Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-06-19, great performance by both fighters: the boxing fight Isaac Cruz Gonzalez vs Francisco Vargas gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2021).
Vargas vs Cruz is on the undercard of Jermall Charlo vs Juan Macias Montiel. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-10-19, fight not so exciting between Francisco Vargas and Ezequiel Aviles: it gets two stars.The former Olympian and former Wbc super-Fw champion Francisco Vargas entered this fight with a record of 25-2-2 (18 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.7 super featherweight in the world but he comes off the loss against current #1 super-Fw Miguel Berchelt (Miguel Berchelt vs Francisco Vargas 2); before this bout, in 2018, he had defeated Rod Salka (Francisco Vargas vs Rod Salka).
His opponent, Ezequiel Aviles, has an official boxing record of 16-4-3 (6 knockouts) and he entered as the No.285 lightweight but he comes off three consecutive losses, the last one against Hector Tanajara. Vargas vs Aviles is on the undercard of Oscar Duarte vs Richard Solano. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-05-11, another “classic” boxing fight between these two mexican warriors: Miguel Berchelt vs Francisco Vargas 2 is one of the best boxing fights of the year 2019 and it gets four stars!The Wbc super-Fw and former interim Wbo champion Miguel Berchelt entered this fight with a professional record of 35-1-0 (31 KOs=89%) and he is ranked as the No.1 super featherweight in the world. ‘El Alacran’ Berchelt suffered his only loss when he faced Luis Eduardo Florez in 2014, since then he has won 14 consecutive bouts beating Maxwell Awuku (Miguel Berchelt vs Maxwell Awuku), Jonathan Victor Barros (Miguel Berchelt vs Jonathan Victor Barros) and Miguel Roman in his last three (2018 Fight of the Year candidate, Miguel Berchelt vs Miguel Roman).
His opponent, the former Olympian and former Wbc super-Fw champ Francisco Vargas, has a boxing record of 25-1-2 (18 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 12, 2018 when he defeated Rod Salka (Francisco Vargas vs Rod Salka). Before this fight, in 2017, he had beat Stephen Smith in December (Francisco Vargas vs Stephen Smith) but he had also lost the first bout with Miguel Berchelt in January (4-stars fight, Vargas vs Berchelt I). Berchelt vs Vargas 2 is valid for the WBC World super featherweight title (Berchelt’s fifth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-04-12, pretty good fight between Francisco Vargas and Rod Salka: it gets three stars.The former Wbc super-Fw champion Francisco Vargas entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 24-1-2 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 super featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Vasyl Lomachenko). He fought twice last year losing to Miguel Berchelt (4-stars fight, Vargas vs Berchelt) and beating Stephen Smith (Francisco Vargas vs Stephen Smith).
His opponent, Rod Salka, has an official record of 24-4-0 (4 knockouts) and he entered as the No.94 lightweight. He suffered his last loss when he faced Danny Garcia in 2014 (Danny Garcia vs Rod Salka), since then he has won five bouts defeating Jayro Duran in 2017. Vargas vs Salka is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-09, pretty good fight between Francisco Vargas and Stephen Smith: it gets three stars.The former Wbc super-Fw champion Francisco Vargas entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 23-1-2 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 super featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Vasyl Lomachenko). He won the Wbc super-Fw belt in 2015, against Takashi Miura (The Ring magazine Fight of the Year 2015, Miura vs Vargas) but then he drew with Orlando Salido in 2016 (5-stars fight, Vargas vs Salido) and he has lost to Miguel Berchelt in 2017 (4-stars fight, Vargas vs Berchelt).
His opponent, Stephen Smith, has a record of 25-3-0 (15 knockouts) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class. He lost to Jason Sosa last year (=Sosa vs Smith) but he came back to win in 2017 with Karoly Gallovich. Vargas vs Smith is on the undercard of Orlando Salido vs Miguel Roman. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-01-28, very tough fight with some wild exchanges and a tremendous pace: Francisco Vargas vs Miguel Berchelt is one of the best boxing fights of 2017 and it gets four stars!The undefeated Francisco Vargas entered this fight with a boxing record of 23-0-2 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Vasyl Lomachenko). He won the Wbc super-Fw belt in 2015, against Takashi Miura (The Ring magazine Fight of the Year 2015, Miura vs Vargas) but then he drew with Orlando Salido in 2016 (5-stars fight, Vargas vs Salido).
