Emiliano Vargas steps up against Jose Zaragoza on the Espinoza-Chirino undercard on June 21
Vargas tags Alejandro Guardado en route to a third round stoppage in September 2023. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)
Welterweight Emiliano Fernando Vargas is ready for the next step. The Las Vegas-based talent will fight in his first scheduled eighth round bout against veteran Jose Zaragoza on Friday, June 21, inside the BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
Vargas-Zaragoza is part of a card headlined by a featherweight title fight between WBO champion Rafael Espinoza and challenger Sergio Chirino and a junior lightweight match between Andres Cortes and Abraham Nova.
Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Zanfer Promotions, the card will be broadcast live and exclusively on ESPN+ in the US and Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland.
“I am slowly making progress in fulfilling what God has written for me. I am getting closer to my goal of becoming a world champion,” said Vargas. “It is not just a dream; it is my destiny, and I will continue to show you fight by fight.”
Vargas (10-0, 8 KOs), the son of former junior middleweight champion Fernando Vargas, is coming off a sixth-round knockout of Angel Varela last Saturday in San Diego. “El General” went 3-0 with three knockouts in the second round while fighting in Las Vegas.
Zaragoza (9-8-2, 3 KOs), from Jalisco, Mexico, is a five-year champion who has tested a number of top prospects, including Keyshawn Davis and Ernesto Mercado. He hasn't been stopped in the past two years and is coming off an eight-round draw last November against 36-fight veteran Victor Betancourt Jr.
A press release by Top Rank was used in this article.
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