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Jessie Vargas (La Nueva Generación) is a 34-year old American professional boxer. He was born in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on May 10, 1989. Vargas made his professional boxing debut at the age of 19, on September 5, 2008. He is a two-weight-class world champion.
13 years and seven months into his professional boxing career, Jessie Vargas has fought 35 times with 29 wins, 4 losses, and 2 draws. As of September 2023, Vargas' boxing record stands at 29-4-2 (11 KO wins, 1 KO loss).
Following is a tabular list of Vargas' fights. For a list with more details — like opponent record, opponent stats, including videos, and his next fight — refer to "All of Jessie Vargas' fights".
Total Fights | 35 |
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Wins | 29 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 2 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 11 |
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Total Title Wins | 2 |
Title Defenses | 2 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 1 |
Losses via KO | 1 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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35 | Apr 30, 2022 | 32 | Liam Smith | Loss | TKO10 |
34 | Feb 29, 2020 | 30 | Mikey Garcia | Loss | UD |
33 | Apr 26, 2019 | 29 | Humberto Soto | Win | TKO6 |
32 | Oct 6, 2018 | 29 | Thomas Dulorme | Draw | SD |
31 | Apr 21, 2018 | 28 | Adrien Broner | Draw | MD |
30 | Dec 15, 2017 | 28 | Aaron Herrera | Win | UD |
29 | Nov 5, 2016 | 27 | Manny Pacquiao | Loss * | UD |
28 | Mar 5, 2016 | 26 | Sadam Ali | Win * | TKO9 |
27 | Jun 27, 2015 | 26 | Timothy Bradley | Loss | UD |
26 | Nov 22, 2014 | 25 | Antonio DeMarco | Win * | UD |
25 | Aug 2, 2014 | 25 | Anton Novikov | Win * | UD |
24 | Apr 12, 2014 | 24 | Khabib Allakhverdiev | Win * | UD |
23 | Oct 11, 2013 | 24 | Ray Narh | Win | UD |
22 | Mar 16, 2013 | 23 | Wale Omotoso | Win | UD |
21 | Dec 7, 2012 | 23 | Vito Gasparyan | Win | UD |
20 | Sep 13, 2012 | 23 | Aaron Martinez | Win | UD |
19 | May 5, 2012 | 22 | Steve Forbes | Win | UD |
18 | Feb 24, 2012 | 22 | Lanardo Tyner | Win | UD |
17 | Sep 17, 2011 | 22 | Josesito López | Win | SD |
16 | Jul 8, 2011 | 22 | Walter Estrada | Win | KO2 |
15 | Apr 8, 2011 | 21 | Vivian Harris | Win | RTD1 |
14 | Feb 24, 2011 | 21 | Cristian Favela | Win | UD |
13 | Dec 11, 2010 | 21 | Ramón Montaño | Win | UD |
12 | Sep 30, 2010 | 21 | Daniel Sarmiento | Win | KO1 |
11 | Jun 24, 2010 | 21 | Ernesto Zavala | Win | KO6 |
10 | May 1, 2010 | 20 | Arturo Morua | Win | TKO6 |
9 | Feb 25, 2010 | 20 | Robert Luna Jr. | Win | TKO1 |
8 | Jan 29, 2010 | 20 | Rickey Kinney | Win | UD |
7 | Dec 2, 2009 | 20 | Travis Hartman | Win | TKO2 |
6 | Sep 19, 2009 | 20 | Raul Tovar | Win | UD |
5 | Apr 17, 2009 | 19 | Anthony Lenk | Win | UD |
4 | Dec 5, 2008 | 19 | Antonio Sorria | Win | UD |
3 | Nov 1, 2008 | 19 | Michael Lynks | Win | RTD2 |
2 | Oct 4, 2008 | 19 | Trenton Titsworth | Win | UD |
1 | Sep 5, 2008 | 19 | Joel Gonzalez | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Vargas is a two-weight-division world champion. He has held two world titles, one of which was a vacant title win, the other was a lineal championship win.
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Jessie Vargas is 180 cm tall (5' 10.87") with a reach of 178 cm (5' 10.08"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of -2 cm (-0.79").
Vargas has a 31.4% KO rate. Of his total 11 KO wins, seven were in the early rounds, three in the mid rounds, and one in the later rounds. He has four first-round KO wins.
Jessie Vargas made his professional boxing debut against Joel Gonzalez at the age of 19 on September 5, 2008, defeating Gonzalez via 1st round KO. He went on to win 25 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 8 wins via stoppage.
Vargas had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on April 12, 2014 after 23 professional fights, against Khabib Allakhverdiev for the super-lightweight WBA (Regular) title. He defeated Allakhverdiev via 12 round unanimous decision to become the super-lightweight champion of the world.
Vargas has won two world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Vargas' world title wins and defenses refer to "Jessie Vargas World Titles".
Some of Vargas' best fights and notable victories include wins over Khabib Allakhverdiev, Humberto Soto, Antonio DeMarco, Sadam Ali, Vivian Harris, and Josesito López.
Vargas has had a total of four losses in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a non-title bout against British boxer Liam Smith on April 30, 2022. Vargas lost the fight via 10th round TKO. It's been 1 year, 4 months, and 29 days since this fight.
Vargas has fought a total of 35 times till today, which includes 5 world-title fights at two weight divisions — welterweight and super-lightweight. These five fights are the highlight of his career.
April 8, 2011: Jessie Vargas puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Vivian Harris via 1st round RTD.
April 12, 2014: Vargas wins his first world title by defeating Khabib Allakhverdiev via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBA (Regular) super-lightweight world champion.
November 22, 2014: Vargas successfully defends the WBA (Regular) super-lightweight title against Antonio DeMarco, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
March 5, 2016: Vargas wins the WBO welterweight title from Sadam Ali, by beating Ali via 9th round TKO.
April 26, 2019: Jessie Vargas beats Humberto Soto via 6th round TKO.
Vargas has knocked out 11 of his 35 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 31.4%. Of his total 29 wins, 11 of them have been via KO (37.9%).
If you are interested in Vargas' boxing career, you should definitely check out the following fights.