A rematch was made to take place on July 15 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Mosley was to earn $4 million plus a percentage and Vargas had a base purse of $3 million plus upside on the pay-per-view. Mosley floored Vargas with a left hook in the sixth and Vargas had a very hard time in getting up. Referee Kenny Bayless stopped the fight moments later. At the time of the stoppage, Mosley had won every round on all three judges' cards. Mosley was quicker than Vargas, easily winning rounds with his speed and combinations. At the time of stoppage, the scorecards were much more close than the first fight with Mosley winning 5 rounds to non on all three scorecards. The attendance for the bout was 9,722. After the fight Mosley said, "When I was in the ring I remembered watching Oscar fight Vargas, and he threw that perfect left hook. I was bouncing around and I saw the opportunity and I threw the perfect left hook." Mosley also talked about moving back down to welterweight. HBO confirmed the bout did 350,000 buys, generating $17.5 million in revenue.
A rematch was made to take place on July 15 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Mosley was to earn $4 million plus a percentage and Vargas had a base purse of $3 million plus upside on the pay-per-view Mosley floored Vargas with a left hook in the sixth and Vargas had a very hard time in getting up Referee Kenny Bayless stopped the fight moments later At the time of the stoppage Mosley had won every round on all three judges' cards Mosley was quicker than Vargas easily winning rounds with his speed and combinations At the time of stoppage the scorecards were much more close than the first fight with Mosley winning 5 rounds to non on all three scorecards The attendance for the bout was 9722 After the fight Mosley said "When I was in the ring I remembered watching Oscar fight Vargas and he threw that perfect left hook I was bouncing around and I saw the opportunity and I threw the perfect left hook" Mosley also talked about moving back down to welterweight HBO confirmed the bout did 350000 buys generating $175 million in revenue