Rey Vargas was born in Otumba, Mexico on November 25, 1990. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on April 10, 2010 against Claudio Palacios. Vargas defeated Palacios via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Vargas became a world champion at the age of 26 after 28 professional fights. He challenged Gavin McDonnell for the vacant WBC super-bantamweight title and defeated McDonnell via 12-round majority decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the featherweight (WBC) titles also to become a two-division world champion.
Vargas' latest fight was against Nick Ball on March 8, 2024, which ended in a split decision draw.
Some of Rey Vargas' best fights so far have been against Mark Magsayo, Azat Hovhannisyan, Nick Ball, Tomoki Kameda, and Ronny Rios. For a complete list of Vargas' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Rey Vargas".
Vargas has just a single loss on his record. For details about this loss refer to "Rey Vargas Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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38 | Mar 08, 2024 | 33 | Nick Ball 27 19-0 | draw | SD 12 |
37 | Feb 11, 2023 | 32 | O'Shaquie Foster 29 19-2 | loss | UD 12 |
36 | Jul 09, 2022 | 31 | Mark Magsayo 27 24-0 | win | SD 12 |
35 | Nov 06, 2021 | 30 | Leonardo Baez | win | UD 10 |
34 | Jul 13, 2019 | 28 | Tomoki Kameda 28 36-2 | win | UD 12 |
33 | Feb 09, 2019 | 28 | Franklin Manzanilla | win | UD 12 |
32 | May 12, 2018 | 27 | Azat Hovhannisyan 29 14-2 | win | UD 12 |
31 | Dec 02, 2017 | 27 | Oscar Negrete | win | UD 12 |
30 | Aug 26, 2017 | 26 | Ronny Rios 27 28-1 | win | UD 12 |
29 | Feb 25, 2017 | 26 | Gavin McDonnell | win | MD 12 |
28 | Sep 03, 2016 | 25 | Alexander Muñoz | win | TKO 5 |
27 | Jun 11, 2016 | 25 | Alexis Kabore | win | UD 12 |
26 | Feb 27, 2016 | 25 | Christian Esquivel | win | TKO 3 |
25 | Sep 05, 2015 | 24 | Lucian González | win | UD 8 |
24 | May 23, 2015 | 24 | Eduardo Mancito | win | UD 10 |
23 | Jan 24, 2015 | 24 | Néstor Panigua | win | TKO 2 |
22 | Nov 01, 2014 | 23 | Sylvester Lopez | win | TKO 8 |
21 | Aug 23, 2014 | 23 | Daniel Ferreras | win | TKO 2 |
20 | Jun 14, 2014 | 23 | Vergel Nebran | win | TKO 6 |
19 | Mar 15, 2014 | 23 | Sylvester Lopez | win | RTD 7 |
18 | Dec 21, 2013 | 23 | Ernie Sánchez | win | UD 10 |
17 | Oct 26, 2013 | 22 | Yuki Murai | win | UD 10 |
16 | Aug 24, 2013 | 22 | Juanito Rubillar | win | KO 4 |
15 | Jun 08, 2013 | 22 | Cecilio Santos | win | KO 2 |
14 | Apr 27, 2013 | 22 | Seizo Kono | win | TKO 3 |
13 | Dec 22, 2012 | 22 | Marcos Cárdenas | win | TKO 5 |
12 | Jun 02, 2012 | 21 | Luis Lugo | win | TKO 5 |
11 | Feb 25, 2012 | 21 | Gabriel Aguillón | win | TKO 1 |
10 | Jul 23, 2011 | 20 | Rene Vázquez | win | TKO 2 |
9 | Mar 25, 2011 | 20 | Jorge Morales | win | TKO 2 |
8 | Feb 26, 2011 | 20 | Mario Alberto García | win | TKO 3 |
7 | Jan 22, 2011 | 20 | Jesus Santillan | win | TKO 7 |
6 | Nov 06, 2010 | 19 | Jorge Otocani Reynoso | win | TKO 1 |
5 | Oct 02, 2010 | 19 | Fabian Ruiz | win | KO 1 |
4 | Sep 04, 2010 | 19 | Jose Luis Medellin | win | TKO 2 |
3 | Aug 21, 2010 | 19 | Juan Antonio Duque | win | TKO 2 |
2 | May 29, 2010 | 19 | Hector Esnar Bobadilla | win | UD 4 |
1 | Apr 10, 2010 | 19 | Claudio Palacios | win | KO 1 |