NICK BALL is focusing on a rematch with Rey Vargas after profitable his first world title final night time (June 1).
The Liverpudlian beat New Jersey’s Raymond Ford by cut up determination (115-113, 115-113, 113-115) to grow to be WBA featherweight world champion and put one other level on the board for Queensberry of their 5 vs. 5 battle towards Matchroom on the Kingdom Area in Riyadh. Ball’s victory got here simply three months after a controversial draw with Vargas, additionally in Riyadh, who held onto his WBC title in a combat many imagine Ball deserved to win.
Whereas glad with the victory over Ford, it’s not sufficient for the 27-year-old who’s eager to run it again with Vargas.
“I want my inexperienced and gold belt, that’s mine,” Ball informed Boxing Information after his win.
“I want that so I’m coming for that. That’s my belt, everybody is aware of that, so it’s time to essentially get it on the shoulder and get that combat, however we’ll see what occurs.”
Ball turns into Britain’s second current holder of the WBA title after Leigh Wooden’s reign on two events between 2021 and 2023. The 126lbs division has been a rewarding one for British boxing over time and along with Ball and Wooden – earlier featherweight world champions from the UK have included Josh Warrington, Lee Selby, Paul Ingle, Naseem Hamed, Scott Harrison, Paul Hodkinson, Steve Robinson, Colin McMillan and way back to Howard Winstone in 1968.
The win for Ball takes Britain’s whole of male world boxing champions to 4. Chris Billam-Smith (WBO cruiserweight), Lawrence Okolie (WBC bridgerweight), Anthony Cacace (IBF super-featherweight) and Nick Ball (WBA featherweight).
