By: Sean Crose
With the WBC tremendous featherweight title on the road tomorrow night it’s comprehensible that each Rey Vargas and O’Shaquie Foster can be on edge throughout Friday’s weigh in. It’s arduous for a boxer to make weight, in spite of everything. Drained of fluids, ravenous for meals, the stress of an expert prize combat being mere hours away, the combatants merely lengthy for the second the place some types of liquid and nourishment can enter their our bodies. They’re additionally, conversely, prepared for motion. After a sure level, one merely needs for issues to be over and completed with. And so it is smart that the undefeated, 26-0 Vargas and the 19-2 Foster wouldn’t be within the temper for any crap through the weigh in and face off Friday.
A easy pre combat occasion was merely to not be, nonetheless. Officers and staff mates needed to get in between the 2 males after the face off, as Vargas apparently touched Foster, thereby inflicting an instantaneous response. It actually wasn’t an uncommon second for the game of boxing, however one at all times has to concentrate on the truth that fighters are within the harm enterprise. Meaning they know the right way to harm one another, be it at a weigh in or within the ring. For the reason that ring is the place the cash is to be made for each males, it’s in everybody’s curiosity for issues to remain not less than considerably cheap earlier than combat even has an opportunity to start.
Whereas Vargas is the favourite to win in Saturday night time’s Showtime broadcast essential occasion, Foster is decided to drag off the upset at San Antonio’s Alamodome. Have been he to finest Vargas this weekend, Foster wouldn’t solely be a world titlist, he would even be the toast of the game. But Vargas, who presently has the WBC featherweight title in his possession, is keen so as to add one other championship belt to his assortment. This will likely properly turn into a stable weekend matchup.
