By Miguel Rivera
A few days ago, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told the Las Vegas Review Journal that WBA 'regular' junior welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (26-0, 9 KOs) was a possible 'Plan B' option for WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao in 2015.
Arum is focused on reaching an agreement for a super-fight between Pacquiao and WBC/WBA welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. If the discussions to make a Mayweather fight fall apart, then Vargas is being viewed as a short list candidate to get in there.
"Yes, I am the second option. We have been talking about this fight [with Top Rank], and with the help of God I hope they give us the fight. I'm here ready for it. I think it would be a good fight, everyone knows that the first option for Pacquiao is Mayweather, but we don't know if this fight is going to happen," said Vargas to ESPN Deportes.
"A fight between Pacquiao and myself would be a war like Morales and Pacquiao, but this Morales would be bigger and younger and would not take a step back. I would be there fighting toe to toe. For me it would a good opportunity to let people know who Jessie Vargas is. I see it as a great opportunity."
