Fernando Vargas: ”I am very excited about Saturday night. We worked hard in camp. Danny Smith is a great trainer. When I decided I was ready to come back I asked who Ishe Smith’s trainer is because Ishe helped me prepare for the De La Hoya fight. He was hard to it in camp. Danny has opened my eyes. I thought I knew everything there is to know about boxing. You’re going to see something on Saturday. Just wait . . . I’ll be moving back down to 154 after this fight . . . I want to thank my Corpus Christi fans”
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Joval: “The road to victory is my road. That’s my road to get to the middleweight championship. In 2000 when they held the middleweight championship series, I didn’t get any offers from the big promoters. Keith Holmes, Joppy, Hopkins, and Trinidad were invited. But I wasn’t. I don’t know why. I realized I had to make the move to the United States, the biggest stage in the world. In 2003, I came to the U.S. Saturday night is a great opportunity for me. Vargas is a great opponent for me. I want to show everyone a great fight. It will be a classic.