World Boxing Council super featherweight champion Francisco "Bandido" Vargas (23-0-2, 17KOs) wants a fight before the year's end, but a good rest before that to heal and refresh.
Two weeks ago Vargas traded punches with countryman Orlando Salido in a 'Fight of The Year' war at the StubHub in Carson, California.
Sporting bulbous dark glasses covering two gashed eyebrows at the WBC press conference in Mexico City, Francisco says the damage actually looks worse than it is, only needing six stitches.
That was the second fight in a row where Vargas was involved in a vicious war.
Comparing his two last ultra tough fights, he says Salido was more intense and threw more punches than Miura, but Takashi hit a lot harder.
Tempted by a welter of questions about how much a fair day's pay for a hard day's work should be, with a million dollars mentioned more than once, Bandido who is apt to stand and deliver, diplomatically replied he needs what's just...and no more.
"We need to rest for a long time because of the cuts [above my eyes]. We had two very tough fights (Miura and Salido), personally I would fight later this year....that is what we are considering and it all depends on what opponent we would be fighting at the end of the year," Vargas told ESPN Deportes.
There are some who are advising Vargas to change his fighting style, because a lot of boxers who fight in that manner end up having very short careers.
"This is my style, my way of fighting, it's not hard for me. I just do what I like, for me it is good," Vargas said. "There are very good fighters in my division and fighting with these fighters can generate good purses. We are all for it, we are champions. We want to fight the best and that's our plan, to fight the best and hope that good pay is generated and we are with it."
