Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas

The Legend/The Champ
Resurgence
Date November 5, 2016
Venue Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Title(s) on the line WBO welterweight title
Tale of the tape
Boxer Philippines Manny Pacquiao United States Jessie Vargas
Nickname "Pac-Man" "The New Generation"
Hometown General Santos, Philippines Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Pre-fight record 58–6–2 (38 KO) 27–1–0 (10 KO)
Height 5 ft 5+1/2 in 5 ft 10 in
Recognition Eight-division world champion.
Former lineal and two-time WBO welterweight champion.		 WBO welterweight champion.
Former WBA super lightweight champion.
Result
Pacquiao wins via 12-round unanimous decision

Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas, billed as The Legend/The Champ was a boxing match for the WBO welterweight 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]

Fight card

Broadcasting

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.[5] Because of this, both domestic and international feeds carried the Top Rank-produced broadcast.[6]

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.[6]

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

Guaranteed Base Purses[7]

  • Manny Pacquiao ($4,000,000) vs. Jessie Vargas ($2,800,000)
  • Oscar Valdez ($200,000) vs. Hiroshige Osawa ($50,000)
  • Nonito Donaire ($400,000) vs. Jessie Magdaleno ($90,000)
  • Zou Shiming ($5,000) vs. Prasitsak Phaprom ($5,000)

References

  1. ↑ "Manny Pacquiao manager: Jessie Vargas will be the Nov. 5 opponent". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ↑ Associated Press (November 6, 2016). "Manny Pacquiao tops Vargas to regain title as Mayweather watches ringside". The Guardian. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Jessie Vargas: Fighting Pacquiao 'was a chess match'". ABS-CBN News. November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Pacquiao-Vargas card to have four title fights". BoxingNews24.
  5. ↑ Cleveland, Lee (November 5, 2016). "Pacquiao vs Vargas: PPV cost, streamimg info". Fight Saga. Retrieved November 7, 2016. PacMan refused offers from HBO to fight in October or December, insisting he would only be available November 5 thru November 14. As a result, HBO declined to air this event because Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward, another PPV bout, was occurring on November 19.
  6. 1 2 Dachman, Jason (November 4, 2016). "Top Rank Takes Control of Its Production Destiny for Pacquiao-Vargas PPV". Sports Video Group. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Pacquiao 'happy to be back,' ready for Vargas". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
Preceded by
vs. Timothy Bradley III		 Manny Pacquiao's bouts
November 5, 2016		 Succeeded by
vs. Jeff Horn
Preceded by
vs. Sadam Ali		 Jessie Vargas's bouts
November 5, 2016		 Succeeded by
vs. Aaron Herrera
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