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SENATOR MANNY PACQUIAO RETURNS TO PHILIPPINE SENATE AFTER HISTORY-MAKING VICTORY AND DONATES WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BELT TO HIS COUNTRYMEN! PhilBoxing.com Wed, 09 Nov 2016  MANILA (November 8, 2016) -- The streak continues! No sooner had boxing superhero Senator MANNY ?Pacman? PACQUIAO (59-6-2, 38 KOs) won the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight world title for a third time -- dethroning the younger and taller defending champion Jessie Vargas (27-2, 10 KOs) on Saturday in front of 16,321 fans at the Thomas & Mack Center -- boxing's only eight-division world champion jetted back to Manila in time to attend the first day of the Philippine Senate's new session. Pacquiao has not missed one day of Senate activity since being sworn in, despite a grueling schedule that incorporated an intense training camp for his challenge of Vargas. Upon entering the Senate chamber today, as a world champion, carrying his new world title belt, Senator Pacquiao was lauded by his colleagues. The Senate passed a resolution commending Pacquiao's discipline to effectively serve the citizens of the Philippines while training for his world championship challenge in his ring return against Vargas, both on a fulltime basis. Pacquiao, the first senator from any country to win a world title, then presented his new world championship belt to Senate President Koko Pimentel as a gift to the citizens of the Philippines. ?To manifest my heartfelt thanksgiving, I would like to donate my WBO welterweight belt to the Senate of the Philippines. The honor does not belong to me alone but to every Filipino,? said Pacquiao. ?May it serve as an inspiration for everyone to pursue excellence and to continue fighting for our nation?s sovereignty.? SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES RESOLUTION NO. 217 SENATE CONGRATULATES SENATOR PACMAN: Senate President Aquilino ?Koko? Pimentel III and the other senators congratulate their colleague Senator Emmanuel ?Manny? Pacquiao after the Senate approved Senate Resolution No. 217 commending Pacquaio for his recent victory over former World Boxing Organization (WBO) Welterweight Champion Jessie Vargas, during Tuesday?s session, November 08, 2016. Apart from Pimentel, Senators Sherwin ?Win? Gatchalian, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros, Grace Poe, Richard Gordon, Senate Minority Leader Ralph Recto and Senate Majority Leader Vicente ?Tito? Sotto III, along with Senators Loren Legarda, Juan Miguel ?Migz? Zubiri, Juan Edgardo ?Sonny? Angara, Panfilo ?Ping? Lacson, Gregorio ?Gringo? Honasan II and Francis ?Kiko? Pangilinan were also present to celebrate Pacquaio's win. Photo (L-R): Senators Ralph Recto, Manny Pacquiao, Koko Pimentel and Tito Sotto pose with Pacquiao's newly won WBO world welterweight title belt at the Philippine Senate Tuesday in Manila.  |
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