Nick Ball, who retained his WBA featherweight title with a powerful and as soon as once more thrilling efficiency, Ball stopping a recreation Ronny Rios within the tenth spherical in his native Liverpool on Saturday evening, ought to by all rights be holding two world title belts now. Ball, as all these followers who noticed the March combat know, was extraordinarily unfortunate to not have taken Rey Vargas’ WBC title; the combat as an alternative scored a controversial 12-round draw.
Undeterred, Ball, one of the crucial energetic world class fighters within the sport at the moment, fought and defeated an unbeaten Raymond Ford for the WBA belt this simply three months after the Vargas rip-off. Now, trying to unify the 4 belts at 126 kilos, Ball needs – and absolutely deserves – a second combat with Mexico’s Vargas.
However will Vargas do the fitting factor and present Mexican delight in giving Ball a rematch?
“I’d just like the Vargas combat,” Ball mentioned after taking good care of the gutsy Rios. “To get the inexperienced and gold belt. That inexperienced one can be good to get as a result of that ought to be mine anyway.”
Certainly, Ball was robbed of a win in March. Vargas just about fiddled his manner via the combat, with him under no circumstances combating like a typical Mexican warrior. Tall for the burden, Vargas did field successfully at occasions, however he was far too destructive, moaning to the referee a number of occasions all through. Vargas has to know deep down that he misplaced the combat, and the person from Otumba in Mexico ought to play truthful and grant Ball a rematch. Vargas, 36-1-1(22) ought to truly be the person calling for the return combat, with him desirous to combat Ball once more to show he’s the higher fighter of the 2.
However we’ve heard nothing from Vargas because the March combat and we don’t know what the 33 yr previous goals to do subsequent. Ball, although, will proceed calling Vargas out, jarring his delight, for so long as he holds that inexperienced belt. Solely time will inform if Vargas will present sportsmanship and combat Ball a second time.
Ball might be the very best featherweight on the planet proper now, and the 27-year-old simply needs the prospect to show it. If Vargas isn’t keen to bounce once more, will the opposite reigning 126 pound belt-holders conform to rumble with Ball? The featherweight division wants an enormous star, and possibly Ball can turn into this star. If the opposite guys on the market will face him, that’s. Ball, a throwback fighter, has made it clear he’ll combat anybody, and as such, the strain is on the opposite featherweight champions to man up and combat him. Can anybody at 126 kilos beat Ball? Will we discover out on the highest degree?
