I actually thought Vargas was better tonight. He was down in the zone. He just threw a lot of pitches. I thought he was more effective tonight than in his last start.
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If Vargas goes out and does what he did in the middle of last season, and Halsey goes out and shows you what he did late-April through June, you're going to have a tough battle.
I'm thrilled to be fighting Fernando Vargas and once again proving that I'm the superior fighter. To me, there was no controversy about our first fight because one look at his face showed who the winner was. I stopped him once, and I'll do it again.
This game, funny things happen. Somebody gets injured, somebody gets cold with the bat, and somebody jumps in and takes advantage of the opportunity. You know, like Cabrera did, Willis did, Vargas did.
Beckett rose to the occasion. Dontrelle rose to the occasion. Now we've got to get A.J. to rise and Vargas to rise, and we'll be in pretty good shape.
We matched Silence against Vargas to contest a title eliminator. Marquez turned down the fight with Silence, saying he was not interested to fight in South Africa.
This is going to be a great and exciting event, not only for boxing fans, but for me personally, because I get to fight alongside two of my Olympic teammates, Andre Dirrell and Devin Vargas. I'm looking forward to putting on a spectacular performance in front of my hometown crowd and then letting the fans get an up close and personal look of Andre and Devin, just like we did in Athens.
You don't represent your people. You can't represent anyone correctly. I promise you I will knock you out. I had one other opponent who I (hated) and I knocked him out (Fernando Vargas) too. I promise you will also be knocked out. Believe me.
Vargas came out on his game today and just shut us down offensively. We couldn't get anything going. He was hitting his spots real well.
When you have guys ahead of you who get on base, I don't care what spot you're hitting in, you want to take advantage of that and drive them in. Juan Pierre was on base ahead of me. Jason Vargas was on base ahead of me. I had some opportunities.
Vargas was on his game today. We had some good swings and hit some balls on the nose, but we just hit them straight up.
(Vargas) threw the ball well. Velocity was good and he pounded the bottom part of the zone, which we've been stressing to him.
The insurance industry's enormous clout in Sacramento is tied to their political contributions, like those they gave to Mr. Vargas.
But people get these crazy ideas, ... I went on my own roller-coaster ride to gain acceptance from Mexican-American fight fans. It was very difficult and frustrating. There were times when I felt like shouting, 'I can be your hero too.' And there were times, like my fights against Ike Quartey and even against Fernando Vargas, when I fought more aggressively and took more risks than I should have to please those fans.