Jessie Vargas

Name: Jessie Vargas
Alias: The Pride of Las Vegas
Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 180cm
Reach: 180cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Trainers: Roger Mayweather, Cornelius Boza Edwards, Robert Alcazar, Ismael Salas, Roy Jones Jr. (2014), Erik Morales (2015), Dewey Cooper (2016), Mike McCallum (2017-)
• Promoter: Floyd Mayweather Jr., Bob Arum (-2016)

Amateur Career

• Amateur Record: 120-20.
• 2-Time Mexican National Champion
• 2-Time U.S. Junior National Champion
• 2007 USA National Golden Gloves Silver medalist in Chattanooga (64kg):
  • Defeated Edgar Zubia PTS
  • Defeated Daniel O'Connor 5:0
  • Defeated Tahree Carroll 4:1
  • Lost to Brad Solomon 0:5
• 2007 AIBA World Championships participants in Chicago, United States (64kg):
  • Lost to Andrey Lukyanchuk (Ukraine) 14:19
• 2008 1st America´s Olympic Qualifer participant in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (64kg):
  • Lost to Roniel Iglesias (Cuba) 8:25
• 2008 2nd America´s Olympic Qualifer participant in Guatemala City, Guatemala (64kg):
  • Defeated Carlos Sanchez (Ecuador) 9:6
  • Lost to Jonathan Gonzalez (Puerto Rico) 7:15

Regional & Minor Titles

• WBC Continental Americas welterweight title

Career Factoids

• Has a record of 4-1-0 (1 KO's) in world championship bouts.
• Has a record of 6-3-1 (3 KO's) against former or current world champions.
  • Won against Vivian Harris, Steve Forbes, Khabib Allakhverdiev, Antonio DeMarco, Sadam Ali & Humberto Soto.
  • Lost against Timothy Bradley Jr., Manny Pacquiao & Mikey Garcia.
  • Drew against Adrien Broner.

Preceded by: Khabib Allakhverdiev Regular Champion	WBA Light Welterweight Champion 2014 Apr 12 – 2015 Jun 27 Regular Champion Vacated	Succeeded by: Adrien Broner
Preceded by: Timothy Bradley Vacated	WBO Welterweight Champion 2016 Mar 6 – 2016 Nov 5	Succeeded by: Manny Pacquiao