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Starting his career in February 2010 at the age of 20, orthodox boxer Samuel Vargas has now been pro for 8 years and has built up a career of 29-4-2. Vargas now moves into the final stages of his career. He started his best winning streak on February 2010 however, this came to an end on October 2013. In this period he won a total of 8 fights.
In February 2010 Vargas faced Todd Furler in his debut bout over 4 rounds, but only 2 were needed as Vargas became the quickest person ever to stop Furler via a 2 round TKO victory. Vargas's rise in boxing continued with 18 fights against fighters such as Manolis Plaitis, Cruz antonio Flores and Giuseppe Lauri. He had a mixed start to his career but mostly successful so far.
Vargas then went on to fight and beat Ryan Wagner on September 25th, 2010 maintaining his unbeaten record. Showing his class against Wagner, Vargas was the 2nd person to go the distance with this opponent. Vargas's win streak of 6 rose to 15 following 9 wins against boxers such as Giuseppe Lauri, Manolis Plaitis, Cruz antonio Flores and 6 others.
Taking a knock to his career, Vargas fought and was defeated by Pablo Munguia on December 21st, 2013 taking his record to 15-1-1. Vargas's first defeat came over the full distance against Pablo Munguia on December 21st, 2013. The fight went to the judges in a UD loss for Vargas. Fights against Lyes Chaibi, Juan jesus Rivera, Flavio Turelli and 2 others followed where he won all 5 fights taking his winning streak to 20 wins.
Vargas went into his next fight against Errol Spence jr on April 11th, 2015 with a career record of 20-2-1. Being outclassed early, Vargas struggled to get going in this 10 round fight and received the first stoppage defeat of his career at the hands of Spence jr. The fight went 4 rounds before ending via a TKO defeat. Vargas then went on to win a further 5 fights taking his record to 25 wins, 2 losses and 1 draws.
Danny Garcia was next in line for Vargas where unfortunately, he was defeated on November 12th, 2016 taking his record to 25-3-1. Garcia upset Vargas in a 10 round fight, stopping him in the 7th round and becoming only the 2nd person to stop Vargas. Fights against Armando Robles, Marco antonio Avendano, Ali Funeka and 1 other followed where he won all 4 fights taking his winning streak to 29 wins.
Furthering his career, Vargas fought Mauro maximiliano Godoy with the fight ending in a draw. This took Vargas's career record to 29-3-2. This was a tough fight, and one where neither fighter really shone on the night. The final outcome was an inconclusive MD draw over the 10 rounds
The next defeat of Vargas's career came against Amir Khan on September 8th, 2018. This took his career record to 29-4-2. Fighting over a competitive 12 round bout, Vargas was outclassed in his most recent outing taking a UD loss over the distance at the hands of Khan.