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Article: BOX: De La Hoya TKOs Vargas to retain WBC belt
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
- Article date:
- September 15, 2002
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BOX: De La Hoya TKOs Vargas to retain WBC belt
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept 14 AFP - Oscar De La Hoya retained his
World Boxing Council
title with a technical knockout of Fernando Vargas in the 11th round
of a double-title
fight tonight.
"It feels great. All the talk he was doing I just got fed up with
it," said De La Hoya,
who also captures Vargas' 154-pound World Boxing Association title.
"He talked a lot of stuff about me and I didn't like that so I
had to show him a lesson."
De La Hoya finished the fight off halfway through the 11th round
by landing blow after
blow to Vargas' head after trapping Vargas in the corner.
Referee Joe ...