Vargas defeats Peping Conjuangco for POC presidency

Boxing chief Ricky Vargas has defeated longtime Philippine Olympic Committee head Jose “Peping’ Cojuangco Jr. for the presidency.

Vargas got 24 votes while Cojuangco, whose fourth term as the POC president was cut short, got 15 in the re-election on Friday at Wack Wack Golf and Country Club.

Bambol Tolentino, meanwhile, was elected POC chair with 25 votes.

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