BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Fernando Vargas wants another shot at junior middleweight champion Felix Trinidad.

In his first public comments since his first pro loss on Saturday, Vargas said he would prefer to train for a rematch rather than face a different fighter.

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NEW YORK -- Felix Trinidad's 12th-round technical knockout of Fernando Vargas in their junior middleweight title showdown was the second biggest pay-per-view fight of the year. The 520,000 buys for the match carried by TVKO was second only to the 588,000 buys for Shane Mosley's welterweight title victory over Oscar De La Hoya on June 17, Mark Taffet, HBO Sports senior vice president, said Tuesday. There were 370,000 buys from cable systems and 150,000 satellite buys. The average price was $44.95. -- Associated Press

"I went there and I fought against the world champion, pound-for-pound the best fighter in the world, and I showed him what I was all about," Vargas said.

"He said he was going in there with a kitty cat. Well, he saw the difference. I feel that I'd love to do it one more time. Hopefully, he wants to do it one more time."

The unbeaten Trinidad stopped Vargas by knocking him down three times in the 12th round in their Las Vegas bout to retain the WBA 154-pound title and take Vargas' IBF championship.

Vargas, who had not been on the canvas in his career until Trinidad floored him twice in the first round, was taken to the hospital for a brain scan immediately after the fight. He was treated and released and said Tuesday that he was fine except for some soreness.

Vargas, who turns 23 on Thursday, said the fight turned on low blows by Trinidad. Trinidad landed a low blow in the third round that Vargas needed a timeout to recover from. Vargas knocked Trinidad down in the fourth, but as Vargas tried to continue his attack, Trinidad hit him with another low blow that doubled him over in pain and cost Trinidad a point.

While the fight was halted momentarily then, Vargas said, it gave Trinidad a chance to regain his breath.

But Vargas refused to criticize Trinidad, crediting the Puerto Rican with a smart fight.

"I don't know if I would call him a dirty fighter. I think he's tactical. I think he really had to do that, definitely when I had him hurt," Vargas said. "He definitely used his head and he went low. That's smart in my book.

"He's a great champion and a great fighter and he deserves to be champ. I just look forward to hopefully getting a rematch in the near future."

During his 30-minute news conference at the Friars Club, Vargas said he was still bruised "and I've never been bruised like that before."