By Michael Woods

Sadam Ali is good on weight, and his body and mind are in concert as he ticks down to his Saturday night clash in DC and on HBO against Jessie Vargas.

Dad David Ali checked in, and said his 22-0 kid is ready to rock, to be the superior ring general against the Top Rank scrapper Vargas, who almost upset Tim Bradley with a last round home run pitch which caught Bradley and almost put him to sleep.

Ali the elder told me he is a bit disappointed that no Olympic style testing occurred for this March 5 fight. His team wanted it but Vargas balked at sharing the expense. “All fighters should be doing it,” he told me.

The 27 year old Brooklyn resident will be cornered by Andre Rozier, fellow fighter Rafael Vasquez and coagulant expert Danny Milano. Oh, and an extra special guest will be present as well–Paul Malignaggi, the fighting pride of Bensonhurst, will be there to give insight.

Golden Boy VP Eric Gomez, who was headed to ESPN to see Oscar De La Hoya and Amir Khan and Canelo Alvarez do a SportsCenter hit, and film a fight commercial tomorrow, told me this is basically a 50-50 fight. “But I like our kid. His amateur pedigree and he’s been in with dangerous guys, like Abregu and Santana.”

And what about the stakes? “We’d like to get the winner of Pacquiao/Bradley. We really think this is going to be Sadam’s year.”