Vargas, Mosley rematch set on July

LOS ANGELES - Shane Mosley and Fernando Vargas will meet July 15 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas in a rematch of their bout two months ago. Mosley stopped Vargas in the 10th round on Feb. 25 in Las Vegas. "I'm thrilled to be fighting Fernando Vargas and once again proving that I'm the superior fighter," Mosley said Thursday. "To me, there was no controversy about our first fight because one look at his face showed who the winner was. I stopped him once, and I'll do it again." The 34-year-old Mosley, from Pomona, Calif., has a 42-4 record with 36 knockouts. The 28-year-old Vargas, from Oxnard, Calif., is 26-3 with 22 knockouts. "I was winning the fight with one eye," Vargas said of the earlier bout. "If I was him and I would've seen me, I would've gone for broke. But he didn't because he felt the wrath of what I carry in my right and left hands. A very few minor adjustments and I will knock him out this time. He knows I was winning. The world knows I was winning. I was winning with one eye." By the end of the seventh round, Vargas' left eye was swollen shut. Referee Joe Cortez finally stopped it and declared Mosley the winner in the 10th round after he landed several hard shots to Vargas' head. The bout, promoted by Golden Boy Promotions and Main Events, will be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View.-AP