Two Careers Just Ended Back To Back

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Fernando Vargas is a great example to make when talkin to young prospects about not rushing themselves.

Shelly Finkel, who managed Vargas throughout his career, said that he never meant to rush Vargas. In fact, he would always tell Vargas and his team that its too soon, its too soon. Vargas and his team did not listen, they said bring on the big fights, and bring on the money, and of course, today we all see the consequences of that.

That is an excellent point.

Butthe problem is that you have so many young fighters out there with undefeated/good records, that it's tough to differentiate yourself from the pack. paul williams, joel julio, paulie malignaggi, sechew powell, floyd mayweather, ricky hatton, miguel cotto, etc , etc. Who knows who are the champs or the chumps??

So a guy like Malignaggi rolls the dice a bit early to try to break away from the pack. It was a risk, but at least we know his name now. And we know he is a good boxer who is a tough kid with heart.

But Trinidad was a career ender. That was too soon for Vargas. Even though he made it a fight.