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Vergil Ortiz Jr. vs. Samuel Vargas - July 25, 2020

Undefeated knockout artist Vergil Ortiz Jr (18-0, 18 KOs) is still waiting to get himself a top welterweight fight. So he’ll settle for other undefeated up and coming 147lbers.

Ortiz will face off with the UK’s Michael McKinson (21-0) this Saturday (March 19) on DAZN.

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2021.04.10 Conor Benn vs Samuel Vargas WBA Continental welters

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2020.07.24 Vergil Ortiz Jr vs Samuel Vargas welters

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PHOTOS: Michael Conlan-Ruben Garcia Hernandez Fight and Undercard

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By: Jose Miranda | Contributing Photographer

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Published: March 19, 2019

NEW YORK - Irish Phenom Michael Conlan improves to 11-0 with a dominate unanimous decision victory over Ruben Garcia-Hernandez in front of a raucous crowd on St. Patricks day in New York.

Below are some of the undercard photo’s from an action-packed St Patricks day fight card.

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Amir Khan Scores a Unanimous Decision Victory over Samuel Vargas

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Published: September 09, 2018

The Fight: Khan vs. Vargas

Every contest Amir ‘King’ Khan (33 – 4 – 0, 20 KO) has been in has offered fight fans thrilling entertainment, excitement, but also a sense of uncertainty and vulnerability. The welterweight showdown against Columbian, Samuel Vargas (29 – 4 – 2, 14 KO) was no different. Khan climbed back up off the canvas at the end of the second round, after initially dropping Vargas in the same round with a blistering combination within the first twenty seconds. Khan eventually claimed a wide unanimous points decision victory, despite not portraying his best performance and definitely not sending shock waves to other elite potential opponents at welterweight.

“I’m happy with the performance, apart from being caught in the second round.”

Khan believes such a performance would be enough to beat elite welterweight contenders, which is very difficult for boxing fans to believe.

Khan: Comeback

The welterweight clash at Birmingham Arena on Saturday, September 8, 2018, was a final eliminator for the World Boxing Association Welterweight Title, held by Filipino legend, Manny Pacquiao (60 – 7 – 2, 39 KO).

Former unified World Light Welterweight Champion, Khan having defeated Vargas in his second comeback fight means he now remains on track to pursue ‘big’, high-earning, pay per view fights at welterweight against the likes of Pacquiao or British fighter, Kell Brook (37 – 2 – 0, 26 KO) in a highly anticipated domestic dust-up. His victory against Vargas has proven to be another step towards targeting and challenging elite welterweights, as promised by his promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport.

The comeback of Khan is continued since suffering a devastating sixth-round knockout defeat to Mexican middleweight, Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (49 – 1 – 2, 34 KO) on May 7, 2016. Khan moved up two weight divisions to compete at middleweight for that contest, but after a timeout, returned at welterweight in April 2018, defeating Canadian, Phil Lo Greco inside the first round by way of technical knockout (TKO) stoppage victory.

The 31-year old man from Bolton now aims to rekindle his professional boxing career and bring back the impressive displays he produced earlier in his career against the likes of Argentinian, Marcos Maidana and American, Zab Judah. Khan was one of the youngest British fighters to become world champion, becoming WBA World Super Lightweight Champion aged twenty-two in 2009, with a unanimous decision victory over Ukrainian, Andreas Kotelnik. However, his performance against Vargas was far below the standards of performances produced in the past. Vargas was a strong, game opponent who always gives his best effort in every fight, but he is not at the elite level, especially compared to the likes of Pacquiao and American, Errol Spence. Vargas has always fallen short at the highest level, including suffering a knockout defeat to Errol Spence.

This leads us to question; what does Khan have left in his boxing career after experiencing so many tough fights, including heavy knockdowns and knockout defeats against the likes of American, Danny ‘Swift Garcia’ and ‘Canelo’? Can he compete against younger, elite welterweights that have been more active and are continually improving with every fight?

Ever since securing a silver medal for Great Britain as an amateur, aged seventeen, at the 2004 Olympic games in Athens, Khan has been highly regarded as a star destined for greatness. Since competing as an amateur and upon turning professional in 2005, Khan has always been saluted for his lightning-fast offensive attacks and relentless fitness, often barraging opponents with a flurry of point-scoring shots, that demand an immediate response to keep up with his high pace in the contest.

However, it has often been argued that his chin durability is poor, due to encountering three knockout defeats to Breidis Prescott, ‘Canelo’ and Garcia. This was shown again in his fight with Vargas, as he was dropped at the end of the second round and essentially saved by the bell.

Khan: Decision

Khan now must decide where he goes from here. He clearly wants to compete in a huge clash against Pacquiao or Brook.

Khan has overcome obstacles inside the ring that challenged his career and whether he would be able to regain his supremacy at the apex of the welterweight division. Khan can now focus on the future, and target mega-fights against Pacquiao, Brook or even American, Adrien ‘The Problem’ Broner (33 – 3 – 1, 24 KO).

Khan has been a star for the sport of boxing, has had so many tough contests, and deserves to end his career having competed for the last time in a high-profile contest against the likes of Pacquiao or Brook.

“I need to go back to the drawing board and improve myself. I’d love to fight Kell Brook. I’ll sit down with Eddie Hearn, and if it makes sense financially, I want the fight. I respect Kell.”

Khan should fight one last time, then call time on his impressive career. Khan clearly favors the fight against Pacquiao over Brook.

“The only fight that works for me over Kell Brook is Manny Pacquiao. I want him. He is my number one pick,” Khan said after the fight.

Whomever Khan chooses to challenge on his quest to become the best welterweight in the world; he should certainly ‘go back to the drawing board’ as he stated, in particular focusing on his defense and not exposing himself as much when executing his own attacks.

However, with his next fight looking likely to be in December, time is extremely limited, and this poses serious uncertainty surrounding the chances Khan has against elite fighters in the welterweight division.

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Samuel Vargas Had A Classy Reaction After Khan Loss

Samuel Vargas will be getting ready around now to make the journey back to Canada but he can do so with his head held high.

Going into last night’s fight with Amir Khan the welterweight was expected to be blown away be people for the most part.

Instead, he fought back from an early knockdown from Khan to knockdown Khan himself.

Nearly winning the fight no less.

He then took Khan the full distance…

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Amir Khan Reacts To Getting Dropped By Vargas

Amir Khan found himself on the floor again last night but got up to comeback and win the fight against Samuel Vargas by unanimous points decision.

It was a testament to his heart and resolve to comeback the way he did in truth.

Early on Vargas caught him with a wide open right hand but the bell ensured Khan survived the round and had a minute to recover.

Speaking straight after the fight on the…

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