Amado Vargas’ Bare Knuckle Mentorship Touched on by BKFC Champ Pre-BKB 61

Amado Vargas re-enters the Trigon at BKB 61, and a fellow gloved boxing standout, as well as current BKFC titleholder, weighed in on their relationship with one another. Jamel Herring is the combatant in question and mentioned this on the heels of his bantamweight title defense vs. flyweight champ John Dodson at BKFC 95.

When asked about his awareness level as to what BKB has been doing as of late, Herring said [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],

“I’m aware of it because again, Joseph Diaz, my Olympic teammate, Joseph Diaz just fought a week before I fought, and he came off a tough loss. So I watch those things, and I look to see, okay, how did he lose? So we have similar backgrounds. He’s a southpaw as well, a left-handed fighter. We were in the same Olympic class. We’ve both been world champions in boxing, but he came up with a tough break within his own brand of his career.”

BKB’s Vargas is being closely watched by BKFC’s Herring

Further delving into his BKB-related thoughts, in the context of his Amado Vargas connection, Herring continued [via Bare Knuckle Bowker],

“So, I’m watching the things, what he’s doing, and what’s working, what’s not working. As well as in terms of his opponent, okay, what is his opponent doing well that was working against him? Because again, a guy might see me as a boxer and may use those same tactics. So, how do I counter if I come across a guy like that in my own career? So, yeah, I actually look at all those guys that I came up with in boxing or like again, I’ve spoken with the Vargas brothers before they joined.”

“I knew long before they were joining because again, Fernando Jr. came to me on the side and was asking for my, like I said, for my advice and just the same thing I just told you. I just told them what to look out for and what to do. They always ask, ‘do you change anything up in training camp from boxing?’ I said, ‘I still approach training camps like I did in boxing. I just do sparring a little bit different than what I did from a regular boxing camp.’”

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