Jessie Vargas

By Jim Dower: It looks like boxing fans could soon be seeing a rematch between newly crowned WBO interim welterweight champion Timothy Bradley (32-1-1, 12 KOs) and Jessie Vargas (26-1, 9 KOs), even though the outcome will likely be just the same with Bradley winning another easy 12 round unanimous decision like we saw last night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

After last night’s controversial ending in which the referee Pat Russell mistakenly stopped the fight 10 seconds early, Bradley has agreed to give Vargas a rematch. However, whether we see a rematch or not will depend largely on Bradley’s promoter Bob Arum and on the World Boxing Organization.

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By Dan Ambrose: Referee Pat Russell may have saved Tim Bradley (32-1-1, 12 KOs) from getting knocked out by halting the fight 10 seconds early to preserve Bradley’s 12 round unanimous decision win over Jessie Vargas (26-1, 9 KOs) on Saturday night at the StubHub Center in Carson, California.

Russell thought that the bell to end the fight had rung, which is why he halted the fight early. The stoppage by Russell was a life saver for Bradley, because moments before that, Vargas had badly hurt Bradley with a big right hand and had him out on his feet. With the 10 seconds to go in the fight, Vargas would have had a decent chance of finishing off Bradley because he literally out on his feet.

The final judges’ scores were 116-112, 117-111, 115-112.

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By Allan Fox: Tim Bradley (31-1-1, 12 KOs) expects his greater experience to be too much for world champion Jessie Vargas (26-0, 9 KOs) when the two fighters go at it tonight on HBO Championship Boxing.

Bradley has been fighting against major competition since 2006, and he’s got a huge start of the 26-year-old Vargas, who is fighting his first tough foe of his career. Bradley has put on a lot of muscle for this fight, and he’s hoping to use his new power to score a stoppage tonight.

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By Dan Ambrose: Tonight’s clash between Timothy Bradley (31-1-1, 12 KOs) and unbeaten Jessie Vargas (26-0, 9 KOs) will see both fighters make good money for their fight on HBO from the StubHub Center in Carson, California. It’s especially good money for the 31-year-old Bradley because he hasn’t produced a victory in two year. Bradley will be making $1.5 million, which isn’t bad for a non-title holder to be getting.

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By Jim Dower: Tim Bradley (31-1-1, 12 KOs) successfully weighed in today in coming in at 146.4 pounds for his fight against unbeaten Jessie Vargas (26-0, 9 KOs) on Saturday night from the StubHub Center in Carson, California. For his part, Vargas also came in at 146.4 pounds.

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By Allan Fox: Today’s official weigh-in involving Tim Bradley (31-1-1, 12 KOs) and Jessie Vargas (26-0, 9 KOs) will be streamed on this site starting at 5:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. PT. The two top fighters will be facing each other this Saturday on HBO Championship Boxing starting at 9:45 p.m. ET/6:45 p.m. PT. It’s a match-up for the vacant interim WBO welterweight title, but the belt could wind up as the full title if Floyd Mayweather Jr., the current WBO title holder, doesn’t pay the $200K sanctioning fee that the WBO is asking him to pay if he wants to keep the belt.

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By Dan Ambrose: Tim Bradley (31-1-1, 12 KOs) will be looking to recapture his old WBO welterweight title on Saturday night against Jessie Vargas (26-0, 9 KOs) in their bout at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. For Bradley, a victory over the unbeaten Vargas would give him his firth world title in two divisions. He’s keeping track of these things, and it’s a very big deal for him even though it’s a world title he’s already had in the past.

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By Dan Ambrose: If former two division world champion Tim Bradley (31-1-1, 12 KOs) was hoping to get a war out of WBA 140lb champion Jessie Vargas (26-0, 9 KOs) on Saturday night, then he got some bad news today in their final press conference when Vargas said that he’s going to be fighting Bradley in his own style when they go at it at the StubHub Center in Carson, California. The fight will be televised on HBO Championship Boxing.

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