Antonio Vargas | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. | August 15, 1996||||||||||||||
Statistics | |||||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5+1⁄2 in (166 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Reach | 66 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | ||||||||||||||
Boxing record | |||||||||||||||
Total fights | 21 | ||||||||||||||
Wins | 19 | ||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 11 | ||||||||||||||
Losses | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Draws | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Antonio Vargas (born August 15, 1996) is an American professional boxer.
Vargas was born in Houston, Texas to a Puerto Rican father and a Mexican mother. [1] He was raised in Kissimmee, Florida.
Vargas won a gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in the flyweight event. [2]
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, losing in the round of 16 to Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan. [3]
Vargas is scheduled to challenge Winston Guerrero for the interim WBA bantamweight title in Orlando, Florida on December 13, 2024. [4] [5] Vargas won the fight by TKO in the 10th round. [6]
21 fights | 19 wins | 1 loss |
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By knockout | 11 | 1 |
By decision | 8 | 0 |
No contests | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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21 | Win | 19–1 (1) | Winston Guerrero | TKO | 10 (12), 2:10 | Dec 13, 2024 | Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S. | Won interim WBA bantamweight title |
20 | Win | 18–1 (1) | Jonathan Rodriguez | RTD | 7 (12), 3:00 | Feb 24, 2024 | Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S. | |
19 | Win | 17–1 (1) | Hernán Márquez | UD | 10 | Oct 27, 2023 | Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S. | |
18 | NC | 16–1 (1) | Francisco Pedroza Portillo | NC | 3 (10) | May 12, 2023 | Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S. | |
17 | Win | 16–1 | Michell Banquez | TKO | 6 (10), 2:38 | Feb 25, 2023 | Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S. | |
16 | Win | 15–1 | Jesus Martinez | TKO | 3 (6), 2:59 | Oct 15, 2022 | Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S. | |
15 | Win | 14–1 | Samuel Gutierrez Hernandez | TKO | 5 (6), 2:38 | Aug 21, 2022 | Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S. | |
14 | Win | 13–1 | Daniel Alberto Coronel | TKO | 4 (6), 1:24 | Jul 23, 2022 | Caribe Royale Orlando, Orlando, Florida, U.S. | |
13 | Win | 12–1 | Juan Centeno | UD | 6 | Feb 21, 2020 | Miccosukee Resort & Gaming, Miami, Florida, U.S. | |
12 | Win | 11–1 | Szilveszter Kanalas | KO | 1 (6), 2:38 | Nov 23, 2019 | Bryan Glazer Family JCC Auditorium, Tampa, Florida, U.S. | |
11 | Loss | 10–1 | Jose Maria Cardenas | KO | 1 (8), 1:53 | May 25, 2019 | Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Florida, U.S. | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Lucas Rafael Baez | KO | 2 (8), 2:08 | Feb 22, 2019 | Osceola Heritage Center, Kissimmee, Florida, U.S. | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Jorge Perez | UD | 8 | Nov 16, 2018 | Osceola Heritage Center, Kissimmee, Florida, U.S. | Won vacant NABF (junior) bantamweight title |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Felipe Rivas | UD | 6 | Aug 28, 2018 | Cancha Ruben Zayas Montanez, Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico]] | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Aaron Lopez | UD | 6 | Jul 28, 2018 | Kissimmee Civic Center, Kissimmee, Florida, U.S. | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Luis Saavedra | UD | 6 | Feb 23, 2018 | Osceola Heritage Center, Kissimmee, Florida, U.S. | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Jonathan Garza | UD | 6 | Nov 3, 2017 | Osceola Heritage Center, Kissimmee, Florida, U.S. | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Miguel Rebullosa | TKO | 2 (6), 1:11 | Oct 13, 2017 | A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida, U.S. | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Leonardo Reyes | UD | 6 | Jul 7, 2017 | A La Carte Event Pavilion, Tampa, Florida, U.S. | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Emilio Rivera | KO | 1 (4), 1:52 | Apr 21, 2017 | Osceola Heritage Center, Kissimmee, Florida, U.S. | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Jonathan De La Paz | TKO | 1 (4), 1:48 | Feb 24, 2017 | Tony Rosa Community Center, Palm Bay, Florida, U.S. |
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