With only 34 fights and yet he's obviously a shell of his former self and is retired. How does this happen? I mean, 50 years ago 29 was considered old for a fighter but that was usually because a 29 year old fighter in the 50s usually had at least 50-60 fights, sometimes even more than that. Did Vargas just have a crazy lifestyle that took a toll on his body or what?
I believe so I mean I saw some pictures of him when he was absolutely obese around 280lbs I think that is just insane, he obviously took roids too and he had a crazy lifestyle as well. Some of his fights were wars and he took hard shots, traded with Trinidad, DLH, Mosley, all of it took toll on him. He is a grandpa in the ring.
Yeah i guess that makes sense. But Gatti had a pretty wild life outside of the ring and some wars inside of it and had a longer career than Vargas. And Jake LaMotta was known to not take proper care of himself between fights and had 106 bouts.
Trinidad happened. Man just look at the 12th round, the last right hand that Vargas absorbed before the fight was called.