Comments Thread For: Alberto Machado Eyes Showdown With Francisco Vargas

[kidbazooka]

he didnt want to mention Berchelt...LOL

Imagine that one

[dukesville]

He is prone to cuts but his durablity cant be underestimated. He can dish out as much as he can take and if Machado cant do the same, he is going down.

Did you see Vargas vs Berchelt? He was durable but was not giving as good as he got and took a beating the whole fight. He wasn't the same Vargas that fought Miura or Salido. And his last fight confirms this, a good Vargas would of taken that guy out in maybe 3 rds instead of 7. Roach sees this like Berchelt's people did and want that name on their resume.

[dukesville]

Vargas still fights...??? Dudes face explodes after one punch nowadays.
It would be a 100% FEEDING on paper for Machado.

I agree, Vargas's best days are behind him. Roach wants to do what Berchelt's team did.

[indelible]

I dont see why not as long as there is a date open for them. December is usually a slow month for Boxing.

True. Since Bivol and Pascal is presumed to be HBO's last televised fight unless Munguia gets added for December, should their schedules allow, Machado vs Vargas could be HBO's Christmas gift to boxing fans.

[DJrabit]

That's what I was thinking! I was sure he was going to call out Tank Davis in the ring, at the post fight interview, then when he said he wanted Mexico vs. Puerto Rico, I thought he was going to say Berchelt, but he said Vargas! Maybe that was what he was instructed to say? Berchelt in a unification would be much better!

Yes but Berchelt being with Top Rank see it being a few fights before it gets done. Davis has not fought in forever, is overweight and only fights PBC Bums.

[PETUFF]

Make it happen anyone!

[lopez36]

not bad I guess,,vargas is easy to hit,but hard to discourage,he just keeps coming at you,and that will be a good test for a young guy like machado,although vargas is kind of on the down side,he's still a good test for machado in terms of making machado work hard for the victory,maybe taking him the twelve rounds and making it a hard fight,obviously not skillwise he's going to test machado,but not a bad fight,it's good for a young guy to face guys with different styles

[Alan Smithee]

I dont see why not as long as there is a date open for them. December is usually a slow month for Boxing.

Dec. 1
At Los Angeles (Showtime PPV):

Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury, 12 rounds, for Wilder's WBC heavyweight title

Jarrett Hurd vs. TBA, 12 rounds, for Hurd's IBF/WBA junior middleweight title

Luis "King Kong" Ortiz vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, heavyweights

Joe Joyce vs. TBA, 10 rounds, heavyweights

Chris Arreola vs. TBA, 8 or 10 rounds, heavyweights

At Quebec City (Showtime):

Adonis Stevenson vs. Oleksandr Gvozdyk,

Dec. 8
At New York (ESPN/ESPN Deportes):

Vasiliy Lomachenko vs. Jose Pedraza, 12 rounds, WBA/WBO lightweight unification

Isaac Dogboe vs. Emanuel Navarrete, 12 rounds, for Dogboe's WBO junior featherweight title

Teofimo Lopez Jr. vs. Mason Menard, 10 rounds, lightweights

At Sheffield, England (DAZN):

Kell Brook vs. TBA, 10 or 12 rounds, junior middleweights

At Zagreb, Croatia:

Filip Hrgovic vs. TBA, 12 rounds, heavyweights

At Nashville:

Sena Agbeko vs. Bryan Vera, 8 rounds, super middleweights



At TBA, South Africa:

Thulani Mbenge vs. Miguel Vazquez, 12 rounds, welterweights

Dec. 14
At Corpus Christi, Texas (ESPN+):

Gilberto "Zurdo" Ramirez vs. Jesse Hart, rematch, 12 rounds, for Ramirez's WBO super middleweight title

At London:

Luke Keeler vs. Brian Rose, 12 rounds, middleweights

Dec. 15
At New York (DAZN):

Rocky Fielding vs. Canelo Alvarez, 12 rounds, for Fielding's WBA "regular" super middleweight title

At Christchurch, New Zealand:

Joseph Parker vs. Alexander Flores, 10 rounds, heavyweights

Junior Fa vs. Rogelio Omar Rossi, 10 rounds, heavyweights

Dec. 22
At Manchester, England (ESPN+):

Josh Warrington vs. Carl Frampton, 12 rounds, Warrington's IBF featherweight title

Michael Conlan vs. TBA, 8 or 10 rounds, featherweights

At New York (Fox):

Jermall Charlo vs. Willie Monroe Jr., 12 rounds, for Charlo's WBC interim middleweight title

Jermell Charlo vs. Tony Harrison, 12 rounds, for Charlo's WBC junior middleweight title

Dominic Breazeale vs. Carlos Negron, 10 rounds, heavyweights

At London (DAZN):

Dillian Whyte vs. TBA, 12 rounds, heavyweights

[Santa_]

Great fight!

I got Vargas by close but clear decision

[sammybee]

Face the winner of Belchelt vs Roman