Mexican Boxer Francisco Vargas Defeats American Opponent Rod Salka Wearing 'Border Wall' Shorts And it's Truly EPIC
Salka was left with a nasty cut under his left eye, bruises all over his face and with some minor swelling.
Mexican boxer Francisco Vargas fought an American wall on Thursday night and emerged victoriously. US boxer Rod Salka entered the ring wearing 'America 1st' shorts with red-white-and-blue trunks and a brick-wall pattern that read "America 1st" across the belt.
Quite naturally, spectators expected a tough competition with Rod Salka trying to refer to American President Donald Trump's desire to construct a border wall between the U.S and Mexico and make the latter country pay for it.
What followed was a tough match with Vargas being extra motivated seeing 'The Wall'. Vargas dominated the fight in a sixth-round referee technical decision and won the match and Twitterati had their content for innumerable 'Wall' memes.
Salka was left with a nasty cut under his left eye. There were also bruises all over his face with some minor swelling. Salka has now been nicknamed 'The Racist' and is being referred to as the same on social media too.
The Wall in its place
The video of the fight has gone viral with people on Twitter poking fun at Salka for supporting President Donald Trump's high criticised plan to build a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico.
Watch the fight here:
In 2014, Salka was defeated by U.S. boxer Danny Óscar García. In 2016, he ran as a Republican for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives but lost to Democratic incumbent William Kortz by more than 30 percentage point.
Talking about the bout, Vargas told ESPN Deportes, "I was surprised when (Salka) was coming to the ring. I saw him dressed with a wall on his clothes, or representing the wall, but I kept calm. I was focused on making my fight and on my plan. Once we were already in the ring, the wall was an extra ingredient (for my motivation to win), so when I had him head on, I gave it everything. Whatever it is I represent Mexico, and I feel that everything about that wall is against all my countrymen."
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