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00:00By Hall of Fame boxing promoter, Mr. Bob Arum.
00:02This bout is scheduled for eight rounds
00:05in the junior welterweight division.
00:07Our judges at ringside, Daniel Fitzgerald,
00:11Richard Green, Sr., and Michael Tate.
00:14And the man in charge at the sound of the bell,
00:16Mr. Luis Pabon.
00:17-♪
00:19Introducing first, out of the blue corner,
00:22he weighed in at 139.1 pounds,
00:26wearing black trunks with gold trim.
00:29His record, nine victories, eight defeats,
00:32two draws, one no contest.
00:34Three of those victories coming by way of knockout.
00:38From Sedalia, Missouri, Jose Zaragoza!
00:44-♪
00:45Let's go!
00:46-♪
00:50Introducing out of the red corner,
00:52he weighed in at 139.8 pounds,
00:57wearing white trunks.
00:59His record, perfect, 10 fights, 10 victories.
01:05Eight of those victories coming by way of knockout.
01:09From Las Vegas, Nevada,
01:12El General Emiliano Fernando Vargas!
01:19-♪
01:22One with him, one with him, okay?
01:28Okay, come on.
01:30Okay, guys, I give you instruction in the dressing room
01:32and in your corner.
01:33They have an agreement, okay?
01:35Good luck, God bless you.
01:37-♪
01:43Emiliano Vargas told us it's a big week
01:46for the Vargas family.
01:47Last night, his brother, Fernando Jr.,
01:50got to 15 and 0.
01:51He said, tonight, I'm fighting,
01:52and then Amado will fight Sean Garcia.
01:57Sean Garcia, the brother of Ryan Garcia,
02:00later on this month, so we all have to get big wins.
02:04Said, look, I have a lot of Cuban fans,
02:06a lot of Puerto Rican fans who came out to see me
02:08in the public workouts, so I'm going to show out for them.
02:11And it wasn't lost on him that Zaragoza was stopped
02:15by Keyshawn Davis, so he says he's a gatekeeper.
02:20I'm going to have to show what I'm worth.
02:24Ooh, Bernardo Osuna alongside Chris Algieri.
02:27Nice left uppercut there from El General.
02:30Yeah, I'm very high on Emiliano.
02:31I think he's got star power, obviously.
02:33He's got the looks, the smile, and the interviews,
02:36but he's got the skills, too,
02:38and he goes out there to put hurt on guys.
02:40He's looking for KOs.
02:42He's got that Vargas dynasty in his blood.
02:45Yeah, and we talk about guys being able
02:46to carry the weight of the last name.
02:48He is definitely thriving on the opportunities
02:52that being the son of Fernando Vargas
02:54give him, and no better opportunity than a straight right
02:57that puts Zaragoza on the seat of his pants.
03:06Keyshawn Davis drops Zaragoza twice in round one
03:09with an uppercut and a liver shot.
03:12Emiliano's right back to work.
03:13An uppercut that sends Zaragoza reeling backwards.
03:16Double uppercut, a straight right hand.
03:18He's looking for a place to land,
03:20and Vargas is looking for a place to put him.
03:22And now from the southpaw stance and switching back orthodox.
03:25Oh, I love that lead uppercut.
03:27Oh, that's it.
03:29The referee steps in,
03:31and Jose Zaragoza becomes Emiliano El General
03:34Fernando Vargas' ninth knockout victim in 11 victories,
03:39and Emiliano Vargas continues to shine
03:42and prove why he is considered one of the best prospects
03:47in boxing today in Papa Vargas.
03:50El Feroz comes up right under him
03:52and takes him for a ride back to his corner,
03:55and now praying and thanking the heavens
03:59for another victory is Emiliano Vargas.
04:02Right stopping too soon, what'd you think?
04:04I thought it was a little bit soon, but it was inevitable.
04:06I mean, Emiliano looked very dialed in.
04:08Talk about making a statement.
04:09He went out there, he said he wanted to stop him
04:12because Keyshawn Davis had stopped him.
04:13He went out there.
04:14I mean, he had a perfect pull counter
04:16with the right hand over the top.
04:17He brought that jab back a little bit lazy to Zaragoza.
04:20Beautiful, beautiful shot.
04:22He said Zaragoza's either gonna walk into an uppercut
04:26or a left body shot to end it.
04:27What happened here?
04:28Didn't even make it to the body shot.
04:29Look, pull counter, right hand over the top,
04:31followed the jab back.
04:32He rode that jab back.
04:34Gotta get that jab back home quick.
04:36He did not.
04:37Fires right over the top.
04:38Zaragoza goes down.
04:40Got up, but it seemed like he was okay.
04:42Wasn't overly hurt.
04:44Beautiful textbook shot.
04:45No fat on that punch whatsoever.
04:50There's how it ended.
04:51Just finishing up, finishing up what he started.
04:53Coming forward, those lead uppercuts were nasty.
04:56You could see he was actually looking
04:57to set up the body shot, but didn't even get that far.
04:59Referee stepped in.
05:02That's a great set up for the uppercut,
05:04for the liver shot, that lead uppercut, lead uppercut,
05:07and then bring it downstairs.
05:08But again, referee stepped in, had seen enough.
05:10Little early, in my opinion, but again,
05:13most likely that was the inevitable end
05:15that was gonna happen moments later.
05:16And that's after the series of uppercuts
05:19that Emiliano had landed in the center of the ring
05:21to take Zaragoza into that corner
05:24where he made the referee, Luis Pavon, do his job.
05:27Someone who's doing his job right now
05:29with the official time of the stoppage is Mark Chenoweth.
05:32Ladies and gentlemen, here inside
05:33the James L. Knight Center, Miami, Florida.
05:36Referee Luis Pavon calls a stop to this bout
05:39at one minute, 32 seconds of round number one.
05:44Declaring your winner by technical knockout,
05:47El General Emiliano Fernando Vargas.
05:55Making 11 wins for El General Emiliano Fernando Vargas.
05:59There is El Feroz and the entire.