Rey Vargas

Gary Russell-Rey Vargas Agree To Terms For Featherweight Title Fight, Per WBC

Gary Russell Jr. is set for his annual title defense. The longest active-reigning male titlist in the sport today is set to next face Rey Vargas (34-0, 22KOs), with the two sides avoiding a purse bid hearing for their ordered WBC featherweight title...

Rey Vargas Regrets Dropping Title, But Very Pumped To Face Gary Russell

Mexico's Rey Vargas explained that it wasn't easy to leave in the hands of someone else the super bantamweight title of the World Boxing Council that he defended five times. However, the injury he suffered to his foot helped Vargas detach himself a l...

Rey Vargas Moves Up To Featherweight, Named WBC Mandatory Challenger To Gary Russell Jr.

The next fight in the career of long-reigning featherweight titlist Gary Russell Jr. could come against the division’s latest entrant. Rey Vargas has been named as the mandatory challenger to the World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight title, offici...

Roman-Payano, Castro-Diaz WBC Title Eliminators; Vargas Named Champion In Recess

Luis Nery gets his long-craved shot at a second major title, although it comes with a pre-filled calendar. The World Boxing Council (WBC) approved Tijuana’s Nery—its current mandatory contender at junior featherweight—to challenge for the now-vacant...

Nery-Alameda Rescheduled For September 26, Vacant WBC 122-Pound Title At Stake

Rey Vargas caught the worst kind of break, though one which greatly benefits his challenger in waiting.

Rey Vargas Stays Busy in Training, Hopes To Return Very Soon

The undefeated super bantamweight champion of the World Boxing Council, Rey Vargas (34-0, 22 KO’s), hopes to return to the ring in the near future, as the Mexican boxer has gone a year without a fight.

Rey Vargas Not Bothered By Luis Nery's Talk, Willing To Fight Him

Focused on new projects and without neglecting the necessary training in the gym, undefeated WBC world super bantamweight champion Rey Vargas says he is ready to return to the ring whenever Premier Boxing Champions [PBC] tells him to.

Navarrete: I Want Naoya Inoue, Vargas, Luis Nery, Akhmadaliev

WBO super bantamweight champion Emanuel Navarrete wants to take on the world's best fighters at any weight, and is willing to hold on at 122 pounds, although he agrees that he has a hard time securing the right opportunities to make a unifying fight...

Roman: Emanuel Navarrete, Rey Vargas Are Next Two Fights I Want

The blessing that came with Daniel Roman’s untimely injury was two-fold. Ideally, the streaking junior featherweight would have preferred to proceed with his mandatory title defense versus Murodjon Akhamdaliev as originally planned only to suffer ten...

Rey Vargas Pumped To Start 2020 With Premier Boxing Champions

Undefeated Mexican fighter Rey Vargas, who is the current super bantamweight world champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC), is very excited to continue the next stage of his career with Al Haymon's Premier Boxing Champions.

Rey Vargas To Sign With Premier Boxing Champions

Rey Vargas is ready to resume his career—just under new management. The long-reigning undefeated junior featherweight titlist is in advanced talks to sign a multi-fight agreement with Premier Boxing Champions (PBC), two sources with intimate knowledg...

Rey Vargas, Julio Cesar Martinez Cleared by WBC Following Adverse Findings

Rey Vargas and Julio Cesar Martinez are free to continue with their respective boxing careers. The pair of Mexico-based boxers tested positive for Clenbuterol, through testing recently conducted by the World Boxing Council Clean Boxing Program (WBC C...

Emanuel Navarrete Willing To Face Rey Vargas in December

The super bantamweight champion of the World Boxing Organization, Emanuel 'Vaquero' Navarrete, did not rule out a fourth defense of his belt in December, and he said he was hopeful that it will be a unification against WBC champion Rey Vargas, who wa...

An Uncertain Picture at Junior Featherweight

By Cliff Rold - It’s a division with a little bit of everything: a long-reigning lineal king, a unified titlist, and two more talented beltholders. Along with all of its present tense, 122 lbs. also has one of the richest histories in boxing since it...

Rey Vargas To Danny Roman: I Want To Unify Titles - I'm Ready!

Rey Vargas (34-0, 22 KOs) of Mexico City, Mexico successfully defended his WBC Super Bantamweight World Title via 12-round unanimous decision against No. 1 Contender and former world champion Tomoki "El Mexicanito" Kameda (36-3, 20 KOs) of Osaka, Jap...