06 Mar 2016

Ortiz stops Thompson, Vargas KOs Ali to win title

Heavyweight Luis “The Real King Kong” Ortiz (25-0, 22 KOs) scored a sixth round KO game journeyman Tony “The Tiger” Thompson (40-7, 27 KOs) on Saturday night at the DC Armory in Washington, D.C. Ortiz dropped Thompson in rounds one and three, then put him down for the count in round

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09 Jul 2015

Jessie Vargas appeals loss to Bradley with CSAC

Jessie Vargas is not happy with the decision for his fight with Tim Bradley being ruled a loss and is seeking for it to be overturned to a no contest because the referee, Pat Russell, mistakenly ended the fight seven seconds early thinking he heard the final bell, which was

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27 Jun 2015

Jessie Vargas “Pat Russell saved Tim Bradley’s career”

An angry Jessie Vargas took the post-fight press conference to give his take on his fight with Timothy Bradley and the last ten seconds that will be talked about for weeks to come. Let’s recap in case you missed it and begin with the facts. Jessie Vargas hurt Tim Bradley

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27 Jun 2015

Twitter reacts to HBO Boxing card

 Bradley dominates, but weird ending steals headlines  Vargas has made his last few fights WAY tougher than they should have been. He's gonna have to dig deep tonight. #boxing #BradleyVargas — Raging Babe (@M_RagingBabe) June 28, 2015 Ward saying people overrate punching power. Ehhh…it's what the people like. It's like

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27 Jun 2015

Bradley outpoints Vargas despite bizarre ending to bout

Carson, CA  – Timothy Bradley defeated Jessie Vargas by unanimous decision with the scores of  116-112, 117-111 and 115-112 to win the interim WBO welterweight title at the StubHub Center in Carson, CA. The scores were read mere minutes before Pat Russell stepped between the two fighters as it appeared

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27 Jun 2015

Bradley vs. Vargas Weigh In Results

Venue: StubHub Center, Carson, CA TV: HBO Timothy Bradley 146.4 vs. Jessie Vargas 146.4 (WBO interim welterweight title) Oscar Valdez 127.4 vs. Ruben Tamayo 129  

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25 Jun 2015

Tempers flare between Bradley and Vargas prior to bout

  It all started on Tuesday afternoon when former two-division world champion Timothy “Desert Storm” Bradley Jr. (31-1-1, 12 KOs), of Palm Springs, Calif., arrived at his fight week hotel and was asked about his upcoming welterweight world title fight against undefeated World Boxing Association (WBA) super lightweight world champion

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22 Jun 2015

Bradley vs. Vargas for Interim WBO title not official belt

Well, Floyd Mayweather didn’t want to give up his WBO welterweight title just to have a rival Top Rank fighter pick it up meaning that Timothy Bradley vs. Jessie Vargas will now be for the interim title and not the full fledged one on Saturday, June 27th.   The interim

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22 Jun 2015

Boxing Schedule for June 26th-27th

Friday, June 26th At Sheldon, Washington (Showtime) – main event Dominic Wade vs. Sam Soliman, 10 rounds, middleweights; Erickson Lubin vs. TBA, 8 rounds, junior middleweights; Jamel Herring vs. Oscar Cortez At Hidalgo, Texas (truTV) – main event Gilberto Ramirez vs. Derek Edwards, 10 rounds, super middleweights; Diego Magdaleno vs. Jose

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28 May 2015

Jessie Vargas announces new trainer Erik Morales

I'm happy 2 inform U that my #ErikMorales @terrible100 will Be working my corner #June27 #VargasBradley #TeamVargas pic.twitter.com/CECifwEezD — JessieVargas_ (@Jessie_vargasJV) May 28, 2015 With about six weeks until the biggest fight of Jessie Vargas’ career, Vargas has done something he has done for a good portion of his career,

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