Magsayo vs Vargas – Featherweight Title Fight Takes Place on July 9th

The eagerly anticipated featherweight title fight is heading to our screens on July 9. Magsayo caused a massive upset in January by taking out the then champion Gary Russell Junior to take hold of the featherweight belt. And now he’s set to defend the title for the first time since becoming the champ. 

But Rey Vargas won’t go down without a fight and he’s back to prove that as a former champion, he still has what it takes to be the best.

The fight will be held in San Antonio—in the very same venue in which Manny Pacquiao fought Marco Antonio Barrera. It was the first fight that the young Magsayo ever saw and he credits the bout as being the reason why he took up the sport in the first place.

Magsayo is now 24-0 and has a total of 16 KOs under his belt

The more experienced Vargas is 35-0 with 22 wins coming by way of KO. And he’ll be looking to add the Filipino to his list of conquests. He was laid off with an injury only to come back stronger than ever to defeat Leonardo Baez back in November in his featherweight debut fight.

He successfully defended his own title 5 times and beat big names like Oscar Negrete and Ronny Rios. And the 5th time he managed to see off the former world champion, Tomoki Kameda.

Vargas has spoken out about the upcoming bout saying that he believes it will be a close match and that the pair will enjoy exciting combat. He was also complimentary about his opponent saying that he recognises his ‘great power’ but he’s ready for anything that the Filipino has to throw at him.

The fight goes out televised live on Saturday, July 9 and promises to be one of the most exciting fights of the year so far.