Harris swan songed by Vargas
Mark E. Ortega
Leave-it-in-the-ring.com
April 8, 2011
In the main event of Telefutura's Solo
Boxeo Friday night at Buffalo Bill's Casino in Primm, Nevada,
undefeated Jessie Vargas [15-0, 8 KOs] may have written the final
chapter of former WBA junior welterweight champion Vivian Harris's
once promising career, scoring a one-round stoppage when Harris
decided he could not come out for the second round after taking a
sustained beating over the full three minutes. Harris [29-6-1, 19
KOs], of Brooklyn, New York by way of Guyana, was buzzed more than a
handful of times and a knockdown could have been ruled against him at
the very end as his knee brushed the ground following a vicious
flurry on the ropes. Referee Joe Cortez called off the bout at 3:00
of round one and Vargas, born and raised in Las Vegas, earns the
biggest win of his young career.