You cannot hate a fighter like Vargas....he put his heart out there every fight and you knew as a fan you would get his best.

Hating Vargas is like hating Jake Lamatta....it's really hard to do as a fan because he was in such good fights and laid it on the line in every fight.

He's not like Floyd Mayweather Jr. he won't talk shit and build up a fight just to end up running away from danger....he fought every second of every round...he's a warrior and it cost him in the end as Trinidad battered him but his heart never said die.....he's the reason doctors and refs are allowed to stop fights.

When Ricardo Mayorga respects you enough as a fighter to beg for your forgiveness (for his trash talk during the build up for the fight) after beating you in a fight you are a worthy gladiator.

You don't have to like Fernando Vargas but you have to love what he represents as a fighter (minus the 'roids of course)