VARGAS PLEADS NO CONTEST.Byline: Michael Rosenthal Assistant Sports Editor Noun 1. sports editor - the newspaper editor responsible for sports news newspaper editor - the editor of a newspaper Boxer 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". pleaded no contest Monday to a felony charge of conspiracy to commit assault in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. County Superior Court and is scheduled to be sentenced Aug. 24. Prosecutors will recommend that Vargas spend time in jail, but judge Thomas R. Adams, Jr. will have the final word. Vargas, who was present when four companions beat up a Santa Barbara man in the summer of 1999, made the plea after prosecutors agreed to drop felony assault charges. ``I'm very happy to get this behind me,'' Vargas said afterward. ``This has helped me grow as a person. ... I want to do my fighting in the ring, not in the courts.'' The incident stems from a fight involving Vargas and the former boyfriend of woman Vargas was visiting. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. prosecutors, Douglas Rossi of Santa Barbara broke up the fight. Rossi later was beaten by the four men, Vargas' cousin, Ernesto Vargas, and friends Freddie 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 , Carlos Alberto Lopez and Vincent Arenas. They have pleaded no contest to assault charges. The conspiracy charges stem from Vargas' decision to summon his friends after the fight. The former IBF IBF See: International Banking Facility junior middleweight champion, who knocked out Wilfredo Rivera on Saturday in El Paso, Texas, no longer is accused of taking part in the beating. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: VARGAS |
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