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By TK Stewart - Tough guy Fernando Vargas was briefly knocked out again, but this time it was not a punch thrown by Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya or Shane Mosley that did it.
No, after all of the punishment that he has put his young self through over the years, it was his own body that finally gave out on Fernando Vargas. Feeling sluggish and ill in the gym while preparing for his scheduled September 8th bout with trash talker extraordinaire Ricardo Mayorga, Vargas decided to make a trip to his doctor’s office.
The diagnosis? Anemia.
The bad news smacked home like that Oscar De La Hoya left hook to the head which separated Vargas from his senses back in 2002. Blood tests revealed that the 29 year-old Vargas, who has had trouble making weight for many of his fights, has an iron deficiency.
The fight has now been pushed back nearly 11 weeks to November 23rd and it will still be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Vargas has lost nearly 100 pounds since being at a high of about 265 late last year and his efforts to get down to the contracted weight of 162 pounds for the fight with Mayorga were paying off, but then he just didn’t feel right. He said he felt very weak and sick to his stomach and when he couldn’t train he decided to seek medical advice.
The Oxnard, California native told the Ventura County Star that, “I had no choice,” when it came to postponing the fight. “I can't fight in this condition,” he claimed.
Simply put, anemia is a condition in which there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to body tissues. It causes a person to feel weak, breathless, light-headed and tired. [details]
No, after all of the punishment that he has put his young self through over the years, it was his own body that finally gave out on Fernando Vargas. Feeling sluggish and ill in the gym while preparing for his scheduled September 8th bout with trash talker extraordinaire Ricardo Mayorga, Vargas decided to make a trip to his doctor’s office.
The diagnosis? Anemia.
The bad news smacked home like that Oscar De La Hoya left hook to the head which separated Vargas from his senses back in 2002. Blood tests revealed that the 29 year-old Vargas, who has had trouble making weight for many of his fights, has an iron deficiency.
The fight has now been pushed back nearly 11 weeks to November 23rd and it will still be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
Vargas has lost nearly 100 pounds since being at a high of about 265 late last year and his efforts to get down to the contracted weight of 162 pounds for the fight with Mayorga were paying off, but then he just didn’t feel right. He said he felt very weak and sick to his stomach and when he couldn’t train he decided to seek medical advice.
The Oxnard, California native told the Ventura County Star that, “I had no choice,” when it came to postponing the fight. “I can't fight in this condition,” he claimed.
Simply put, anemia is a condition in which there aren't enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen to body tissues. It causes a person to feel weak, breathless, light-headed and tired. [details]
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