On August 26, 2017, Rey Vargas (29-0, 22 KOs), the super-bantamweight WBC champion, defends his title against American challenger, Ronny Rios (28-1, 13 KOs).
Rey Vargas is coming in to the fight on a 29-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Gavin McDonnell, 6 months and 1 day ago. Ronny Rios is on a 5-fight win streak with a 44% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Daniel Noriega, 3 months and 20 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Rey Vargas at 99-1 winning odds. Ronny Rios really doesn't have much to present against Vargas.
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.