VARGAS SHOWS HIS ENDURANCE.Byline: Michael Rosenthal Staff Writer As hot-blooded as 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". is outside the ring, he's as cool and calculating as any fighter in it. 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. champion from Oxnard didn't destroy former champ Raul Marquez as so many people thought he would. Instead, he methodically dismantled him, slicing up Marquez's tender face with pinpoint accuracy until the challenger finally fell apart Saturday night at Caesars Tahoe. The end came at two minutes of the 11th round, when Vargas wobbled Marquez's knees with a left-right-left combination and then - with his prey leaning helplessly against the ropes - followed with a vicious flurry of unanswered punches that prompted referee Joe Cortez Joe Cortez (born 1945 in New York, New York) is a Puerto Rican boxing referee who has worked many important world title bouts. Biography Cortez moved to Puerto Rico during his childhood. Living there, he became fluent in Spanish. to stop it. The knockout preserved Vargas' perfect record - 17 fights, 17 knockouts - but it was the first time the champion had gone past seven rounds. ``People were asking all week what would happen after seven rounds. Was that good enough for you?'' said Vargas, who won almost every round on the three cards. Take nothing away from Marquez (30-2, 20 KOs), a good fighter known for his grit. The Texan, whose facial skin regularly fails him, suffered three cuts - above and under his left eye and to the side of his right eye - and his cheeks were badly swollen. But he kept coming. Clearly, he was much too slow for the remarkably quick Vargas. But he kept coming. He simply didn't have the skills to prevent taking undue punishment from the opening bell. But he kept coming, until Vargas' punches finally knocked him senseless. At that point, it was out of his hands. No one argued when Cortez stopped the fight: It was a merciful ending. Marquez said before the fight that Vargas was more hype than anything else. Afterward, he corrected himself. ``Vargas is real good,'' he said. ``He's a sharp shooter. I just couldn't catch up to him. He's better than I thought. ``I tried to slug with him, I tried to make him fight my fight, but he wouldn't. He's smart.'' Smart indeed. When Vargas came into the ring, he had madness in his eyes. Without question, he's one of the most intense and intimidating fighters in the world. After the fight, he exacted some revenge on Marquez. The challenger provoked him at a recent news conference by giving him a T-shirt of 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 , whom Vargas disdains. Vargas, who had said when he received the gift that he would return it so Marquez could wipe the blood off his face, did just that. There was some mean-spirited pushing in the ring and, again, Vargas had that look in his eyes. However, even at 21 and with few fights behind him, he's able to gain complete control of his anger once the bell rings. He calls his state of being ``controlled anger.'' Take the sixth round, when Marquez landed a painful. low blow that put a stop to the fight for about two minutes while Vargas recovered. One wondered: Would that set him off? It didn't. He once again reverted to one of the most efficient machines in boxing, with no trace of emotion. Vargas' first truly big fight could be next summer against 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 champ David Reid David Reid may refer to:
Said Marquez: ``Of all the junior middleweight champs, Vargas is the best.'' It's tough to argue with that. In another featured bout, big-punching heavyweight contender David Tua David Tua, (born Mafaufau Tavita Lio Mafaufau Sanerivi Talimatasi on November 21, 1972 on the Island of Upolu, Samoa), is a heavyweight boxer and former title challenger currently rising again in the heavyweight rankings. (34-1, 29 KOs) knocked out Gary Bell Tua, ranked No. 1 by the IBF, savagely attacked Bell from the opening bell, cutting him over the left eye in the early seconds and ending the fight with an barrage of punches as Bell leaned against the ropes. Tua is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a shot at either heavyweight champion, Evander Holyfield Evander "The Real Deal" Holyfield (born October 19, 1962 in Atmore, Alabama) is a professional boxer from the United States and a multiple world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. or Lennox Lewis, and might be better than both. And Mario Aguiniga of Oxnard stopped Francisco Guzman at 51 seconds of the second round in a scheduled four-round featherweight bout. INSIDE THE FIGHT Vargas won each of 10 full rounds on one card while Marquez won only one round on two cards. The Daily News gave Marquez two rounds. Vargas connected on a remarkable 55 percent of his power punches (208 of 378) to Marquez's 40 percent (93 of 234). Vargas landed 53 percent of all his punches (275 of 518) to Marquez's 26 percent (118 of 459). CAPTION(S): Box Box: INSIDE THE FIGHT (See text) |
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