BOXING: VARGAS MAKES HIS POINTS IN VICTORY BEATS CASTILLEJO BY UNANIMOUS DECISION.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Former IBF IBF See: International Banking Facility and WBA WBA West Bromwich Albion (English Soccer Club) WBA World Boxing Association WBA Weekly Benefit Amount WBA Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (Madison, WI) WBA Wireless Broadband Access junior middleweight champion Fernando Vargas took a step toward re-establishing himself as the top 154-pounder Saturday night with a 10-round unanimous decision over former WBC WBC white blood cell; see leukocyte. WBC abbr. white blood cell WBC, n stands for white blood cell. super welterweight champion Javier Castillejo at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill. Vargas, from Oxnard, knocked down Castillejo in the third and held on. The crowd of 9,096 booed throughout the bout, and things turned ugly afterward when a fight broke out in the lower tier. A chair was thrown before police arrived. Two judges scored it 97-92, and the third had it 98-91. ``I fought bad,'' Vargas said. ``I wasn't feeling the way I should.'' Vargas (26-2, 22 knockouts) staggered Castillejo (58-6, 39 KOs) with a right to the head and knocked him down with two short lefts in the closing seconds of the third round. But Castillejo stayed in it. Trainer Danny Smith rated Vargas' performance a five on a scale of one to 10, saying, ``He let the guy touch him with too many punches.'' Castillejo, who had won his previous seven fights, landed 119 of 552 punches, compared to 192 of 479 for Vargas. On the undercard, Humberto Soto (37-5-2, 21 knockouts) won a thrilling unanimous decision over previously unbeaten Rocky Juarez to become the WBC's interim featherweight champion. NBA player Kendall Gill (2-0, one knockout) won his second professional fight, scoring a unanimous decision over Nicaraguan Jason Medina (1-1) in their four-round cruiserweight cruis·er·weight n. In both senses also called junior heavyweight. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 190 pounds (85.5 kilograms), between light heavyweight and heavyweight. 2. bout. Heavyweight B.J. Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the of Phoenix (13-0-1, nine KOs) knocked out Nate Zeikle of Cameron, Mo. (12-6, seven KOs), in the second round. Colombian Joel Julio (24-0, 21 KOs) scored a fourth-round technical knockout of Barbados' Chris Henry (19-12, 14 KOs). --St. John wins title Calabasas' Mia St. John Mia Rosales St. John (born June 24, 1967) is an American professional boxer, model, businesswoman, and a Tae Kwon Do champion. St. John, a Mexican-American born in San Francisco, California, attended California State University, Northridge, earning a degree in Psychology. (42-5-2) won the vacant International Boxing Association
- Robert Morales CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Fernando Vargas knocks down Javier Castillejo in the third round. Vargas won the bout by unanimous decision. M. Spencer Green/Associated Press |
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