By Jeff Zimmerman
The legendary Fernando Vargas, at his new Las Vegas gym, shared his relationship with the Garcias, especially Robert’s and Mikey’s dad, “El Jefe.” He talked about his relationship with his three fighting sons, Fernando Jr, Amado and Emiliano and how he never wanted them to box. Vargas also showed love for his fans and gave his thoughts on Spence Jr fighting again and much more in this Fightnews.com® exclusive.
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Two of the three Vargas Bros, Fernando Jr and Amado plus Gabriel Flores Jr. talked about their careers and the family atmosphere at the new gym of Fernando Vargas in Las Vegas where they teach boxing and jujitsu. The Vargas brothers talked about getting to the sport late as they were standout athletes in other sports whereas their youngest brother, Emiliano, started around 10 years old and is signed by Top Rank. Flores Jr was the youngest signee by Top Rank at 16 and is still only 23. All three are expected to fight March 16 at the Stockton Arena in Stockton, CA where Flores Jr is a hometown hero. The show will be promoted by G-SQUAD Entertainment run by Flores Jr dad and trainer, Gabriel Flores Sr.
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Vargas took the Mexican people heart when he fought Felix Trinidad
Vargas showed a lot of heart and that conquered Mexico
Because lot of people don’t know but we font care if we lose or win , we care about give everything in the ring
Of course we want our fighters win and have great numbers but more than numbers we care about performance
If the Mexican losses but he gave everything in the ring we are happy
If the Mexican win but his performance is not good , his did not push his limit or he did show heart we won’t be so excited
There are bunch of very loved Mexican boxers that people don’t know and I’m not talking about canelo , Chavez, Marquez, Barrera or morales etc
Kid azteca
Chango Casanova
Toluco López
Filo Nava
Pajarito moreno
Ratón Macías
José becerra
Púas Olivares
El rielero Ramírez
Jesús Nájera
Leonardo López
Lupe González
Pedro Ortega
etc etc etc etc etc (I better stop it)
Salvador Sánchez was also very loved but he was not as agressive as the mention above , these fighters were a true warriors and the people liked them a lot because the bloody fights and the heart showed in every fight like Lupe Gonzalez who got blind because of boxing , these guys plus other ones that I don’t remembered fought like a pit bull
When Mexican bring the heart to the ring we enjoy a lot every sip of the beer it tastes great and the adrenaline runs through our veins
Most these boxers I mentioned were from early 1930’s to 1960’s
These guys did not have 20 defenses they just fought like dogs
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Just like the early era of boxing of heavyweights when Ali foreman Robinson Armstrong Louis Marciano ezzard Charles etc etc etc
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Most these boxers I mentioned were from early 1930’s to 1960’s
These guys did not have 20 defenses they just fought like dogs
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Just like the early era, the golden era of boxing of heavyweights when Ali foreman Robinson Armstrong Joe Louis rocky Marciano ezzard Charles etc etc etc
These guys did not play bullzszshit games they could fought in a telephone pole the ring was too big for them
No zhitty fights like Today with Mayweather , Tyson fury , títere Vázquez etc etc etc
I don’t what happened but before it was a real boxing
That’s why Oscar de la Hoya had problems to be accepted by Mexicans because he had no balls
We all were on Vargas side when he fought Oscar
That’s why Mike Tyson was very successful in Mexico
We all bought every single fight of Mike Tyson
I used to work in a discotheque and we played Tyson fights and day there were problems because we collected money to watch Tyson fight
But like most Mexicans people were late and by the time they arrived Tyson already ko his opponent in 1 round lmao
I think Tyson is the most loved foreigner boxer in Mexico ever
He was a True warrior
Most pitbull dogs in Mexico were named Tyson (but don’t get me wrong) we did it in a good way
We still love this mothefckr
Tyson the king of boxing along with Muhammad ali
But our generation lived Tyson era
Its great to hear another perspective on how Tyson and Ali were revered in other countries such as Mexico. Tyson was an absolute beast and Ali is a hero in every sense of the word.
Somehow you speak/write on behalf of Mexicans. How so? And by the way, your stereo-typing of people is highly unpleasant.
I suggest you have a look at Oscar’s record BEFORE making a fool of yourself.
So by the time people arrived to watch Tyson the fight was done and people requesting the refund lol
I remember when I was on my to the school and biggest new in the whole country was when buster Douglas beat Tyson
Nobody could believed it
Everybody talking about this loss
Some guys saying Tyson lost intentionally to get more fame but more fame he could not get
Tyson was our héroe
It was hurtful watch him lose against Douglas and holifield
When he fought Lewis it knew Lewis was goi mng to win because his size
But In my heart I wanted Tyson to win
Miky Tyson is highly connected/related with Mexico
We like him and I think he like us
I think every started because he visited Mexico in 1990’s and the whole paralyzed with his visit
We treated him well and he liked it
Not even the pope Juan Pablo ll was received as well as we received the iron man Mike Tyson
That’s what we called him the “”iron man “””
Hopefully it wasn’t the rape conviction and/or the shocking way he treated women.
We already have Mauricio Sulaimán to speak on the behalf of the entire Mexican population.
This was a bit painful for me to watch hard to understand, some slurred speech, starting saying something then jumped into something else. Perhaps, he had some tequila shots prior to this interview.
I wish el Feroz nothing but the best, and I truly hope I am wrong.
Nope, its slurred speech, seems to be signs of pugilistic dementia. Vargas was put in a little soon against Tito, was never quite the same. One of my top Latin fighters of all time: 1) Duran, 2) JCC, 3) Arguello, 4) Tito, 5) Vargas, 6) De La Hoya.
I thought so too,, but thought it was me imagining things
Really like Vargas a lot, but it feels like the term “legendary” or “legend” gets tossed around easily. He always came up short against the elite fighters of his era. Not sure I’d say he’s legendary
True, he came up short against Oscar, Trinidad and depending on who you ask he really lost that fight to Winky Wright. The fights are “legendary” even though he came up short. It had the big fight feel which you don’t get a lot of presently so we tend to coin things “legendary.”
I concur, same with Oscar De La Hoya, for me, he is not legend. Oscar lost to:
Trinidad – Oscar ran the last rounds.
Mosley twice – Mosley was rumored to be juiced.
Hopkins – I heard they were some talks of BHOP joining Golden Boy Promotions, prior to the fight.
Pacquiao – nothing here
One can argue that each time Oscar fought with the elite, he lost, regardless of the reasons for his loses.
I believe Fernando will move his sons at the right pace. His handlers moved him very quickly which proved to be a mistake. Fernando got a controversial win over Winky Wright whom most felt he lost. That should have been the fight to scale it back a bit. The fighters against Oscar and Trinidad were amazing nonetheless.
That class was moved along too fast. Vargas and David Reed started fast and crashed early. I think that improper handling was the cause.147 was still on fire and 154 was not too far behind. A disciplined Quartey would have added to the mix as well.
Fernando was a very good fighter but I’m not sure the term ‘legendary’ is appropriate.