Boxing
American world champion aiming to derail incredible Inoue-Rodriguez fight
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Antonio Vargas has a huge opportunity to become a major name this weekend when he defends his WBA bantamweight title against pound-for-pound superstar, Jesse Rodriguez, in Arizona.
Fury and Hall up the tempo
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Although Vargas is the champion, he enters the contest as a big underdog as he welcomes Rodriguez to his weight class in a fight that looks designed to see Rodriguez add another world title to his collection before pushing onto a gargantuan showdown with Naoya Inoue.
In recent months, especially since the Japanese man beat his fellow countryman, Junto Nakatani, in May, the push for an Inoue vs Rodriguez fight has reached another level with Eddie Hearn even stating that Netflix are seriously interested in staging the lower weight super fight.
Despite that contest massively appealing to fight fans in both America and Japan, Rodriguez still has Vargas to contend with, and with the biggest fights in the sport awaiting ‘Bam,’ Vargas knows victory can take him one step closer to boxing’s grandest stage.
“It's one of the biggest fights right now, against one of the biggest names in the sport. I'm looking forward to this fight because after I beat this kid, it's going to put me where I want to be at. It's going to be a good fight for me.
“I look forward to challenging myself, but at the same time, and I know it's going to be a rough day. This is the biggest fight of my career, the biggest platform as well.
“I think he’s ranked four on the pound-for-pound list, he’s one of the biggest names right now. It motivates me to train hard and to show the world who I am.
“I remember the words of Eddie Hearn at the launch press conference when he said; ‘you beat Bam, and you're the man’. That fused me to keep training hard and to give my best for this fight and to show the world who I am.”
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