Khabib Allakhverdiev vs. Jessie Vargas
(Redirected from Fight:1870695)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Khabib Allakhverdiev 140 lbs lost to Jessie Vargas 140 lbs by UD in round 12 of 12
- Date: 2014-04-12
- Location: MGM Grand, Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
- Referee: Tony Weeks
- Judge: Jerry Roth 113-115
1 9102 9103 9104 1095 1096 9107 9108 1099 91010 10911 91012 109 - Judge: Alan Krebs 113-115
1 9102 9103 9104 1095 9106 1097 9108 9109 10910 10911 91012 109 - Judge: Robert Hoyle 111-117
1 9102 9103 9104 1095 1096 9107 9108 9109 91010 10911 91012 910
- Ring Announcer: Michael Buffer
- Aired On: HBO Pay-Per-View
- World Boxing Association World Light Welterweight Title (2nd defense by Allakhverdiev)
- IBO Light Welterweight Title (3rd defense by Allakhverdiev, who lost and IBO title becoming vacant subsequently because Vargas didn't pay the respective sanctioning fee)
Notes
- Khabib Allakhverdiev 19-0 (9 KOs) vs. Jessie Vargas 23-0 (9 KOs)
- Fight was on the undercard of Timothy Bradley vs. Manny Pacquiao (2nd meeting).
- Allakhverdiev entered as the #7 junior welterweight contender in the world according to The Ring Magazine. Vargas, who was fighting as a junior welterweight for the first time in over three years, was unranked by the same publication. [1]
- An accidental clash of heads in the eighth round opened a gash on the left eyebrow of Allakhverdiev. Action was paused in both the eighth and ninth rounds to allow the ringside physician to view the cut. Allakhverdiev indicated that he could see and action continued. By the eleventh round, swelling had also developed to his right eye.
- ESPN's Dan Rafael and HBO's Harold Lederman both scored the fight 115-113 in favor of Allakhverdiev.
Purses: Allakhverdiev $250,000 ,Vargas $90,000