Fernando Vargas

Fernando Vargas
Data
Birth Name	Fernando Vargas
Fight name	Ferocious El Feroz
Weight class	Light middleweight
nationality	US-american
birthday	7th December 1977
place of birth	Oxnard
style	Left delivery
size	1.78 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	31
Victories	26th
Knockout victories	22nd
Defeats	5

Fernando Vargas (born December 7, 1977 in Oxnard , California ) is a former American boxer and former IBF and WBA world light middleweight champion.

amateur

As a teenager, Vargas was the boxing star in America; he won the Super Featherweight Junior Olympics Box-Offs in 1992 and won the silver medal at the subsequent Junior Olympics . In 1993 he not only won the Junior Olympics Box-Offs and the subsequent Junior Olympics , but also the Junior Olympics International Tournament .

In 1994 he was the youngest boxer to win the US super featherweight championships. In 1995 the bronze medal followed at the Pan American Games in Argentina.

At the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 he was one of the favorites at the start, but already lost his second fight just on points (7: 8) against the eventual bronze medalist Marian Simion .

Varga's record as an amateur is 100 wins with only 5 losses.

Professional career

In 1997 he became a professional at Main Events under manager Shelly Finkel. In 1998 he was IBF light middleweight title holder when his opponent, the Mexican Luis Ramón Campas , gave up after the seventh round. Up to this point, Vargas had beaten all opponents prematurely.

His first point win came against "Winky" Wright, who is now very highly regarded . The victory was not without controversy, it was partly beaten against the weak puncher Wright.

His next opponent Ike Quartey , who had previously only lost to Óscar de la Hoya , was also very well respected. He won more clearly than De la Hoya, but Quartey was actually a welterweight and inactive for more than a year before the fight.

In 2000 there was a fight against the undefeated Félix Trinidad , who had controversially won against de la Hoya. Vargas was hard knocked out on the last lap.

In the next fight against Wilfredo Rivera he had to go down again, but was still able to win.

In 2002 it finally came to the long-awaited dream duel against his Californian Latino arch-rival de la Hoya, which he also lost by knockout. After the fight, he was also tested positive for the use of the steroid stanozolol and banned for nine months and had to pay a fine of $ 100,000.

In 2005 he defeated the Spaniard Javier Castillejo and then faced Shane Mosley in February 2006 . The fight, even on points, had to be stopped in the tenth round due to a severe swelling over Vargas' left eye in Mosley's favor. A rematch was quickly agreed, but this time Vargas clearly lost by technical knockout in the sixth round on July 15, 2006.

His last fight so far was in November 2007 when he got into the ring against Ricardo Mayorga . He lost this fight on points.

Filmography

• 2006: Alpha Dog - Fatal Friendships (Alpha Dog)

Web links

• Match record

predecessor	Office	successor
Luis Ramón Campas	Light Middleweight Boxing Champion ( IBF ) December 12, 1998 - December 2, 2000	Félix Trinidad

predecessor	Office	successor
José Alfredo Flores	Light Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBA ) September 22, 2001 - September 14, 2002	Óscar de la Hoya