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heard some boxing guru, I think it mightve been emanuel steward, say that VARGAS HAS LIVED FOR THIS FIGHT HIS WHOLE LIFE, JUST LIKE EVANDER FOR TYSON
those odds, and public skew of Oscar being a god, I am taking vargas for small bet ...
GL, gregg
Experts pick De La Hoya V. Vargas
Reported by:boxinginsider
by Steve Compton
This is a tough fight to call. De La Hoya has been fighting hand picked opponents since his close loss to Mosley while Vargas hasn't really been facing anybody too threatening either since Trinidad nearly took his head off.
My instinct says that if the weak competition, the long layoff and the surgery haven't drastically effected DLH then he should win. That being said those are a lot of knocks to have against a guy who never really seemed anxious to fight this fight in the first place.
On the other hand one has to believe that the only reason DLH took this fight is because he KNOWS he has no chance of losing to Vargas who has looked less than impressive against a smaller comebacking Wilfredo Rivera and a club level fighter like Shibata Flores.
My guess is that DLH knows something about Vargas that the public doesnt. He didnt have to take this fight and lets be honest, hes never taken a fight that he didnt have to or feel that he had a chance of winning (Whittaker was looking excedingly vulnerable when DLH fought him and DLH wouldnt even mention Quarteys name until Quartey struggled with surfing pothead Jose Luis Lopez, not to mention he didnt give them a rematch).
My guess is tha DLH outboxes Vargas in a fight that isnt as exciting as most people expect. It will be similar to DLH-Quartey in that there will be long stretches of boredom punctuated by brief moments of exciting action. After DLH wins Vargas will complain an ask for a rematch he wont get (unless he is beaten easily a la Chavez).
Experts pick Oscar V. Vargas
On Sept. 14, at Mandalay Bay, in Las Vegas and HBO PPV, Oscar de la Hoya gets back into the ring against arch enemy Fernando Vargas? Who'll win? The odds at this writing have de la Hoya a ?2.30 and Vargas +1.90? Here's how our team of experts see the fight. As you can see Oscar should be a prohibitive favorite, but he's not.
Mark Biero, FL., Oscar by dec.
Les Bonano, LA., Oscar by TKO.
John Carlo, NY, Oscar TKO 6.
Marty Carson, IN. Oscar, close dec.
Steve Compton, NV. Oscar by dec.
Todd Crafts, NV. Oscar by dec.
Mike Crawford, ID., Oscar late TKO.
Joe DeGuardia, NY, Oscar pretty easy.
Artur Ellensohn, Germany, Oscar by dec.
Chris Farina, NV. Oscar, KO 9.
Jerry Glick, NY, Oscar KO 7.
Abel Gomez, CA. Oscar by dec.
Bruce Gottleib, NV. Oscar, UD.
Jim Grogan,NV. Oscar UD.
Lance Harris, MI. Oscar by dec.
Tom Hauser, NY, Oscar by KO.
Dale Hausner, AZ, Oscar easy dec.
Shelley Heath, NJ, Oscar wins.
Jack Hirsch, NY, Oscar by dec.
Graham Houston, BC, Oscar close dec.
Carlos Irusta, Argentina, Vargas by KO.
James Jones, MS. Oscar TKO 11.
Josh Lashley, NJ Vargas split dec.
Peter Lim, TX. Oscar by dec.
Bill Major, NY, Oscar KO 7.
John McDougall, Australia, Oscar by dec.
Tom Muldoon, NY, Oscar in 4.
Dan Muscato, NY, Oscar KO 10.
Denis Nolan, NY, Oscar by dec.
Mike North, CA. Oscar TKO 8.
Carlos Nunez, CA. Oscar by dec.
Mary Ann Own, NV. Oscar in 6.
Ted Panagiotis, RI, Oscar by dec.
David Payne, UK, Oscar UD.
John Pascarell, CA. Oscar TKO 10.
Harrin Platzner, NY, Oscar late TKO.
Robt. Quam, NV. Oscar will win.
George Rothman, CA. Vargas by KO.
Stu Rothman, CA. Oscar by dec.
Rusty Rubin, NV. Oscar, late TKO.
Fred Ryan, OR. Oscar be dec.
Olaf Schroeder, Germany, Vargas by dec.
Tom Scocozza, NJ, Oscar will win.
Scott Sebastian, GA. Oscar get the edge.
Dan Sisneros, NM, Oscar by dec.
Marischa Sjauw, Germany, Oscar by dec.
Bob Solano, CA. Vargas KO 9.
Soothsayer NV. Vargas KO 2.
Gerd Wolf, Germany, Oscar TKO 10.
Kristof Zabarski, Poland, Oscar late TKO.
Just go on to the next hand.
