WBC super bantamweight champion Rey Vargas (33-0, 22 KOs) had to get up off the deck to defeat #3 WBC challenger Franklin Manzanilla (18-5, 17 KOs) by a tougher than expected 12 round unanimous decision last Saturday night in their fight on DAZN at the Fantasy Springs Casino, in Indio, California. In the second half of the fight, Vargas suffered a cut left eye from a clash of head. The cuts occurred from Vargas grabbing Manzanilla to clinch him when he was coming forward to throw shots. Vargas was constantly looking to hold at every opportunity, so the clash of heads was the end product of that. Vargas, 28, was dropped hard in round 2 after getting caught by a powerful left hook from Manzanilla as he was pulling away from having thrown a body shot. The knocked Vargas on his backside on the canvas. He was badly hurt. When Vargas got back up, he clinched the remainder of the round, and seemed annoyed that Manzailla was doing his best to get his hands free to try and finish him off. Vargas controlled the remainder of the fight in using his long reach, fast hands, and combination punching to outwork Manzanilla. The scores were 117-108, 117-108 and 117-108. Boxing News 24 scored it 9 rounds to 3 for Vargas. Manzanilla didn’t do enough to get the win. He was never going to be able to out-box a talented fighter like Vargas from the moment the fight was signed. Manzanilla’s best chance of winning was to try and knockout Vargas, and that’s what he was trying his best to do with no luck. read more https://www.boxingnews24.com/2019/02/rey-vargas-defeats-franklin-manzanilla-results/
