Pacquiao skips press con to get '16 stitches'

Manny Pacquiao wasn't able to attend the post-fight press conference on Saturday (Sunday, Manila time) to get a cut fixed, promoter Bob Arum said.

Arum, the Top Rank chief executive, said Pacquiao needed "16 stitches" but didn't elaborate on the nature of the injury.

Pacquiao defeated Jessie Vargas to win the WBO welterweight championship.

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Pacquiao is new welterweight champ

Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao made history anew as he became the first active senator to win a world boxing championship.

Pacquiao overpowered the younger Jessie Vargas to win via unanimous decision and claim the WBO welterweight championship on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.

The "Pacman" was looking to end a knockout drought that dated all the way back to 2009, but had to settle for flooring Vargas once en route to a unanimous decision.

Judges scored the bout 114-113, 118-109, 118-109, all for the "Pacman."

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