Hat jemand das Interview auf Eastsideboxing von Danny Smith und John David Jackson gelesen?
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DANNY SMITH: ... Right now Fernando weighs about 156, about two pounds over. Who knows, it could play a factor. I don’t know how he feels. He’s a warrior and if there is a problem, he’s not going to tell me. If he has a problem and he’s weak, he won’t tell me because he doesn’t want me to be alarmed or be worried. I don’t know how he feels, but he is performing well.......He is going to be extremely ferocious and he is not going to box, not one minute. He’s coming, and this is a fight where somebody is going to get knocked out. He’s going in looking for a knockout and I know that Shane is going to try to box him.......He will not be boxing one bit. He is going in there to make this a street fight....
JOHN DAVID JACKSON: As of Friday he weighed 149.... He had become a puncher, a one-punch knockout artist. You have to remember, when he was a lightweight he threw combinations and body shots and he got away from that at 147 and 154. He became this one-punch knockout artist. They let him believe that....He was a great combination puncher but not a one-punch knockout artist..... But he is going to shock Vargas and knock him out. He’s going to throw combinations, he has no choice....Vargas is going to come out and jump right on Shane. That’s fine if he wants to make a street fight out of it. If you’ve been a boxer, you know where he’s coming from. When he was younger, he never jumped on fighters. He never jumped on anyone unless they are bums to e honest with you. When he fought anybody that could really fight, he never jumped on them. Shane Mosley can fight. He may jump on him early, but he won’t have much left after 4 or 5 rounds. He had to make weight. Anyone who walks around at 200 comfortably and come down to 154, you lose a lot. After a few rounds of getting hit in the body or getting hit in the arms, he will begin to lose a lot. He may jump on Shane but we see two or three different things from Vargas. IF he wants to box, that is right down Shan’s alley, so he won’t do that. Shane can capitalize on that. Whatever he brings to the table, we are ready for.....I don’t think it will go 12, but he won’t knock him out with one punch, but I do expect Shane to stop him with a culmination of shots, body and head. But mainly body.
Anything else you see in Vargas?....The damage has already been done. Trinidad physically beat him. De La Hoya mentally beat him. The only thing left for Shane is to bury him completely. The consensus is that Shane will outbox him. Shane says he wants to knock this kid out, whether it be with one punch or set him up. You can’t predict from Vargas’ last two fights, they were terrible fights......We train for Vargas as that 21 year old kid who was reckless and didn’t care about anybody. Right now he is damaged goods. I don’t care what they say – he is damaged goods. So Shane will capitalize on the damage that has been done to this kid. He is done because he has carried too much weight around on his body. One thing about Vargas, Vargas is good for unemployment. He’s got all these different people in his camp. Weight suupliment doctor, a nutritionist. But when you step in the ring, your’re body can’t give you what you want because it is not capable anymore. Then you’ve got Shane Mosley in front of you with that hand speed and the foot speed and he will have problems....