Vargas vs Pacquiao

Who won Vargas vs Pacquiao?

Manny Pacquiao beat Jessie Vargas by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, November 5th, 2016, at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 118-109, 118-109, 114-113 in favor of winner Manny Pacquiao.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 147 pounds (10.5 stone or 66.7 kg).

This contest was for the WBO welterweight championship of the world.

Vargas vs Pacquiao stats

Back in November 2016, Jessie Vargas stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 1 loss, and 0  draws, 10 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Manny Pacquiao made his way to the ring with a record of 58 wins, 6 losses and 2 draws, with 38 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Pacquiao had a large advantage in power over Vargas, boasting a 66% knockout percentage compared to Vargas' 37%.

Jessie Vargas was the younger man by 10 years, at 28 years old.

Vargas had a height advantage of 5 inches over Pacquiao. That also extended to a 4-inch reach advantage.

Jessie Vargas fought out of the orthodox stance, while Manny Pacquiao was a southpaw.

Vargas was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 38 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2008, 13 years and 7 months later than Pacquiao, whose first professional fight was in 1995. He had fought 238 fewer professional rounds, totaling 263 compared to Pacquiao's 501.

Vargas vs Pacquiao form

Vargas had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 3 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Sadam Ali on March 5, 2016, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBO World Welterweight championship fight at DC Armory, Washington, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Timothy Bradley Jr on June 27, 2015, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Welterweight championship fight at StubHub Center, Carson.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Antonio DeMarco on November 23, 2014, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.

Before that, he had won against Anton Novikov on August 2, 2014, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Chelsea Ballroom, Las Vegas, United States.

He had beaten Khabib Allakhverdiev on April 12, 2014, by unanimous decision in their WBA World Super Lightweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Manny Pacquiao had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Timothy Bradley Jr on April 9, 2016, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

Prior to that, he had lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr on May 2, 2015, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Welterweight, WBA Super World Welterweight, WBO World Welterweight and The Ring Junior Welterweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Chris Algieri on November 23, 2014, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Welterweight championship fight at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.

Before that, he had won against Timothy Bradley Jr on April 12, 2014, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Welterweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, United States.

He had defeated Brandon Rios on November 24, 2013, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Cotai Arena, Venetian Resort, Macao, Macao S.A.R., China.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Jessie Vargas had been fighting more than Manny Pacquiao.

Going into this contest, Jessie Vargas had last fought 8 months ago, while Manny Pacquiao's last outing had been 6 months and 27 days ago.

Vargas' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 24 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 57 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.4 rounds on average.

Pacquiao's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 11 months and 12 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 3 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 60 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 12 rounds on average.

What time did Vargas vs Pacquiao start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 AM EST / 9:00 PM PST at Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 4:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Vargas vs Pacquiao?

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