Top Rank signed undefeated Welterweight Jesse Vargas on Wednesday.
Vargas was with Mayweather Promotions and appeared on Floyd Mayweather Pay Per View undercards before signing with famed manager Cameron Dunkin and going to Top Rank.
“I wanted to be with the Top Rank team, and here I am,” said Vargas, who became a promotional free agent recently when his agreement with Mayweather Promotions expired.
“Jessie Vargas is a top-10 welterweight who not only wants to win a world championship but is looking to be a star in the sport,” Dunkin said. “I talked to several people about signing him, but when it was all said and done, these guys [Top Rank] gave him a really good deal — financially and with the opportunities.”
“I think Jessie is still in the learning process, but he showed me a lot of willpower in a really tough fight with Lopez where I thought he pulled out the fight in the last two rounds,” Goodman said. “What impressed me the most was when he fought on ‘ShoBox’ and he easily beat a really rough, tough guy like Lanardo Tyner. He was a young kid fighting a man.
“Slowly and gradually, we’ll groom him until we think he’s ready to fight for a title. He’s just going to get better.”
“Everyone at Top Rank is very excited about Jessie,” Top Rank chairman Bob Arum said
“I am planning to be very busy, fighting three, four times a year,” Vargas said.
Quotes taken from espn.com
