Fernando Vargas vs Tim Tszyu at 154 (Hypothethical)

[Feroz]

Fernando Javier "El Feroz" Vargas (born December 7, 1977) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2007. He was a two-time light middleweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 1998 to 2000, and the WBA title from 2001 to 2002. As an amateur he won a bronze medal in the light welterweight division at the 1995 Pan American Games and reached the second round of the welterweight bracket at the 1996 Olympics.

He has wins over Yori Boy Campas, Raul Marquez, Winky Wright, Ike Quartey, Wilfredo Rivera and Javier Castillejo. He had losses to Tito Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley X2 and Ricardo Mayorga.




Timofei Konstantinovich "The Soul Taker" Tszyu (born 2 November 1994) is an Australian professional boxer who held the Australian light-middleweight title in 2019 and is currently ranked No.1 Australia light-middleweight and has held the WBO interim light middleweight title since 2023. by BoxRec. He is the son of former light welterweight world champion of boxing, Kostya Tszyu and older brother of Nikita Tszyu. A portrait of Tszyu by Ksenija Hrnjak was a finalist for the 2022 Archibald Prize.

He currently holds wins over Jeff Horn, Dennis Hoga, Steve Spark, Terrell Gausha and Tony Harrison. He had no losses.

[Feroz]

For some context.

Tim Tzyu so far had defeated:

-A shot version of Jeff Horn (22-2-1) who managed to get the WBO world title at 147 against Pacquiao.

He also defeated Michael Zerafa.

-Terrell Gausha (22-2-1) lost to Lubin and Lara. With a record of mostly journeymen.

-A faded Tony Harrison (29-3-1) who managed to pull upset with Jermell but lost the rematch. He also lost to Jarred Hurd and Willie Nelson.

Fernando Vargas at age 21-22 had defeated:

-Campas (72-2) had defeated Verdell Smith and Raul Marquez before facing Vargas.

-Ike Quartey (34-1-1) defeated Vince Phillips (wins over Kostya Tszyu/Mickey Ward) and Verno Phillips ( wins over Julian Jackson/Cory Spinks)

He also had a draw with Jose Luis Lopez.

-Winky Wright (39-2) who defeated Shane Mosley X2 and Tito Trinidad.

Vargas had also defeated vets like Castillejo (58-5), Rivera (32-4-1), and Marquez (30-1).

Not sure what Tim Tszyu does better overall but someone might prove me wrong.

[TheIronMike]

w-w-what??!? Vargas is a world championship fighter, operating at the highest level in his weight class.

Tszyu has done everything right so far, but is no different than a contender.

This ain't Tony Ayala Jr or John Mugabi.....he's just a contender.

Vargas by UD.

[PunchMeIDareYou]

Vargas fought better competition (and looked better) in his losses than Tszyu has in any win. Vargas would utterly destroy Timothy.