On June 11, 2022, a 24-year-old Josué Vargas (20-2, 9 KOs) and a 27-year-old American boxer Dakota Linger (12-5-3, 8 KOs) met in the ring in a super-lightweight bout.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 16 days. Linger was on a 0-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 12 days.
Dakota Linger stopped Josue Vargas via TKO in the 2nd round. Linger improves his record to 13-5-3 (9 KOs), while Vargas adds a loss to his record at 20-3.
On October 30, 2021, a 23-year-old Josué Vargas (19-1, 9 KOs) and a 32-year-old American boxer Jose Zepeda (34-2, 26 KOs) met in the ring.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 45% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 6 days. Zepeda was on a 4-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 8 days.
Jose Zepeda stopped Josue Vargas via TKO in the 1st round. Zepeda improves his record to 35-2 (27 KOs), while Vargas adds a loss to his record at 19-2.
On October 8, 2016, an 18-year-old Josué Vargas (6-0, 4 KOs) and Samuel Santana met in the ring.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 26 days.
Josué Vargas lost to Samuel Santana via disqualification in the 4-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 6-1.