Amado Vargas: record, next fight and profile →
Fernando Vargas was known for taking the hard fights early in his career. His son, Fernando Vargas Jr. (14-0, 13 KOs) stopped former contender Brad Solomon (29-7, 9 KOs) this past Saturday in Stockton, California.
Amado Vargas went the distance in a fight where he campaigned for two more rounds than what was scheduled. The middle son of former two-time junior middleweight titlist Fernando Vargas, the 22-year-old junior lightweight
Janibek Alimkhanuly was all business throughout fight week and ever the professional at the scale. A well-distributed and career light 159.2 pounds graced the frame of Kazakhstan’s Alimkhanuly (13-0, 8KOs), who attempts the second defense of his WBO middleweight title. He faces Montreal’s Steven Butler (32-3-1, 26KOs) who was 159.6 pounds for their scheduled 12-round bout which airs live this Saturday on ESPN (10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT) from Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.
Undefeated featherweight prospect Amado Fernando Vargas is set to return in a four-rounder on the May 13 undercard of the world championship doubleheader featuring undefeated Kazakh phenom Janikbek “Qazaq Style” Alimkhanuly defending his WBO middleweight world title in the main event against Canadian contender Steven Butler at Stockton Arena in Stockton, California.
Fernando Vargas Jr. and Amado “El Malvado” Fernando Vargas, sons of former world champion Fernando “El Feroz” Vargas, have signed promotional contracts with MarvNation Promotions. The two were on hand at the Derby Room in Pomona, Calif. today to announce their signing to the media.
Jalolov, Harper Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Tensions were high on Tuesday afternoon in Los Angeles as a crowd of Southern California media attended the final press conference for ‘Battle of the Best’ Tuesday afternoon with #1 Ranked Jose ‘Chon’ Zepeda,, of La Puente, CA and #2 Ranked Regis ‘Rougarou’ Prograis, (27-1, 23 KOs), of New Orleans, LA coming face-to-face for one of the final times ahead of their anticipated battle for the WBC Super Lightweight World Title set for this Saturday night, November 26 at ‘The War Grounds’ Dignity Health Sports Park.
Junior middleweight prospect and ‘Son of a Legend’ Fernando ‘El Feroz’ Vargas Jr., (6-0, 6 KOs), of Las Vegas, NV will open the ‘Battle of the Best’ Pay-Per-View against Alejandro ‘Thunder’ Martinez, (3-2-1, 2 KOs), of Montebello, CA set for Saturday, November 26 from ‘The War Grounds’, Dignity Health Sports Park, just outside of Los Angeles.
Evan Holyfield had the rudest awakening of his nascent professional career. In a stunner, unheralded, Missouri-based journeyman Jurmain McDonald stopped the highly regarded Holyfield, the son of Evander Holyfield, in the second round of six-round junior middleweight contest on the Sergey Kovalev-Tervel Pulev Triller Fight Club undercard Saturday night at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California.
Former two-time junior middleweight titlist “Ferocious” Fernando Vargas is hoping the world sees that he’s produced world champion-caliber offspring when his three sons star on a Triller Fight Club pay-per-view event on May 14 at The Forum in Los Angeles.
Triller announced its Trillerverz 5, ‘Lineage of Greatness’ event, which will occur at the Forum in Los Angeles on Saturday, May 14, 2022, and be streamed live on FITE worldwide via PPV or the TrillerVerz Subscription on FITE. It will also be available on all major cable and satellite via iNDemand and commercial locations from Joe Hand Promotions.