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Rey Vargas, the holder of the WBC World Featherweight Title, is set to defend his belt against challenger Nick Ball at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This showdown marks an undercard bout that promises a tough battle for both fighters in the featherweight division.
This Friday, Nick Ball is set to challenge Rey Vargas for the WBC featherweight world title. This match represents a pivotal moment in Ball's career, who remains unbeaten and has been strategically navigated to this point by promoter Frank Warren.
O'Shaky Foster (20-2, 11 KOs) won by unanimous decision Ray Vargas (36-1, 22 KOs) in the main event of the evening in San Antonio. The American won the vacant WBC super featherweight title.
Ray Vargas (36-0, 22 KOs) and O'Shaky Foster (19-2, 11 KOs) met the second featherweight limit at the official weigh-in ceremony before the Premier Boxing Champions tournament in San Antonio. At stake is the meeting for the vacant WBC world title. Boxers showed the same mark on the scales at 58.7 kg. After the duel of glances, the opponents bumped slightly as they posed for photographs.
This coming Saturday in the main event of the boxing evening at Showtime in San Antonio Ray Vargas (36-0, 22 KOs) and O'Shaky Foster (19-2, 11 KOs) will fight for the vacant WBC super featherweight title. Previously, this title belonged to Shakur Stevenson, who moved to the lightweight category.
Rey Vargas's record currently stands at 36 wins, 1 lose and 1 draw.
Rey Vargas's last fight took place against Nick Ball on March 8, 2024, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He lost by D SD in the 12 round. That fight was 1 month and 12 days ago.
Vargas's last 3 fights have come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 28 days, meaning he has been fighting on average every 6 months and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 36 rounds, meaning that they have lasted 12 rounds on average.
Vargas was born in Mexico.
The Rey Vargas is currently 33 years old. He was born on Nov. 25, 1990, so he will turn 34 in 7 months and 5 days.
Vargas is 5' 10" (5 Foot and 10 inch) which is 179 cm (1 meter and 79 centimeters).
His reach is 70 inches (70") which is 179 cm (1 meter and 79 centimeters).
Vargas fights from a orthodox, which means he favours his right hand as his power hand when fighting.
Rey Vargas doesn't currently have a fight scheduled
