Shane Mosley Shane Mosley (born September 7, 1971), often known by his nickname "Sugar" Shane Mosley, is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2016. He held multiple triple champion, world championships in three weight classes, incl ...

vs.

Fernando Vargas Fernando Javier Vargas (born December 7, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2007. He was a two-time light middleweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 1998 to 2000, and the WBA title from 2 ...

II, billed as ''The Rematch'', was a professional boxing match contested on July 15, 2006.

Background

Mosley and Vargas had first fought five months prior. In what was a close fight, the two fighters was separated by a single point on all three official scorecards heading into the tenth round when a serious eye injury sustained by Vargas early in the fight resulted in the bout being called 1:22 into the round, giving Mosley the victory by technical knockout. Vargas caused a scene during the post-fight press conference, angrily confronting Mosley's wife Jin and demanding a rematch, which resulted in Jin and Vargas' wife Martha getting into a verbal altercation and being restrained by security. Prior to the ruckus, Vargas' manager

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assured the parties involved that he would discuss a rematch with Mosley's promoter,

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, and Vargas' promoter,

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of Main Events. On April 30, 2006, Golden Boy Promotions and Main Events held a press conference announcing that the rematch would indeed take place in July of that year at the

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. Golden Boy Promotions president and mutual opponent of Mosley and Vargas stated that the first fight "was one of those fights that was so good that you have to see it again." Just over a week after the fight was announced, Mosley announced that he would reunite with his father and longtime trainer

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, whom he had parted ways with two years earlier after losing to

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for the first time. Jack Mosley was replacing John David Jackson, who had trained Mosley for his four prior fights, as Jackson had joined

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' camp and was busy training him for his June fight with

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and thus unavailable to train Mosley for the rematch against Vargas.

Fight Details

Mosley, showcasing superior quickness and hand speed, dominated Vargas through the entire duration of the fight. Mosley landed 136 punches through six rounds which was twice as much as Vargas who only managed to land 68 total punches. Like their previous fight, Mosley caused an injury over Vargas' eye, this time the right eye, in the fifth as a repeated left hooks caused a cut to open up above Vargas' right eye. One round later, the fight came to an end when, with 50 seconds remaining in the round, a Mosley left hook caught Vargas flush and sent him down. Vargas attempted to get back up right away, but struggled mightily, though he managed to just beat referee

Kenny Bayless Kenny Bayless (born May 4, 1950) is an American retired referee (boxing), boxing referee from Nevada. He is best known for having refereed many of the sport's most well-known fights. Bayless's catchphrase, when giving his instructions to the fig ...

's 10-count. Vargas was allowed to continue, but was met with a furious Mosley barrage as Bayless stepped in and ended the fight. Mosley was named the winner by technical knockout at 2:38 of the sixth round.

Fight card

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Broadcasting

References

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