Jessie Vargas
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Vargas (left) in 2010
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La Nueva Generacion ("The New Generation") |
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| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | |||||||||
| Reach | 72 in (183 cm) | |||||||||
| Nationality | American | |||||||||
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May 10, 1989 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||
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| Total fights | 29 | |||||||||
| Wins | 27 | |||||||||
| Wins by KO | 10 | |||||||||
| Losses | 2 | |||||||||
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Jessie Vargas (born May 10, 1989) is an American professional boxer. He is a former two-weight world champion, having held the WBA (Regular) and IBO super lightweight titles in 2014, and the WBO welterweight title in 2016.
Vargas had an amateur record of 120 wins and 20 losses. He was a two-time Mexican national champion, a two-time United States junior national champion, and was a member of the 2008 Mexican Olympic team.
In September 2008, Vargas won his pro debut against the undefeated Joel Gonzalez by first round K.O.
Vargas got attention when, during a fight against Trenton Titsworth, Vargas was kissed on the neck and he responded by hitting Titsworth during the break. Titsworth was docked two points, Vargas one.
In his twelfth fight he knocked out a former IBO Light Welterweight Champion Daniel Sarmiento of Argentina. The bout was the main event of FSN's Fight Night Club. In his next fight Vargas won an eight-round unanimous decision against Mexican Ramón Montaño on the undercard of Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana.
On April 8, 2011, Vargas stopped former WBA Light Welterweight Champion, Vivian Harris. This bout was televised on TeleFutura.
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