Jessie Vargas
Career, Record, Stats
Jessie Vargas (La Nueva Generación) is a 35-year-old American professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 2 world-title wins. 16 years, 3 months, and 10 days into his career, Vargas' record stands at 29-4-2, which includes 11 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
Jessie Vargas' Boxing Career
Jessie Vargas was born in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on May 10, 1989. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on September 5, 2008 against Joel Gonzalez. Vargas defeated Gonzalez via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Vargas became a world champion at the age of 24 after 23 professional fights. He challenged Khabib Allakhverdiev for the WBA (Regular) super-lightweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the welterweight (WBO) titles also to become a two-division world champion.
Vargas' latest fight was a 10th-round TKO loss to Liam Smith at age 32, on April 30, 2022.
Some of Jessie Vargas' best fights so far have been against Khabib Allakhverdiev, Josesito Lopez, Adrien Broner, Sadam Ali, Antonio DeMarco, Humberto Soto, and Aarón Herrera. For a complete list of Vargas' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Jessie Vargas".
Vargas has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Jessie Vargas Losses".
Jessie Vargas' Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
35 | Apr 30, 2022 | 32 | 
Liam Smith 33 30-3-1 | loss | TKO 10 |
34 | Feb 29, 2020 | 30 | 
Mikey Garcia 32 39-1 | loss | UD 12 |
33 | Apr 26, 2019 | 29 | 
Humberto Soto 38 69-9-2 | win | TKO 6 |
32 | Oct 06, 2018 | 29 | 
Thomas Dulorme 28 24-3 | draw | SD 12 |
31 | Apr 21, 2018 | 28 | 
Adrien Broner 28 33-3 | draw | MD 12 |
30 | Dec 15, 2017 | 28 | 
Aaron Herrera 27 33-7-1 | win | UD 10 |
29 | Nov 05, 2016 | 27 | 
Manny Pacquiao 37 58-6-2 | loss | UD 12 |
28 | Mar 05, 2016 | 26 | 
Sadam Ali 27 22-0 | win | TKO 9 |
27 | Jun 27, 2015 | 26 | 
Timothy Bradley 31 31-1-1 | loss | UD 12 |
26 | Nov 22, 2014 | 25 | 
Antonio DeMarco 28 31-3-1 | win | UD 12 |
25 | Aug 02, 2014 | 25 |  Anton Novikov | win | UD 12 |
24 | Apr 12, 2014 | 24 | 
Khabib Allakhverdiev 31 19-0 | win | UD 12 |
23 | Oct 11, 2013 | 24 | Ray Narh | win | UD 10 |
22 | Mar 16, 2013 | 23 | Wale Omotoso | win | UD 10 |
21 | Dec 07, 2012 | 23 | Vito Gasparyan | win | UD 10 |
20 | Sep 13, 2012 | 23 | Aaron Martinez | win | UD 10 |
19 | May 05, 2012 | 22 | 
Steve Forbes 35 35-10 | win | UD 10 |
18 | Feb 24, 2012 | 22 | Lanardo Tyner | win | UD 10 |
17 | Sep 17, 2011 | 22 | 
Josesito López 27 29-3 | win | SD 10 |
16 | Jul 08, 2011 | 22 | Walter Estrada | win | KO 2 |
15 | Apr 08, 2011 | 21 | 
Vivian Harris 32 29-5-1 | win | RTD 1 |
14 | Feb 24, 2011 | 21 | Cristian Favela | win | UD 8 |
13 | Dec 11, 2010 | 21 | Ramón Montaño | win | UD 8 |
12 | Sep 30, 2010 | 21 | Daniel Sarmiento | win | KO 1 |
11 | Jun 24, 2010 | 21 | Ernesto Zavala | win | KO 6 |
10 | May 01, 2010 | 20 | Arturo Morua | win | TKO 6 |
9 | Feb 25, 2010 | 20 | Robert Luna Jr. | win | TKO 1 |
8 | Jan 29, 2010 | 20 | Rickey Kinney | win | UD 4 |
7 | Dec 02, 2009 | 20 | Travis Hartman | win | TKO 2 |
6 | Sep 19, 2009 | 20 | Raul Tovar | win | UD 6 |
5 | Apr 17, 2009 | 19 | Anthony Lenk | win | UD 6 |
4 | Dec 05, 2008 | 19 | Antonio Sorria | win | UD 4 |
3 | Nov 01, 2008 | 19 | Michael Lynks | win | RTD 2 |
2 | Oct 04, 2008 | 19 | Trenton Titsworth | win | UD 4 |
1 | Sep 05, 2008 | 19 | Joel Gonzalez | win | KO 1 |