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Former champ says he would love a rematch with De La Hoya.
Written by Ozzie Gonzalez & Mercedes Marrero
September 19, 2002 -- In his first public appearance since the crushing loss to Oscar De La Hoya, Fernando Vargas was in good spirits and is planning to continue his boxing career.
Vargas held a press conference today and spoke to the media about what happened on September 14th when he lost his WBA jr. middleweight title to De La Hoya by TKO.
"I thought I was winning the fight. I was putting pressure on Oscar and hitting him with the harder shots ... I felt strong, but I was unable to get him out of there. He caught me with a good shot. That's boxing."
Vargas gave a lot of credit to the boxing skills of De La Hoya and said "De La Hoya came to fight and not to run -- I respect him for that."
Coming to fight for De La Hoya was something that was questionable in the minds of many before the match, because of his performance during the final rounds of Trinidad fight, three years ago.
But that was the De La Hoya of old and now we could be seeing a new Oscar.
The turning point of the fight came in the tenth round when De La Hoya rocked Vargas with a left hook in the final seconds of the tenth round. With Vargas' head not completely clear, De La Hoya came out strong in the 11th and put Vargas down on his back. Vargas managed to get up, but the fight was stopped seconds later when Vargas didn't respond to a barrage of punches by De La Hoya.
Vargas did finish the fight on his feet.
Despite getting knocked down by De La Hoya and getting his face bloodied, Vargas felt former champion, Felix "Tito" Trinidad is much more of a devastating puncher. "I was hit a hundred times harder by Trinidad," said Vargas when he was questioned about the power of De La Hoya. "I just got caught."
Vargas seemed satisfied with his performance against De La Hoya and said that the love from his fans, makes him feel good and gives him satisfaction. "With the Trinidad fight, I was mad at God." said Vargas in a calm tone of voice. "Now it's different, my fans are happy, I'm in peace with God and that makes me happy."
Vargas is looking to getting another world title and would love to get a rematch with Oscar De La Hoya, but if not, he will look at challenging Winky Wright for the IBF jr. middleweight title.
Written by Ozzie Gonzalez & Mercedes Marrero
September 19, 2002 -- In his first public appearance since the crushing loss to Oscar De La Hoya, Fernando Vargas was in good spirits and is planning to continue his boxing career.
Vargas held a press conference today and spoke to the media about what happened on September 14th when he lost his WBA jr. middleweight title to De La Hoya by TKO.
"I thought I was winning the fight. I was putting pressure on Oscar and hitting him with the harder shots ... I felt strong, but I was unable to get him out of there. He caught me with a good shot. That's boxing."
Vargas gave a lot of credit to the boxing skills of De La Hoya and said "De La Hoya came to fight and not to run -- I respect him for that."
Coming to fight for De La Hoya was something that was questionable in the minds of many before the match, because of his performance during the final rounds of Trinidad fight, three years ago.
But that was the De La Hoya of old and now we could be seeing a new Oscar.
The turning point of the fight came in the tenth round when De La Hoya rocked Vargas with a left hook in the final seconds of the tenth round. With Vargas' head not completely clear, De La Hoya came out strong in the 11th and put Vargas down on his back. Vargas managed to get up, but the fight was stopped seconds later when Vargas didn't respond to a barrage of punches by De La Hoya.
Vargas did finish the fight on his feet.
Despite getting knocked down by De La Hoya and getting his face bloodied, Vargas felt former champion, Felix "Tito" Trinidad is much more of a devastating puncher. "I was hit a hundred times harder by Trinidad," said Vargas when he was questioned about the power of De La Hoya. "I just got caught."
Vargas seemed satisfied with his performance against De La Hoya and said that the love from his fans, makes him feel good and gives him satisfaction. "With the Trinidad fight, I was mad at God." said Vargas in a calm tone of voice. "Now it's different, my fans are happy, I'm in peace with God and that makes me happy."
Vargas is looking to getting another world title and would love to get a rematch with Oscar De La Hoya, but if not, he will look at challenging Winky Wright for the IBF jr. middleweight title.
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