Jessie Vargas is an undefeated Mexican-American boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 in the Light Welterweight

Light welterweight

-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...

 division. Vargas is trained by Robert Alcazar and is signed to Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he has won seven world titles, as well as the lineal championship in three different weight classes...

's boxing company, Mayweather Promotions.

Amateur career

Roger Mayweather

Roger Mayweather

Roger Mayweather is a retired professional boxer. He won two major world titles in two different weight classes. Throughout his career, Mayweather fought against many other boxing champions of the 1980s and 1990s. He is a part of the Mayweather boxing family; his brothers are former welterweight...

 has trained Vargas since he first laced on a pair of gloves at age eight and since he was ten years old Jessie has also been trained by former world champion Cornelius Boza Edwards

Cornelius Boza Edwards

Cornelius Boza Edwards was a Ugandan boxer in the Light Welterweight division and the former WBC Super Featherweight Champion. Edwards emigrated from Uganda to England, where he lived for a long period of time...

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Jessie had an impressive amateur career of 120–20. He was a two-time Mexican National Champion, a two U.S. Junior National Champion and was a member of the 2008 Mexican Olympic

Mexico at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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 Team.

Professional career

In September of 2008, Vargas won his pro debut against the undefeated Joel Gonzalez by first round K.O.

Jessie became infamous when in a fight against Trenton Titsworth, Vargas was kissed on the neck and an enraged Vargas responded by hitting on the break. Titsworth was deducted two points, Vargas one.

In his twelfth fight he knocked out a former IBO Light Welterweight Champion Daniel Sarmiento

Daniel Sarmiento

Pablo Daniel Sarmiento is an Argentine professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division and is the former IBO Light Welterweight Champion...

 of Argentina

Argentina

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. The bout was the main event of FSN

Fox Sports Net

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's Fight Night Club. In his next fight Vargas won a eight round unanimous decision against Mexican

Mexican people

Mexican people refers to all persons from Mexico, a multiethnic country in North America, and/or who identify with the Mexican cultural and/or national identity....

 Ramón Montaño

Ramón Montaño

Ramón Carlos Montaño Cordova is a Mexican professional boxer in the Light Welterweight division.-Professional career:...

 on the undercard of Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana

Amir Khan vs. Marcos Maidana

Light welterweight titlist Amir Khan and interim titlist Marcos Maidana reached an agreement to meet on December 11, 2010. The bout was for Khan's WBA Light Welterweight Title, which Khan successfully defended, winning via unanimous decision...

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On April 8, 2011 Jessie stopped former WBA

World Boxing Association

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 Light Welterweight

Light welterweight

-Professional boxing:The light welterweight class is a weight division in professional boxing that has a limit of 63.5 kg or 140 pounds...

 Champion, Vivian Harris

Vivian Harris

"Vicious" Vivian Harris is a Guyanese professional boxer who was born in Georgetown, Guyana and now resides in Brooklyn, New York...

. This bout was televised on TeleFutura

TeleFutura

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External links

• Jessie Vargas on Facebook
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