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.