NOTEBOOK: PUNCHES FLY - ALREADY.Byline: Michael Rosenthal Staff Writer Evidentially, Fernando Vargas Fernando Vargas (born December 7, 1977 in Oxnard, California) is an American boxer and two-time world champion, who won a bronze medal as an amateur at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. His nicknames include "Ferocious" and "The Aztec Warrior". and Ross Thompson are eager to fight one another Saturday in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . They opened the final news conference to promote the bout with an exchange of punches that left Vargas and promoter Gary Shaw
Thompson shouted at Vargas as he stepped up to the dais and walked past the IBF IBF See: International Banking Facility junior middleweight junior middleweight n. In both senses also called super welterweight. 1. A weight division in professional boxing having an upper limit of 154 pounds (69.3 kilograms), between welterweight and middleweight. 2. champ from Oxnard. Vargas stood up and Thompson landed a right that caused blood to trickle from Vargas' mouth. Vargas then knocked Thompson from the dais with a left hook. Thompson jumped back onto the dais and threw a punch that hit Shaw in the jaw as he was attempting to break up the fight before security guards restored order. Shaw was more confident than ever that his fighter, Vargas, would win. ``You don't have to worry about this guy. He can't even drop me,'' the 50-ish Shaw reportedly told Vargas. Thompson, a 30-1 underdog, will be disciplined, according to Nevada officials. --Take that: Oscar De La Hoya Oscar de la Hoya (IPA pronunciation: [ˈɑs.kɛɹ dɛ.lɑ.ˈhɔɪ.jɑ][1]) (born February 4, 1973) — nicknamed the Golden Boy has said repeatedly that he won't fight Vargas because he objects to some of Vargas' comments. Now Vargas, gaining rapidly on his East L.A. rival in terms of marketability, is saying the same thing. ``I don't want to fight him,'' he said. ``For what? He has two losses in a row. There's no incentive there for me. Mosley definitely beat him. He doesn't do anything for me. ``I need a fighter with a name. . . . He's history to me.'' Ouch. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: IBF junior middleweight contender Ross Thompson, middle, is restrained by manager Nick Garone, left, as he shouts at Oxnard's Fernando Vargas following a scuffle during Thursday's news conference in Las Vegas. Laura Rauch/Associated Press |
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