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Total Fights | 38 |
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Wins | 36 |
Losses | 1 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 6 |
Title-Fight KOs | 0 |
KO Wins | 22 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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13 years and 10 months into his professional boxing career, Rey Vargas has fought 38 times with 36 wins, a single loss, and 1 draw.
Vargas' boxing record is currently 36-1-1, which includes two world-title wins and six successful title defense fights at two weight classes — super-bantamweight and featherweight. He has a 57.9% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 22 of his total 38 fights being knockout wins. The only loss in Vargas' career is a 12-round unanimous decision loss to O'Shaquie Foster in a super-featherweight title fight.
His latest fight was a 12-round split decision draw against Nick Ball on March 8, 2024. Vargas successfully defended the featherweight WBC title in this fight.
Some of Vargas' best fights and notable victories include wins over Mark Magsayo, Tomoki Kameda, Azat Hovhannisyan, Oscar Negrete, Leonardo Baez, Ronny Rios, and Gavin McDonnell.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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38 | Mar 8, 2024 | 33 | Nick Ball | Draw * | SD |
37 | Feb 11, 2023 | 32 | O'Shaquie Foster | Loss * | UD |
36 | Jul 9, 2022 | 31 | Mark Magsayo | Win * | SD |
35 | Nov 6, 2021 | 30 | Leonardo Baez | Win | UD |
34 | Jul 13, 2019 | 28 | Tomoki Kameda | Win * | UD |
33 | Feb 9, 2019 | 28 | Franklin Manzanilla | Win * | UD |
32 | May 12, 2018 | 27 | Azat Hovhannisyan | Win * | UD |
31 | Dec 2, 2017 | 27 | Oscar Negrete | Win * | UD |
30 | Aug 26, 2017 | 26 | Ronny Rios | Win * | UD |
29 | Feb 25, 2017 | 26 | Gavin McDonnell | Win * | MD |
28 | Sep 3, 2016 | 25 | Alexander Muñoz | Win | TKO5 |
27 | Jun 11, 2016 | 25 | Alexis Kabore | Win | UD |
26 | Feb 27, 2016 | 25 | Christian Esquivel | Win | TKO3 |
25 | Sep 5, 2015 | 24 | Lucian González | Win | UD |
24 | May 23, 2015 | 24 | Eduardo Mancito | Win | UD |
23 | Jan 24, 2015 | 24 | Néstor Panigua | Win | TKO2 |
22 | Nov 1, 2014 | 23 | Sylvester Lopez | Win | TKO8 |
21 | Aug 23, 2014 | 23 | Daniel Ferreras | Win | TKO2 |
20 | Jun 14, 2014 | 23 | Vergel Nebran | Win | TKO6 |
19 | Mar 15, 2014 | 23 | Sylvester Lopez | Win | RTD7 |
18 | Dec 21, 2013 | 23 | Ernie Sánchez | Win | UD |
17 | Oct 26, 2013 | 22 | Yuki Murai | Win | UD |
16 | Aug 24, 2013 | 22 | Juanito Rubillar | Win | KO4 |
15 | Jun 8, 2013 | 22 | Cecilio Santos | Win | KO2 |
14 | Apr 27, 2013 | 22 | Seizo Kono | Win | TKO3 |
13 | Dec 22, 2012 | 22 | Marcos Cárdenas | Win | TKO5 |
12 | Jun 2, 2012 | 21 | Luis Lugo | Win | TKO5 |
11 | Feb 25, 2012 | 21 | Gabriel Aguillón | Win | TKO1 |
10 | Jul 23, 2011 | 20 | Rene Vázquez | Win | TKO2 |
9 | Mar 25, 2011 | 20 | Jorge Morales | Win | TKO2 |
8 | Feb 26, 2011 | 20 | Mario Alberto García | Win | TKO3 |
7 | Jan 22, 2011 | 20 | Jesus Santillan | Win | TKO7 |
6 | Nov 6, 2010 | 19 | Jorge Otocani Reynoso | Win | TKO1 |
5 | Oct 2, 2010 | 19 | Fabian Ruiz | Win | KO1 |
4 | Sep 4, 2010 | 19 | Jose Luis Medellin | Win | TKO2 |
3 | Aug 21, 2010 | 19 | Juan Antonio Duque | Win | TKO2 |
2 | May 29, 2010 | 19 | Hector Esnar Bobadilla | Win | UD |
1 | Apr 10, 2010 | 19 | Claudio Palacios | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Rey Vargas is a 33-year old Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Otumba, Mexico on November 25, 1990. He is a two-weight-class world champion and the current WBC featherweight world champion.
Vargas made his professional boxing debut against Claudio Palacios at the age of 19 on April 10, 2010, defeating Palacios via 1st round KO. He went on to win 35 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 21 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on February 25, 2017 after 28 professional fights, against Gavin McDonnell for the super-bantamweight WBC (vacant) title. He defeated McDonnell via 12 round majority decision to become the super-bantamweight 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 the "Championships" section below.
Vargas has had just a single loss in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a featherweight title defense bout against British boxer Nick Ball on March 8, 2024. The fight ended in a 12 round split decision draw. It's been 1 month and 16 days since this fight.
Vargas has had a total of nine world-title fights till today, which includes winning two world titles and six successful title defenses. He won seven of these fights, lost one, and drew in one.
Rey Vargas has fought for world titles in three fights and won two of these fights. Till today, he has won two belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Jul 9, 2022 | Mark Magsayo | Featherweight | WBC | SD |
Feb 25, 2017 | Gavin McDonnell | Super-bantamweight | WBC* | MD |
Rey Vargas has had six world-title defense fights across two weight classes — super-bantamweight (x5) and featherweight. He won all of these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Mar 8, 2024 | Nick Ball | Featherweight | WBC | SD (draw) |
Jul 13, 2019 | Tomoki Kameda | Super-bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Feb 9, 2019 | Franklin Manzanilla | Super-bantamweight | WBC | UD |
May 12, 2018 | Azat Hovhannisyan | Super-bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Dec 2, 2017 | Oscar Negrete | Super-bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Aug 26, 2017 | Ronny Rios | Super-bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Vargas has fought a total of 38 times till today, which includes 9 world-title fights at three weight divisions. These five fights are the highlight of his career.
February 25, 2017: Vargas wins his first world title by defeating Gavin McDonnell via 12 round majority decision. He is now the WBC super-bantamweight world champion.
August 26, 2017: Vargas successfully defends the WBC super-bantamweight title against Ronny Rios, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
May 12, 2018: Vargas successfully defends the WBC super-bantamweight title against Azat Hovhannisyan, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
July 13, 2019: Vargas successfully defends the WBC super-bantamweight title against Tomoki Kameda, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
July 9, 2022: Vargas wins the WBC featherweight title from Mark Magsayo, by beating Magsayo via 12 round split decision.
Vargas has knocked out 22 of his 38 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 57.9%. Of his total 36 wins, 22 of them have been via KO (61.1%).
Vargas' first world-title win was the WBC (vacant) belt at super-bantamweight. He defeated Gavin McDonnell via 12 round majority decision to win the title.
As of April 2024, Vargas has won two world titles at two weight classes.
Vargas has had 6 successful title defense fights so far.