By Dan Ambrose: Top Rank promoter Bob Arum is talking about WBO welterweight champion Jessie Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs) being transformed into a superstar if he beats Manny Pacquiao (58-6-2, 38 KOs) in their fight this Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Vargas about as far away as possible to becoming a superstar as anyone could ever get. He’s not really considered star material. One of the reasons for that was Vargas’ lopsided 12 round unanimous decision loss to Tim Bradley last year in June. Apart from a homerun right hand that Vargas landed in the 12th round out of sheer desperation, it was an embarrassingly one-sided loss for him.