Boxers are expected to observe a certain protocol at media confabs. Promising to inflict great mayhem on their opponent is considered obligatory. Sometimes these declarations are more than loosely scripted bombast; sometimes they are sincere.
With that as a preamble, here are fresh quotes from former WBA super lightweight champion Jessie Vargas who opposes Sadam Ali for the vacant WBO World welterweight title on Saturday at the Washington, DC Armory in the main supporting bout to the heavyweight tilt between Luis Ortiz and Anthony Thompson:
"I am going to bust up anyone who gets in my way....I am going to make a statement while winning the fight. I have a new team in my corner starting with my new chief trainer Dewey Cooper who grew up with me (in Las Vegas). He has developed a technique which gives me more firepower. We are not looking at this fight going to the scorecards."
Vargas is 26-1 (9 KOs). His lone setback came in his most recent fight, a 12-round contest with Timothy Bradley that ended in controversy when referee Pat Russell inadvertently waived the fight off with seven seconds remaining in the final round on the mistaken assumption that he had heard the timekeeper ring the bell. Shortly before the stoppage, Vargas put Bradley on queer street with a vicious overhand right.
Vargas finds himself in the role of the underdog vs. the undefeated Ali (22-0, 13 KOs), a former U.S. Olympian from Brooklyn. For more on Vargas-Ali, check out Miguel Ituratte's interview with Ray Flores on the Boxing Channel.
With that as a preamble, here are fresh quotes from former WBA super lightweight champion Jessie Vargas who opposes Sadam Ali for the vacant WBO World welterweight title on Saturday at the Washington, DC Armory in the main supporting bout to the heavyweight tilt between Luis Ortiz and Anthony Thompson:
"I am going to bust up anyone who gets in my way....I am going to make a statement while winning the fight. I have a new team in my corner starting with my new chief trainer Dewey Cooper who grew up with me (in Las Vegas). He has developed a technique which gives me more firepower. We are not looking at this fight going to the scorecards."
Vargas is 26-1 (9 KOs). His lone setback came in his most recent fight, a 12-round contest with Timothy Bradley that ended in controversy when referee Pat Russell inadvertently waived the fight off with seven seconds remaining in the final round on the mistaken assumption that he had heard the timekeeper ring the bell. Shortly before the stoppage, Vargas put Bradley on queer street with a vicious overhand right.
Vargas finds himself in the role of the underdog vs. the undefeated Ali (22-0, 13 KOs), a former U.S. Olympian from Brooklyn. For more on Vargas-Ali, check out Miguel Ituratte's interview with Ray Flores on the Boxing Channel.
Jessie Vargas Promises to Bust Up Sadam Ali
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