His opponent, Miguel Berchelt, has an official record of 30-1-0 (27 KOs=90%) and he entered as the No.15 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Luis Eduardo Florez in 2014, since then he has won nine consecutive bouts beating George Jupp (=Berchelt vs Jupp) and Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo in 2016 (=Berchelt vs Piriyapinyo). ‘El Bandido’ Francisco Vargas vs Miguel Berchelt is valid for the WBC World super featherweight title (Vargas’ second defense); they also faced each other a second time on May 11, 2019 (Miguel Berchelt vs Francisco Vargas 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-06-04, fantastic fight thanks to an amazing performance by both boxers: this was an absolute war and this is what we want from a candidate for Fight of the Year 2016, Francisco Vargas vs Orlando Salido gets five stars!The undefeated Wbc champion Francisco Vargas entered this fight with a boxing record of 23-0-1 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 super featherweight in the world. He fought twice last year beating Will Tomlinson (=Vargas vs Tomlinson) and Takashi Miura (The Ring magazine Fight of the Year 2015, Miura vs Vargas).
His opponent, the former world champion in two different weight classes Orlando Salido, has an official record of 43-13-3 (30 knockouts) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class but his last victory occurred in 2014, against Terdsak Kokietgym (4-stars fight, Salido vs Kokietgym). After this bout ‘Siri’ Salido faced Roman Martinez twice in 2015 losing the first fight (=Salido vs Martinez I) and drawing the second one (=Martinez vs Salido II). Vargas vs Salido is valid for the WBC World super featherweight title (Vargas’ first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-11-21, very tough fight with a spectacular finish: Takashi Miura vs Francisco Vargas is close to get four stars.Takashi Miura entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 29-2-2 (22 KOs=76%) and he is ranked as the No.3 super featherweight in the world. He suffered his last loss in 2011 when he faced #1 Takashi Uchiyama, since then he has collected nine consecutive victories winning the Wbc world belt against Gamaliel Diaz in 2013 and defending it four times, the last one against Billy Dib (=Miura vs Dib).
His opponent, the undefeated Francisco Vargas, has a record of 22-0-1 (16 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class. He has fought once in 2015 beating Will Tomlinson (=Vargas vs Tomlinson). Miura vs Vargas is valid for the WBC World super featherweight title (Miura’s fifth defense); undercard of Miguel Cotto vs Saul Canelo Alvarez. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-03-12, great battle between Francisco Vargas and Will Tomlinson: it gets three stars and it could be a candidate for the best boxing “Fight of the Week”.The undefeated Francisco Vargas entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 21-0-1 (15 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 super featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Takashi Uchiyama); he fought three times in 2014 beating Abner Cotto, Juan Manuel Lopez (=Lopez vs Vargas) and Genaro Camargo.
His opponent, the former Ibo super-Fw champion Will Tomlinson, has an official record of 23-1-1 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.69 lightweight, he also fought three times last year losing to Jerry Belmontes but then he came back to win defeating Alberto Cupido and Miguel Zamudio. Vargas vs Tomlinson is valid for the WBO International and NABF super featherweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-07-12, great exchanges in the last part of the fight: Juan Manuel Lopez vs Francisco Vargas gets three stars. Juan Manuel Lopez entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 34-3-0 (31 KOs=91%) and he is ranked as the No.5 super featherweight in the world, he has won world titles in two different weight classes but he lost his last bout against #1 undefeated champion Mikey Garcia last year (=Garcia vs Lopez); he came back to victory in 2014 beating Daniel Ponce De Leon in their rematch (=Lopez vs Ponce De Leon 2).
His opponent, the undefeated Francisco Vargas, has an official record of 19-0-1 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.30 in the same weight class, the only man who stopped him in a draw was Byron Gonzalez in 2010; Vargas comes off 16 consecutive wins. Juanma Lopez vs Vargas is valid for the WBO International and NABF super featherweight titles; undercard of Saul Alvarez vs Erislandy Lara. Watch the video and rate this fight!
