Prime Fernando Vargas vs Manny Pacquiao at 154.

Vargas late TKO or UD

If we are talking prime here.... anywhere from campas to tito, Vargas is too big, too strong, too skilled, too unrelenting for IMO Pac to win.....

I think Vargas closes the gap, punishes Pacs body, cuts off the ring, and outfights/muscles Pac in a close fight that sees Pacs speed and power give Feroz some problems throughout, with also his speed of foot. Vargas could make it an easier night by using his boxing skills, circling, letting pac come to him and being precocious (like he did against campas, ike quartey at times, tito at times)

I think his problems start if he goes in trying to bull pac, but i still think hes got enough to beat pac even doing that, at 154.... but he just made the fight a whole lot harder and i can even see him getting wobbled perhaps (remember, this is a vargas that had never been down in his LIFE we are talking about and whos chin was solid)

Vargas would circle, measure, blast in and bull pac, with pac bouncing in and out or range trying to land combos, but just like he was able to get hoya there, vargas would eventually get pac there, and even if he didnt (pacs more mobile then hoya, fair to say that maybe hes able to stay off the ropes) Vargas would meet pac coming in and lay down damage with his left hooks to the body and his IMO most effective punch, his straight right hand.

Vargas could box off the back foot, be the aggressor, throw effectively to both the head and body, and imo he would just be too big and too strong, and could pretty much walk pac down.

Lets remember that after Cotto dominated round 1 with his skills, he kinda abandons them after that in an attempt to outfight/outmuscle pac in a shootout, and although he ultimatly gets broken that way, from 2-5 it was a back and forth battle..... Fernando Vargas is 10x's better at fighting that way then Miguel Cotto is, (cotto being more effective being patient, mixing effective body punching in with his boxing and using his jab) Vargas would bully pac toe to toe (although yes, he would take his fair share of punches) and when done would still apply effective pressure and push pac back, then circle and set for the next salvo. Seeing Cotto being able to war with Pac using almost entirely strength, size and aggression for 3 rounds like he did also shows me that a prime Vargas would have eaten manny up (imo Vargas was also a better body puncher then 'todays' cotto)


i say 7 rounds to 5 in a fight where Pacs speed of hand and feet give nando some problems, and he really starts to win rounds big around 8,9,10, where nando slowes down a bit and pac starts peppering him with combos, but nando would turn it up in the 11th and 12th, throwing punches into the 90's (like against wright when he thought he was losing) and seal the deal, that is assuming Pac could take the punishment he would recieve throughout all 12 rounds.

Vargas late TKO or UD.

IMO