On August 20, 2005, Javier Castillejo (58-5, 40 KOs) and Fernando Vargas (25-2, 22 KOs) meet in the ring in a 10-round bout.
Javier Castillejo is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate; his last fight was a 5th round TKO victory over Enrique Campos, 1 year, 2 months, and 9 days ago. Fernando Vargas is on a 3-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Raymond Joval, 4 months and 25 days ago.
The winning odds are at 76.5-23.5 in favor of Fernando Vargas. It is going to be a competitive fight and Javier Castillejo will put up a very good fight, but Vargas will prevail.
Fernando Vargas defeated Javier Castillejo via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Vargas improves his record to 26-2, while Castillejo adds a loss to his record at 58-6.