Jessie Vargas Quotes

Jessie Vargas

Profession : Boxer

Birth : May 10, 1989

We're going to go back to the drawing board and see what we can correct. But at the end of the day, we fought Manny Pacquiao in a chess match, we did well and what doesn't kill us will make us stronger.

Jessie Vargas

Fighting Manny Pacquiao is like playing a very fast game of chess. He was very fast and sharp. You have to be alert at all times and on your toes. There was a lot of incoming.

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I have everything to come out victorious - the strength, the speed, the youth.

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My team has helped me improve in many factors - speed, power, experience, the mental game; how I see the fight game is different.

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I am ready to defeat Manny Pacquiao. Dude, I'm the champion of the world.

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A fighter is a fighter and once they're in the top five in the world, you can't say one might not be ready.

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No, because as a fighter, we aren't really that intimated over other opponents.

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I don't get why people look at me the way they do. They doubted me the first time I became a world champion. Then, I fought Sadam Ali, who was a boogeyman in the division at the time, and won my second title and they were still doubting me.

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I don't get the credit I deserve but I continue to work hard and it fuels me.

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I want to be looked at as a positive role model and a person who supports the community. I want to help the kids who are in need and need a role model to look up to to show them the way.

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Of course, I feel I'm a very talented fighter and a step above Adrien Broner.

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You need to know your mistakes, as well as your opponent's mistakes. So you need to make sure the trainer is paying significant importance to you and your fighter, and every detail of it.

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I understand how it is to be away from your family for so long, to leave your comfort zone, it's not easy. That's why I've never fallen apart with anyone because I understand their perspective, as well.

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When you envision something in your head over and over again, it's like a movie placing you in that position, and once you are there you're ready.

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The only fighters to beat Manny Pacquiao have become legends themselves.

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So I plan to become one of the few to beat Manny Pacquiao and also become one of the legends.

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I'm developing more as a welterweight and becoming a better fighter.

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When I was young, I used to dream about seeing myself with the world title, with the WBC belt.

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My idol was Julio Cesar Chavez, and I said I would be in his position.

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