ound fight. Junior featherweight titleholder Nonito Donaire (37-3, 24 KOs), who will be making his second defense,

The speed of Red Bulls RB12 at the Monaco GP has been hailed as absolutely unbelievable by the Sky Sports F1 pundits after the former champions outpaced Mercedes in Thursday practice.Living up to pre-race predictions the former world champions were poised to battle it out with Mercedes this weekend, Daniel Ricciardo dominated second practice to outpace Lewis Hamilton by a large six tenths of a second margin.Fresh from their first victory in 21 months at the Spanish GP after profiting from the first-lap collision between the two Mercedes drivers, Red Bull are using Renaults new engine on Ricciardos car, while the RB12 is well suited to the twisty street confines of Monaco. Standing on the inside of Monacos fearsome Swimming Pool section, which cars sweep through at around 230kph, Sky F1s Martin Brundle said: Absolutely unbelievable speed and confidence those two Red Bull drivers have got through here.And theyre braking later and taking more speed into the next right-hander, the exit of the Swimming Pool, as well for good measure.Absolutely unbelievable. It defies belief that they can carry that amount of speed into this Swimming Pool section. Practice Two timesheet - Top four Driver Team Lap time 1. Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull 1:14.607 2. Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:15.213 3. Nico Rosberg Mercedes 1:15.506 4. Max Verstappen Red Bull 1:15.571 The performance of the RB12 slightly later round the lap also caught the eye.We were standing on the outside of Rascasse, and they look very cool round there, said Johnny Herbert. The amount of speed they are able to carry into the corner and use the tyres almost as a brake and it seems to change direction so quickly.When is the Monaco GP on Sky?With a lot of cars, the back end flicks around the same time, but this is so stable. It looks very good.Mercedes engineers were seen taking a closer look at Ricciardos Red Bull as it was pushed into the garage at the end of Practice Two, with chief race engineer Andrew Shovlin remarking they look pretty quick.Nico Rosberg, third fastest in P2, concurred with that assessment.Its very simple: today they were faster than us, the championship leader admitted. So we need to dig into it and see if we can find a big chunk of lap time. Of course, we can still turn up our engine, but we dont have six tenths [worth] of turning up the engine.So definitely surprising how quick they were. We expected them to be there or thereabouts, but not that quick.Red Bull boss Christian Horner told Sky F1: It was a massively impressive session for Daniel. On both sets of tyres hes been quicker than Mercedes Of course, nobody knows what fuel levels, engine modes people are running on a Thursday in Monaco, but certainly a very positive start. Short runs and long runs look competitive.Armed with the one new engine Red Bull have access to this weekend, Ricciardo outpaced team-mate Max Verstappen, the winner at Barcelona, by nine tenths of a second - although suggested the new unit was worth just a little bit of additional lap time.Obviously weve got a good car around here as well, Ricciardo said. So its down to a little bit of both. Lets see how we go in qualifying, but certainly today Im happy. This track is certainly one where you can find a little bit more when you can push it on the limit.Ive always enjoyed it around here and felt more comfortable this afternoon in the balance. I think were in a pretty good window now. It depends what the track does on Saturday, but if it doesnt change much I dont think well be touching too much. Ive got some good confidence, which is the most important thing around here.Ricciardo led for the majority of the last race in Spain, but finished only fourth after Red Bull split their drivers strategies and Verstappen ended up winning the race on his debut for the team.If there was a way to react, Daniel has done it following Barcelona, said Paul di Resta. Hes nearly a second quicker than Verstappen, all bar three hundredths [of a second]. Hes going to try to take the spark out of Verstappen and make him think about his approach for Saturday.Watch the Monaco GP live on Sky Sports F1. The race starts at 1pm on Sunday, with build-up underway at 11.30am. Or watch the race without a contract for £6.99 on NOW TV. 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Vargas won the vacant title in March with a ninth-round knockout of then-undefeated former U.S. Olympian Sadam Ali.Its motivating because I am the challenger this time and I am fighting a champion, Pacquiao said. [Winning the belt back] would mean a lot and would bring honor to my country.Vargas (27-1, 10 KOs), 27, of Las Vegas, has been supremely confident all week and had a big smile as he walked to the scale. It remained in place when he spoke to the crowd after making weight.I feel great and Im here to give the fans a great fight and come out on top and prove Im the best in the welterweight division, Vargas said.dddddddddddd Weve worked hard for this and I have no doubt about the outcome. Manny Pacquiao has had a great career and it would mean the world to beat him, and that is what I am ready to do. I want to become a legend.There are three other world title fights on the card, and everybody made weight. Featherweight titleholder Oscar Valdez (20-0, 18 KOs) who will be making his first defense, weighed 125.25 as did challenger Hiroshige Osawa (30-3-4, 19 KOs) for their 126-pound fight. Junior featherweight titleholder Nonito Donaire (37-3, 24 KOs), who will be making his second defense, weighed 121.8 pounds and mandatory challenger Jessie Magdaleno (23-0, 17 KOs) was 121.25 for their 122-pound bout.Zou Shiming (8-1, 2 KOs), the two-time Chinese Olympic gold medalist, will face Prasitsak Papoem (39-1-2, 24 KOs) for one of the flyweight world titles recently vacated by Juan Francisco Estrada. Zou was 111 pounds and Papoem was 111.5 for the bout with a 112-pound limit. The fight is a rematch of Zous one-sided unanimous decision win in November 2014.Also, the Nevada State Athletic Commission released the purses for the card. Pacquiao will earn no less than $4 million but could earn much more since he is on a percentage split with promoter Top Rank. 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