Fernando Vargas

Name: Fernando Vargas
Alias: Ferocious
Birth Name: Fernando Javier Vargas
Hometown: Oxnard, California, USA
Birthplace: Oxnard, California, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 178cm
Reach: 178cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Trainers: Roger Bloodworth (1997-?), Eduardo Garcia (1997-?), Danny Smith
Managers: Shelly Finkel, Rolando Arrellano
Promoter: Main Events

Olympic Games results

• 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games participant at welterweight representing the United States.
  • Defeated Tengiz Meskhadze (Georgia) 10-4
  • Lost to Marian Simion (Romania) 7-8

Other Amateur Achievements

• 1992 Won the 132-lb Junior Olympics Box-Offs; came in second at the Junior Olympics.
• 1993 Won the Junior Olympics and the Junior Olympics Box-Offs.
• 1994 U.S. Championships Gold medalist at Lightweight (youngest ever at only 16 years old).
• 1994 World Junior Championships Quarter-finalist at Lightweight, in Istanbul, Turkey.
  • Defeated Danny Happe (England) DQ 3
  • Defeated Oleg Buts (Moldavia) 11-3
  • Lost to Talget Kalimor (Kazakhstan) 10-21
• 1995 Pan American Games Bronze Medalist at Light Welterweight, in Mar Del Plata, Argentina.
  • Defeated Philip Boudreault (Canada) KO 1
  • Lost to Luis Perez Deyne (Puerto Rico) 4-6
• 1995 AIBA World Championships Challenge Match participant at Light Welterweight, in Macon, United States.
  • Lost to Hector Vinent (Cuba) 15-16
• 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials & Olympic Box-Offs Gold medalist at Welterweight.

Comments

• World Boxing Hall of Fame Fighter of the Year (1999)

Career Factoids

• 7 opponents (5 by KO) beaten in world championship bouts.
• Has a record of 7-2 (5 KO) in World Title fights.
• Has a record of 5-5 (2 KO) against former or current world titleists.
  • Won against Yory Boy Campas, Raul Marquez, Ronald (Winky) Wright, Ike Quartey, Javier Castillejo
  • Lost against Felix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosley (x2), Ricardo Mayorga

• Father of Fernando Vargas Jr and Amado Vargas.

Preceded by: Yory Boy Campas	IBF Light Middleweight Champion 1998 Dec 12 – 2000 Dec 2	Succeeded by: Felix Trinidad
Preceded by: Felix Trinidad Upgraded to Super Champion	WBA Light Middleweight Champion 2001 Sep 22 – 2002 Sep 14 Lost bid for Super Championship	Succeeded by: Oscar De La Hoya Super Champion
		Succeeded by: Santiago Samaniego Regular Champion