On May 12, 2018, the 27-year-old WBC super-bantamweight world champion, Rey Vargas (31-0, 22 KOs), faced a 29-year-old Armenian boxer Azat Hovhannisyan (14-2, 11 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 31-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 10 days. Hovhannisyan was on a 8-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 3 days.
Rey Vargas defeated Azat Hovhannisyan via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC super-bantamweight title. Vargas improves his record to 32-0, while Hovhannisyan adds a loss to his record at 14-3.
On July 9, 2022, a 31-year-old Rey Vargas (35-0, 22 KOs) got a shot at the WBC featherweight title held by 27-year-old Filipino boxer Mark Magsayo (24-0, 16 KOs).
Vargas came in to the fight on a 35-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 3 days. Magsayo was on a 24-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 17 days.
Rey Vargas defeated Mark Magsayo via split decision and wins the WBC title. Vargas improves his record to 36-0, while Magsayo adds a loss to his record at 24-1.
On July 13, 2019, the 28-year-old WBC super-bantamweight world champion, Rey Vargas (33-0, 22 KOs), faced a 28-year-old Japanese boxer Tomoki Kameda (36-2, 20 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 33-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 4 days. Kameda was on a 5-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 1 day.
Rey Vargas defeated Tomoki Kameda via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC super-bantamweight title. Vargas improves his record to 34-0, while Kameda adds a loss to his record at 36-3.
On August 26, 2017, the 26-year-old WBC super-bantamweight world champion, Rey Vargas (29-0, 22 KOs), faced a 27-year-old American boxer Ronny Rios (28-1, 13 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 29-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 1 day. Rios was on a 5-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 20 days.
Rey Vargas defeated Ronny Rios via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC super-bantamweight title. Vargas improves his record to 30-0, while Rios adds a loss to his record at 28-2.
On December 2, 2017, the 27-year-old WBC super-bantamweight world champion, Rey Vargas (30-0, 22 KOs), faced Oscar Negrete, in a title defense fight.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 30-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 6 days.
Rey Vargas defeated Oscar Negrete via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC super-bantamweight title. Vargas improves his record to 31-0
On February 9, 2019, the 28-year-old WBC super-bantamweight world champion, Rey Vargas (32-0, 22 KOs), faced Franklin Manzanilla, in a title defense fight.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 32-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 28 days.
Rey Vargas defeated Franklin Manzanilla via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC super-bantamweight title. Vargas improves his record to 33-0
On February 25, 2017, 26-year-old Rey Vargas (28-0, 22 KOs) and Gavin McDonnell fought for the vacant WBC super-bantamweight title.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 28-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 22 days.
Rey Vargas defeated Gavin McDonnell via majority decision . Vargas improves his record to 29-0
On September 3, 2016, a 25-year-old Rey Vargas (27-0, 21 KOs) and Alexander Muñoz met in the ring in a super-bantamweight bout.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 27-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 23 days.
Rey Vargas stopped Alexander Muñoz via TKO in the 5th round. Vargas improves his record to 28-0 (22 KOs)
On March 8, 2024, the 33-year-old WBC featherweight world champion, Rey Vargas (36-1, 22 KOs), faced a 27-year-old British boxer Nick Ball (19-0, 11 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 59% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year and 26 days. Ball was on a 19-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 19 days.
The fight ended in a split decision draw and both the fighters added a draw to their respective records — Vargas is now 36-1-1 and Ball, 19-0-1.
On February 27, 2016, a 25-year-old Rey Vargas (25-0, 20 KOs) and Christian Esquivel met in the ring.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 22 days.
Rey Vargas stopped Christian Esquivel via TKO in the 3rd round. Vargas improves his record to 26-0 (21 KOs)