LAS VEGAS: Filipino southpaw Manny Pacquiao reclaimed the World Boxing Organization welterweight title for the third time with a unanimous decision victory over former champion Jesse Vargas in his comeback fight on Saturday. “I’m going to go back to the Philippines and back to work at the Senate and I will talk to Bob (Arum) about my next fight,” Pacquiao said. Pacquiao won the WBO title for the first time in 2010 when he beat Miguel Cotto. Pacquiao, whose last previous bout was a unanimous decision over Timothy Bradley in April, showed quickly that he had not lost his skills, knocking Vargas down in the second round with a straight left to the champion's face. All the buzz ringside at Saturday night’s victory by Manny Pacquiao over hometown hero Jessie Vargas at the Thomas & Mack Center was that the senator from The Philippines will fight Floyd Mayweather Jr. again. Asked if he wanted a rematch with Mayweather, Pacquiao said, “We will see.”

Pacquiao said he was retiring following his April 9 two-knockdown victory over Bradley in their third fight. But juggling two jobs, including his new gig as a full-time politician in the Philippine Senate, has cut into his training camp.
In boxing, Philippine Senator Manny Pacquiao defeats Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas to claim the World Boxing Organization's welterweight title.