On November 23, 2007, a 29-year-old Fernando Vargas (26-4, 22 KOs) and a 34-year-old Nicaraguan boxer Ricardo Mayorga (27-6-1, 22 KOs) met in the ring in a super-middleweight bout.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 2-fight losing streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 4 months, and 8 days. Mayorga was on a -1-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 6 months, and 17 days.
Ricardo Mayorga defeated Fernando Vargas via majority decision in the 12-round super-middleweight fight. Mayorga improves his record to 28-6-1, while Vargas adds a loss to his record at 26-5.
On July 15, 2006, a 28-year-old Fernando Vargas (26-3, 22 KOs) and a 34-year-old Shane Mosley (42-4, 36 KOs) met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 75% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 20 days. Mosley was on a 3-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 20 days.
In the rematch, Shane Mosley stopped Fernando Vargas via TKO in the 6th round. Mosley improves his record to 43-4 (37 KOs), while Vargas adds a loss to his record at 26-4.
On February 25, 2006, a 28-year-old Fernando Vargas (26-2, 22 KOs) and a 34-year-old Shane Mosley (41-4, 35 KOs) met in the ring.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 78% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 5 days. Mosley was on a 2-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 8 days.
Shane Mosley stopped Fernando Vargas via TKO in the 10th round. Mosley improves his record to 42-4 (36 KOs), while Vargas adds a loss to his record at 26-3.
On September 14, 2002, the 24-year-old WBA super-welterweight champion, Fernando Vargas (22-1, 20 KOs), and the 29-year-old WBC and The Ring super-welterweight champion Oscar De La Hoya (34-2, 27 KOs) faced each other for the undisputed world championpionship.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 11 months and 23 days. De La Hoya was on a 2-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year, 2 months, and 22 days.
Oscar De La Hoya stopped Fernando Vargas via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight and unified the WBA, WBC, The Ring, and WBA (Super) super-welterweight titles. De La Hoya improves his record to 35-2 (28 KOs), while Vargas adds a loss to his record at 22-2.
On December 2, 2000, the 22-year-old IBF super-welterweight champion, Fernando Vargas (20-0, 18 KOs), and the 27-year-old WBA super-welterweight champion Félix Trinidad (38-0, 31 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Vargas came in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 6 days. Trinidad was on a 38-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 10 days.
Félix Trinidad stopped Fernando Vargas via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight and unified the IBF and WBA super-welterweight titles. Trinidad improves his record to 39-0 (32 KOs), while Vargas adds a loss to his record at 20-1.