
International broadcast[edit]
Official scorecards[edit]Manny Pacquiao Vs Jessie Vargas Full Fight
Fight card[edit]
^Note 1 For WBOWelterweight title
^Note 2 For IBFSuper Flyweight title ^Note 3 For WBO International & vacant IBFLight Heavyweight International titles ^Note 4 Pre broadcast bout. Non-televised announced by Daniel Hennessey ^Note 5 Pre broadcast bout. Non-televised announced by Daniel Hennessey Reactions[edit]
Horn's upset win over Pacquiao was widely criticized by boxing analysts, sports journalists, and fans alike, with many comparing the decision to that of the controversial Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley fight.[32][33][32]
Post-fight stats showed that Pacquiao landed almost double the number of punches that Horn landed.[34] Dieter Kurtenbach of Fox Sports described the fight as 'rigged', and T. J. Quinn of ESPN commented, “No way in hell Horn won unanimously,” he tweeted. “A 117–111 card? Ridiculous. This is a hometown hit job. Gta san andreas play online. Manny looked old, but mostly in control'.[34]
Pacquiao's coach Freddie Roach was disappointed of the results. “That was hard, sometimes I think people need to be investigated,” Roach commented, referring to the score of 117–111 from judge Waleska Roldan.[34]
Pacquiao said after the fight that he plans to exercise his rematch clause, and that he would return to Australia for that fight.[35] Pacquiao, who stated that he respects the judges' decision, also said that he wants competent officials for the rematch.[36] In August 2017, boxing promoter Bob Arum scheduled a rematch between Pacquiao and Horn in Brisbane, Australia that was likely to be set for November 2017. However, Pacquiao later stated that he couldn't fight Horn in November 2017, but would do so sometime in 2018.
Rescore by WBO[edit]
In response to a request from the Philippines Games and Amusements Board, the WBO agreed to rescore the fight between Pacquiao and Horn. It was scored round-by-round by five anonymous judges but the WBO stated that they do not have the power to reverse the original result of the fight.[37] The WBO rescored the fight in favour of Horn 7 rounds to Pacquiao's 5 rounds.[38]
WBO's rescore:[38]
Judge 1: 114–113 | Pacquiao
Judge 2: 114–114 | Draw Judge 3: 113–115 | Horn Judge 4: 113–114 | Horn Judge 5: 113–114 | Horn See also[edit]Manny Pacquiao Vs Jessie Vargas Torrent![]() References[edit]
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