Samuel Vargas wins decision over Argentine challenger in ugly fight
TORONTO — NABA welterweight champion Samuel Vargas of Toronto won an ill-tempered, lopsided 10-round decision over Argentine Gabriel Adrian Pereiro on Saturday night.
It was an awkward, often-nasty affair with both fighters complaining about the other’s tactics. The fight turned ugly in the sixth when the previously unbeaten Pereiro was warned about biting Vargas.
“I don’t know, man. I’ve experienced everything in the boxing ring. I’ve been kicked, I’ve been slammed,” Vargas said after the fight.
“Today, he bit me on the elbow once. But I thought it was my mind. I’m like ‘Nah, it didn’t happen.’ Then he bit me in the neck real hard, there’s marks there. They had to disinfect it.