By Ryan Burton
WBO welterweight champion Tim Bradley (33-1-1, 13KOs) wasn't amused when Jessie Vargas (26-1, 9KOs) confronted him at the truTV card at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas on November 20th.
The two fighters squared off in June. Bradley was cruising to a dominant unanimous decision victory when Vargas stunned the two division champion late in the 12th round. Referee Pat Russell inexplicably waived the fight off with approximately 7 seconds left in the fight. He would later say that he thought the 10 second signal was the final bell.
Vargas has campaigned for a rematch ever since, feeling that he was robbed of the opportunity to stop Bradley.
Bradley feels that Vargas crossed the line and that the fight wasn't close enough to warrant any demand for a rematch.
"There is a certain line that is there for a reason. We are professionals. You have a manager and I have a manager. You have a manager for a reason. But guess what? Nobody wants to see that fight! I won 11 rounds you won 1," Bradley explained.
Bradley returned to the ring earlier this month and knocked out Brandon Rios in the ninth round at the Thomas & Mack Center.
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