In a duel between former world champions in the first middleweight Liam "Beefy" Smith (31-3-1, 17 KOs) scored a thrilling tenth-round technical knockout victory over Jesse Vargas (29-4-2, 11 KOs) on the Taylor-Serrano undercard at Madison Square Garden in New York. In the middle of the fight, Smith was able to seize the advantage in the fight and achieved a referee stoppage at 0:41 of the tenth round. As a result of the fight, Smith got the vacant WBO Intercontinental Championship.
Fight between Jesse Vargas (29-3-2, 11 KOs) and Liam Smith (30-3-1, 17 KOs) rescheduled for April 30. The fight will be the main event of the evening hosted by Jake Paul in New York.
Jesse Vargas (29-3-2, 11 KOs) tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be able to fight against Liam Smith (30-3-1, 17 KOs) scheduled for February 5th. Now this duel will take place on a different day.
Duel Liam Smith (30-3-1, 17 KOs) and Jesse Vargas (29-3-2, 11 KOs) will take place on February 5 in Glendale, Arizona. This fight will be preceded by two championship fights. Carlos Cuadras (39-4-1, 27 KOs) will re-face Visaxil Wangek (50-5-1, 43 KOs) for the vacant WBC featherweight title. In May 2014, Wangek won by technical decision.
Full fight video, which became the main event of the boxing evening in Frisco, Texas, and where world champion in four weight categories Mikey Garcia (39-1, 30 KOs) had his first fight under the banner of the promotional organization Matchroom Boxing USA. His opponent was the former two time champion Jesse Vargas (29-2-2, 11 KOs).
Jessie Vargas's record currently stands at 29 wins, 3 loses and 2 draws.
Jessie Vargas's last fight took place against Liam Williams on April 30, 2022, in Glendale, USA. He lost by TKO in the 10 round. That fight was 10 months and 29 days ago.
Vargas's last 3 fights have come over a period of 3 years, 4 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 0 month and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 9 rounds on average.
Vargas was born in USA.
The Jessie Vargas is currently 34 years old. He was born on May 10, 1989, so he will turn 35 in 1 month and 11 days.
Vargas is 5' 10" (5 Foot and 10 inch) which is 180 cm (1 meter and 80 centimeters).
His reach is 71 inches (71") which is 180 cm (1 meter and 80 centimeters).
Vargas fights from a orthodox, which means he favours his right hand as his power hand when fighting.
Jessie Vargas doesn't currently have a fight scheduled