Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-03-08, close boxing match with some nice exchanges: Rey Vargas vs Nick Ball gets three stars.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-02-11, good boxing match: Rey Vargas vs O’Shaquie Foster gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Foster vs Vargas is scheduled to take place Saturday, February 11th, at the Alamodome in San Antonio (Texas, USA), in a 12-round super featherweight (130 lbs, 59.0 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBC World super-featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-07-09, good boxing fight: Mark Magsayo vs Rey Vargas gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
Vargas vs Magsayo is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBC World featherweight title (Magsayo’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-11-06, one sided fight: the boxing match Rey Vargas vs Leonardo Baez gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2021).
Baez vs Vargas is on the undercard of Saul Canelo Alvarez vs Caleb Plant. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-07-13, some good exchanges between Rey Vargas and Tomoki Kameda but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.The undefeated Wbc super-Bw champion Rey Vargas entered this fight with a perfect record of 33-0-0 (22 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.2 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Emanuel Navarrete). In his last three fights he has won over Oscar Negrete (Rey Vargas vs Oscar Negrete), Azat Hovhannisyan (Rey Vargas vs Azat Hovhannisyan) and Franklin Manzanilla (Rey Vargas vs Franklin Manzanilla).
His opponent, the former Wbo Bw and current interim Wbc champ Tomoki Kameda, has a boxing record of 36-2-0 (20 knockouts) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class. He suffered his two defeats when he faced Jamie McDonnell in 2015 (Tomoki Kameda vs Jamie McDonnell I and Jamie McDonnell vs Tomoki Kameda II), since then he has won five bouts beating Daniel Noriega and Abigail Medina in 2018 (Tomoki Kameda vs Abigail Medina). Vargas vs Kameda is valid for the WBC World super bantamweight title (Vargas’ fifth defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-02-09, some good exchanges but with also too many interruptions: Rey Vargas vs Franklin Manzanilla gets two stars.The undefeated Wbc super-Bw champion Rey Vargas entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 32-0-0 (22 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Daniel Roman). In his last three fights he has won over Ronny Rios (Vargas vs Rios), Oscar Negrete (Rey Vargas vs Oscar Negrete) and Azat Hovhannisyan (Rey Vargas vs Azat Hovhannisyan).
His opponent, Franklin Manzanilla, has an official record of 18-4-0 (17 KOs=94%) and he entered as the No.16 in the same weight class. He lost to Belmar Preciado in 2017 but he came back to win in 2018 against Francisco Herrera and Julio Ceja (Julio Ceja vs Franklin Manzanilla). Vargas vs Manzanilla is valid for the WBC World super bantamweight title (Vargas’ fourth defense); undercard of Alberto Machado vs Andrew Cancio. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-05-12, nice and tough exchanges between Rey Vargas and Azat Hovhannisyan: it gets three stars.The undefeated Wbc super-Bw champion Rey Vargas entered this fight with a perfect record of 31-0-0 (22 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Luis Nery). He fought three times last year winning over Gavin McDonnell (Vargas vs McDonnell), Ronny Rios (Vargas vs Rios) and Oscar Negrete (Rey Vargas vs Oscar Negrete).
His opponent, Azat Hovhannisyan, has a boxing record of 14-2-0 (11 KOs=79%) and he entered as the No.15 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Walter Santibanes in 2014 but since then he has won eight consecutive bouts defeating Ronny Rios in 2018. Vargas vs Hovhannisyan is valid for the WBC World super bantamweight title (Vargas’ third defense); undercard of Sadam Ali vs Jaime Munguia. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-12-02, pretty good fight between Rey Vargas and Oscar Negrete: it gets three stars.Both undefeated, the Wbc super-Bw champion Rey Vargas entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 30-0-0 (22 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Guillermo Rigondeaux) while his opponent, Oscar Negrete, has an official record of 17-0-0 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.16 bantamweight. Both boxers have fought twice in 2017: Vargas has defeated Gavin McDonnell (=Vargas vs McDonnell) and Ronny Rios (=Vargas vs Rios) while Negrete has beat Victor Ruiz and Sergio Frias (=Negrete vs Frias). Vargas vs Negrete is valid for the WBC World super bantamweight title (Vargas’ second defense); undercard of Miguel Cotto vs Sadam Ali. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-08-26, nice exchanges between Rey Vargas and Ronny Rios: it gets three stars.The undefeated Wbc super-Bw champion Rey Vargas entered this fight with a perfect record of 29-0-0 (22 KOs=76%) and he is ranked as the No.12 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Guillermo Rigondeaux). In his last three bouts he has beat Alexis Boureima Kabore (=Vargas vs Kabore), Alexander Munoz (=Vargas vs Munoz) and Gavin McDonnell (=Vargas vs McDonnell).
His opponent, Ronny Rios, has a boxing record of 28-1-0 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss when he faced Robinson Castellanos in 2014 (=Rios vs Castellanos), since then he has won five bouts beating Daniel Noriega in 2017. Rey Vargas vs Ronny Rios is valid for the WBC World Super Bantamweight title (Vargas’ first defense); undercard of Miguel Cotto vs Yoshihiro Kamegai. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-02-25, good performance by both boxers: Gavin McDonnell vs Rey Vargas gets three stars.Both undefeated, the Mexican Rey Vargas entered this fight with a perfect record of 28-0-0 (22 KOs=79%) and he is ranked as the No.15 super bantamweight in the world while his opponent, Gavin McDonnell, has a boxing record of 16-0-2 (4 knockouts) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. Vargas fought three times last year winning over Christian Esquivel, Alexis Boureima Kabore (=Vargas vs Kabore) and Alexander munoz (=Vargas vs Munoz) while McDonnell fought twice beating Jorge Sanchez (=McDonnell vs Sanchez) and Robin Zamora. Rey Vargas vs Gavin McDonnell is valid for the vacant WBC World super bantamweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
