Former junior middleweight champion Fernando Vargas (left) entered the ring and challenged Hector Camacho Jr last night after Camacho’s win over Yory Boy Campas. “El Feroz,” who looked to be quite a bit over his fighting weight, would be returning to the ring for the first time in over two years read more ...

In a rare showing of humility and sportsmanship Ricardo Mayorga took the first opportunity during the post “BRAWL” press conference to approach his opponent Fernando Vargas and raise his hand in unity and declare “warrior, courageous!” Mayorga then proceeded to get on his knees in front of Vargas and apologize for the pre fight antics and outrageous verbal outbursts that have come to be the norm in the promotion of his fights read more ...

In his best performance in years, Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga (28-6-1, 22 KOs) sent "Ferocious" Fernando Vargas (26-5, 22 KOs) into retirement with a twelve round majority decision on Friday night at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles. Mayorga tried to bum rush Vargas early and was clearly winning the round when he dropped Vargas at the end of round one. Mayorga wobbled Vargas again in round two. Vargas was cut over the right eye read more ...

Fernando Vargas 164 vs Ricardo Mayorga 164 Kermit Cintron 146.75 vs Jesse Feliciano 147 (IBF welterweight championship) Alejandro Garcia 154 Roman Karmazin 155 (Note: Karmazin has two hours to lose one pound) read more ...

The trash talking between Fernando Vargas and Ricardo Mayorga - already high enough to be picked up on Richter scales along the San Andreas Fault in Southern California - appears to be escalating in advance of their "Day After Turkey Day" showdown as evidenced by Vargas' comments at Thursday's media workout that included this blast: "I don’t like anything about Mayorga. He has a face only a mother gorilla read more ...

The grudge bout between Fernando Vargas and Ricardo Mayorga will now take place in Los Angeles on Friday 23 November. It was orginally set for Saturday 8 September, but Vargas had to pull out because was suffering from anaemia. Blood tests revealed the American, who has had trouble making weight for recent fights, had an iron deficiency. read more ...

It's official. Los Angeles fight fans who had already purchased nearly $1 million worth of tickets to see "Ferocious" Fernando Vargas vs. Ricardo "El Matador" Mayorga at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 8 will have to wait for the bout to be rescheduled after a routine blood test by Vargas on Friday revealed a severe iron deficiency. Vargas' doctor ordered him to not participate in the highly anticipated match and to read more ...

Win or lose, former world champion Fernando Vargas confirmed that his highly anticipated September 8 SHOWTIME PPV clash against Ricardo Mayorga will be his final fight. "I won't fight again even for $100 million," 'El Feroz' stated, also revealing that he is currently at 170lbs. The bout is contracted at 162. Vargas said he has the advantage in that bout because he's already 1-0 against Mayorga, having landed a right hand and two read more ...

That’s what happens when cats do stuff like that at a press conference. Did you think I was just going to sit there and take that? I was prepared for it. He’s a bully and that’s the way bullies act, when it is convenient for them to act like that. But I knew it was coming, so I took my glasses off. If I had them on when he tried to hit me, they would have gone to the read more ...

The room was packed with media, and all went well until the trash-talking Mayorga approached the podium and Vargas immediately removed his sunglasses. Vargas initially maintained his composure while Mayorga repeatedly referred to him as “fatty” as well as other terms not normally deemed acceptable in public company read more ...