Devin Vargas Ready For the
Fight of His Life
May 14, 2009
(MAY 14) This Friday May 15th, 2004
Olympic team captain, Devin Vargas (17-0, 7KO) will be in the fight of
his life when he takes on Kevin "Kingpin" Johnson (21-0-1, 8KO) in the
main event on ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" at Harrah's Resort in
Atlantic City, NJ.
Johnson, who many believe is the top American heavyweight contender, is
ranked as the WBA #5, WBC #10, IBF #13 rated heavyweight in the world
and will surely be Vargas's toughest opponent to date. Both Vargas and
Johnson are promoted by Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing. Originally Vargas
was supposed to square off against former WBA heavyweight champion of
the world Bruce Seldon on the undercard, but when Johnson's opponent
dropped out, Vargas jumped at the opportunity to take on Johnson.
For Vargas this will be the first time he has fought as the main event
on Friday Night Fights. He fought once before as the co- feature and he
made the most of his opportunity, brutally stopping the usually tough
and durable Dave Brunelli at just one minute and thirty seconds of the
very first round. Coincidently the fight also took place in Atlantic
City.
"Last time I fought in Atlantic City it was on ESPN2 and I came out and
destroyed my opponent. I don't plan on anything different happening this
time around," stated a focused Vargas.
Some might question why an unbeaten Olympian at such an early stage in
his career would take such a risky fight, but to Vargas he doesn't look
as much at the risk but more at the reward. The winner of this fight
clearly establishes themselves as THE top American heavyweight and puts
themselves one step closer to a world title opportunity something that
Vargas is well aware of.
"This is a great opportunity for me and my career," stated an excited
Vargas. "People say that he is the top American heavyweight, so when I
beat him, I will take that position."
Regarding coming in as the underdog for the first time in his
professional career Vargas does not seem to be too worried about the
task at hand. "I know Kevin is very confident and thinks this is an easy
fight for him but he is going to be in for a rude awaking come this
Friday. He is a big talker, he likes to run his mouth and say this and
that, but I let my fists do the talking in the ring. Kevin has skills
and more professional fights then me, but I have way more amateur
experience then him. I fought the best in the world as an amateur and I
beat the best in the world. I have been waiting for this type of
opportunity my entire life, and I plan on making the best out of it come
May 15th."
Not only is Vargas confident that he will beat Johnson, he feels he has
the ability to stop him. "I am ready to go the full ten rounds if I have
to, but I would love it to be a short night. I definitely have the
advantage in power over him. Some people take a look at my record and
say I don't have knockout power because I have only stopped seven of my
seventeen opponents, but even the guys I went the distance with I hurt
at some point and then they went into survival mode. It would be great
to be the first person to beat Kevin, but it would be even better to
knock him out."
"I want to thank my promoter Star Boxing for giving me this opportunity
and I want to thank all my fans that have supported me throughout my
career. I hope everyone tunes in this Friday because they are going to
see a very exciting fight."
The card is promoted by Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing, in association with
Harrah's Resort. Tickets are priced at $90 and $60 and can be purchased
by calling Ticketmaster at 1(800) 745-3000 or going online to
ticketmaster.com. Tickets are also available at the box office at
Harrah's. Source/PR
