Foster out-duels Vargas for vacant WBC super-featherweight crown
O'Shaquie Foster outboxed previously unbeaten two-division champion Rey Vargas on the way to a unanimous decision Saturday in their fight for the vacant World Boxing Council super-featherweight title.The WBC super-bantamweight champion from 2017 to 2019, Vargas had captured the WBC featherweight title last July at the Alamodome with a split decision over Filipino Mark Magsayo. […]
Vargas takes title from Filipino star Magsayo
Mexico's Rey Vargas won the WBC featherweight belt, overcoming a knockdown to take a split decision over Filipino star Mark Magsayo. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Filipino Magsayo, Mexico’s Vargas meet in battle of unbeatens
Filipino star Mark Magsayo will defend his World Boxing Council featherweight crown against former world champion Rey Vargas of Mexico on Saturday in a battle of unbeatens. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Golden Boy moving ahead with Ortiz vs. Vargas
Golden Boy president Eric Gomez said the company has lost in excess of $ 1 million since the pause in boxing because of the coronavirus pandemic. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Jessie Vargas is tired of being overlooked
Vargas has shared the ring with Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley, and believes he’s ready to take the next step. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Vargas pummels foe in ‘America 1st’ trunks
Mexico's Francisco Vargas dominated Rod Salka, who wore trunks with bricks to symbolize President Donald Trump’s border wall. Boxing on Yahoo! Sports – News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games
Danny Garcia stops Samuel Vargas in seventh round (The Associated Press)
Danny Garcia passed the test. The WBC welterweight champion vowed not to overlook Samuel Vargas with a major matchup against WBA champion Keith Thurman looming in March, and he didn’t in front of his hometown crowd. In a non-title fight scheduled for 10 rounds, Garcia, stopped Vargas in the seventh round Saturday night at Temple […]
Danny Garcia stops Samuel Vargas in seventh round (The Associated Press)
Danny Garcia passed the test. The WBC welterweight champion vowed not to overlook Samuel Vargas with a major matchup against WBA champion Keith Thurman looming in March, and he didn’t in front of his hometown crowd. In a non-title fight scheduled for 10 rounds, Garcia, stopped Vargas in the seventh round Saturday night at Temple […]
I do not underestimate Vargas, says Pacquiao (Reuters)
By Mark Lamport-Stokes LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Manny Pacquiao is regarded as one of the greatest boxers ever but says he will not be taking his opponent lightly when he faces World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Jessie Vargas next week. Seven months after defeating Timothy Bradley in his much trumpeted farewell to the sport, the […]
Manny Pacquiao puts retirement on hold, takes on Vargas (The Associated Press)
Manny Pacquiao is determined to fight on, even without Floyd Mayweather across the ring or HBO in his corner. Five months after the fight Pacquiao expected to be his finale, the Filipino senator stood opposite unheralded welterweight champion Jessie Vargas on Thursday and declared his excitement for yet another chapter in what’s now a sprawling […]