Fernando Vargas Story *Video*

Boxing is a weird sport.... there will be times where a fighter is in a danger zone so to speak one time throughout the fight, and that is the only time that that may happen in THREE fights, let alone one.... and when that fighter is in that hot water, and he gets that break.... and stops that MOMENT, that IMMEDIATE success that one fighter is having, it has nothing to do with what transpires the next round or what does and doesnt happen, the fact is he got a break, and halted the other fighters immediate momentum. I am not talking about fight momentum, i am talking about immediate, moment by moment momentum, and its not really an opinion.... its a fact, that it was stopped by tito. Wether Vargas goes on to carry it is another matter entirely, it is indeed halted the minute he lands that shot on vargas.... as he then gets an immediate break from the action.

Its like this.... Mayweather was on his way to really busting zab up in their fight no? If things had continued that way, he very may well have gotten a standing count, but when he low blowed him, that gave him a break (stopping mayweathers immediate momentum)

the fact that mayweather goes on to win the next round has nothing to do with it, i am talking in the moments these actions happen, meaning, the fighter that is doing the low blow is getting an immediate break from the action.

I will use Gatti as an example, remember in Gatti vs Ward 1, when Ward lands that crippling bodyshot? giving Ward a 10-8 round

What if, sensing the heat that was being placed on him and his at the moment crumpling under the circumstances, gatti delivered a fierce low blow to ward (thus preventing that exact moment that the body shot is delivered) ward recoveres, and then goes on to continue winning the round and the next round, but never scores that knockdown. Because Gatti got a break when he needed it, and never again finds himself in that situation throughout the fight.

That moment, and IMMEDIATE momentum was halted at the very moment gatti would have landed that low blow, and Ward going on to win the round or the next one doesnt erase the fact that gatti would have had a break, and halted wards immediate momentum.

anyways... for real this time, thats all ill say on it. to each their own....

 

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Something i dont see considered too much about vargas getting rushed is, and what should be considered is the fact that vargas's discipline outside the ring was coming apart. Once he turned 21, he was partying hard, his weight started ballooning, he also had legal problems (assault), ect....

His managers probably didnt want to risk him derailing himself before he ever had a shot. So although i consider myself one of vargas's biggest fans, and id love to say how much better vargas would have been if not rushed, chances are he would have never fullfilled his potential anyways due to his out of the ring lifestyle.

IMO....

If he had the discipline of say, a Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosley or even a Floyd Mayweather.... then ya, i would say he should have been brought along differently, but his managers probably thought it was better to strike at a world title before it was too late, perhaps.

Just playing devils advocate here