SPORT & NOTE
Fernando VARGAS

Male

(Fernando Javier Vargas)
Super-Welterweight, USA, Big Bear, Camarillo, California
Born: December 7, 1977, Oxnard, California
Height 5ft 8 1/2, mt 1,73
(brother of Roger)

as an amateur:
1992 Junior Olympics 112 lbs silver medal
1993 Junior Olympics 125 lbs gold medal
1994 U.S. Championships 125 lb gold medal
1994 U.S. Olympic Festival 132 lb gold medal
1994 U.S. Junior Championships 132 lb gold medal
1994 Istanbul World Jr Champs lightweight
Wdisq3 Danny Happe (Eng), Wpt Oleg Butt (Mld) 11-3
Quarters: Lpts Talget Kalimor (Kaz) 10-21
1995 Pan-Americas Trials super-light gold medal
1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina, Panamerican Games bronze medal 63,5 kg
Lpts Luis Deines Pérez (PR)
1995 U.S. Olympic Festival super-light gold medal
1995 World Championships Challenge super-light
Lpts Hector Vinenet
1996 U.S. Championshiups welter bronze medal
1996 U.S. Olympic Team Trials welter gold medal
1996 Atlanta Olympic Games welterweight
Wpts Tengiz Meskhadze (Geo) 10-4
LptsMarian Simion (Rom) 8-7

amateur record: 100-5





No amateur results

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1997
+ Mar. 25Jorge Morales Oxnard, CaliforniaTKO 1
+ Apr. 26Claude Staten Atlantic City, New JerseyTKO 2
+ June 7William Burden Scramento, CaliforniaKO 2
+ June 20Jim Maloney Atlantic City, New JerseyTKO 1
+ July 12Eugene Danny Lopez Stateline, NevadaKO 1
+ Aug. 19Kevin Payne Austin, TexasKO 1
+ Oct. 4Alex Quiroga Atlantic City, New JerseyTKO 6
+ Nov. 22José Fernández Atlantic City, New JerseyTKO 1
+ Dec. 13Eduardo Martínez Ledyard, ConnecticutTKO 2
1998
+ Mar. 13Dan Connolly Miami, FloridaTKO 2
+ Apr. 14Romallis Ellis Ledyard, ConnecticutTKO 2
+ May 9Ronnie Johnson Sacramento, CaliforniaTKO 4
+ June 23Anthony Stephens Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaTKO 5
+ Aug. 22Darren Maciunski Atlantic City, New JerseyTKO 6
+ Dec. 12Luis Ramon Campas Atlantic City, New JerseyTKO 7
(Won IBF Super-Welterweight Title)
1999
+ Mar. 13Howard Clarke New York City, New YorkTKO 4
(Retained IBF Super-Welterweight Title)
+ July 17Raul Marquez Stateline, NevadaTKO 11
(Retained IBF Super-Welterweight Title)
+ Dec. 4Ronald Wright Lincoln City, OregonW 12
(Retained IBF Super-Welterweight Title)
2000
+ Apr. 15Ike Quartey Las Vegas, NevadaW 12
(Retained IBF Super-Welterweight Title)
+ Aug. 26Ross Thompson Las Vegas, NevadaTKO 4
(Retained IBF Super-Welterweight Title)
- Dec. 2Felix Trinidad Las Vegas, NevadaTKO by 12
(Lost IBF & For WBA Super-Welterweight Titles)
2001
+ May 5Wilfredo Rivera El Paso, TexasTKO 6
+ Sept. 22 Jose Alfredo Flores Las Vegas, NevadaKO 7
(Won vacant WBA and vacant IBA Super-Welterweight Titles)
2002
- Sept. 14Oscar De La Hoya Las Vegas, NevadaTKO by 11
(Lost WBA-IBA Super-Welterweight Titles &
2003
+ July 26Fitz Vanderpool Los Angeles, CaliforniaTKO 6
+ Dec. 12Tony Marshall Tucson, ArizonaTKO 7
2004
Inactive
2005
+ Mar. 26Raymond Joval Corpus Christi, TexasW 10
+ Aug. 20Javier Castillejo Rosemont, IllinoisW 10
2006
- Feb. 25Shane Mosley Las Vegas, NevadaTKO by 10
(For WBA Super-Welterweight Title Eliminator)
- July 15Shane Mosley Las Vegas, NevadaTKO by 6
2007
- Nov. 23Ricardo Mayorga Los Angeles, CaliforniaL 12

 

Summary

Total bouts: 31, Won: 26 (22 inside the limit), Lost: 5 (4 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0