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how about make this fight at heavyweight
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Damn shame
He is going to make a horrible comeback. He already lost to that bum, Ricardo Mayorga, before the layoff. He should come back against a guy with a losing record. I have seen him supporting Margarito when he fought Pacquiao and he looked fat. He has no business fighting at 168. I doubt he will be in great shape at that weight. He is going to come in looking soft and sluggish and lose. He is way past his prime and he will not be able to beat elite competition ever again even if he wins this fightComment
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I thought he got into the movie bizz? Well, it will be interesting. I wish him the best!Comment
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Doesn't really matter what the weight is,because Vargas simply can't box to the level that he was boxing a decade ago.He won't even be able to box to the level that he boxed against Mayorga - a fight in which he was already a shot fighter.Comment
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I wish Fernando the best. Im sure this fight will sell out. Im looking forward to this fight.Comment
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Fernando Varga’s manager, Joseph Louis Pecora, 54, was arrested Monday by Ventura County Sheriff’s Department on su****ion of grand theft by embezzlement and forgery, jail records show. He remained in custody Wednesday in lieu of $15,000 bail.
Pecora had access to Fernando Vargas’ bank accounts while working for him. Vargas’ attorney, Greg Ramirez, said Pecora worked with Vargas as a business manager from the late 1990s until the Oxnard native discovered about two years ago that he had no money in one of his bank accounts.
Pecora is being accused of pocketing more than $400,000 if not millions of dollars and forging Vargas’ name on checks. Is suspected that he used the money to buy condominiums in Miami.
“He thought he had millions of dollars in the bank, and now he might have to start training to get back in the ring again,” Ramirez said of Vargas. “He’s got to support his family.”
The 59-page civil complaint includes claims of fraud, breach of oral contract and professional negligence. It names Pecora; his accountant, Martin Marietta; Veronica Bustamante, an employee of Marietta’s; and businesses including CBIZ Tax, Accounting and Advisory Services and affiliates. Pecora’s daughter, Christina Pecora, is also named as a defendant, but she is not included among those accused of fraud.
Mark Krum, an attorney for CBIZ and Marietta, said in a statement that the allegations against his clients were “groundless.” “The claims made against them by the Vargas parties are without merit,” Krum said.
Christina Pecora’s attorney, Glenn Campbell, said his client did “absolutely nothing wrong.” Campbell said someone forged his client’s signature on documents, and he expects the suit against her to be dismissedComment
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A former manager recently charged with stealing from retired professional boxer Fernando Vargas says the case stems from false allegations by the two-time world champion.
In an interview with the Ventura County Star this week, Joseph Pecora said the charges are unfounded and he lashed out at his former employer and close friend. He described Vargas as a vindictive “spendaholic” who was responsible for his own financial problems and had a history of firing associates for unfounded theft allegations.
“Everybody who’s ever been involved with him he thinks has stolen from him,” said Pecora, 54, of Camarillo. “I am totally innocent of all charges, period.”
Pecora was arrested June 14 in Camarillo on su****ion of grand theft by embezzlement and forgery after an investigation that began several years ago when Vargas reported a theft, authorities said. He was charged with those crimes June 17.
Pecora, who has pleaded not guilty, was released from jail after posting $30,000 bail.
Ventura County Sheriff’s Department officials said Pecora’s arrest was based on probable cause, not unsubstantiated allegations.
“After a lengthy investigation, evidence was uncovered to support ... Mr. Vargas’ allegations,” said sheriff’s Capt. Ross Bonfiglio.
Neither Vargas nor his lawyer returned calls Wednesday seeking comment about Pecora’s statements.
At the time of his arrest, Pecora had access to Vargas’ bank accounts while working for the boxer and “was involved in the grand theft and forgery of one or more of those accounts,” sheriff’s officials said.
Vargas’ lawyer, Greg Ramirez, said last week that Vargas and wife allege Pecora pocketed about $400,000 with ploys including forging Vargas’ name on checks.
A 2009 lawsuit filed on behalf of Vargas, his wife and their businesses includes claims of fraud, breach of oral contract and professional negligence and names Pecora, among others. Only Pecora has been arrested.
Pecora said he plans to fight both the criminal and civil allegations. He said he didn’t have personal access to Vargas’ accounts and didn’t forge checks or steal money.
Pecora said he and other members of Vargas’ financial team told the boxer he was in financial trouble in 2005, years before Vargas reported the alleged theft. Pecora said the team had monthly meetings with Vargas, and he claimed the boxer had “selective memory.”
“He spent money faster than he could make it — cars, homes, ***elry, lavish weekends with his buddies, paying for flights for everybody to go to Tucson,” Pecora said.
He said he doesn’t know why authorities arrested him, noting he hasn’t seen any documents in the case.
He said Vargas has a history of firing people and has gone through three accountants and three bookkeepers because he believed they had stolen from him. “And nobody steals from him,” Pecora said.
Vargas, however, has won at least one of his money-related lawsuits. Vargas and fellow boxer Robert Garcia were awarded $175,000 after suing former sports agent Robert Caron for fraud in 2002. Caron died this month after a long battle with cancer.
In 2009, Vargas settled a lawsuit with his mother after trying to oust her from her Oxnard home, which he claimed was his.
Read more: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/jun/...#ixzz1CRCWEq9g
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That sucksss.Comment
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Vargas is very HUNGRY to get back in there.
in all seriousness though. Shame he has to come back because he has no money. That's truly a sad situation. Hopefully he wins.Comment
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