Junior welterweight prospect Emiliano Fernando Vargas is prepared for the following step. The Las Vegas uber expertise will battle in his first scheduled eight-rounder in opposition to battle-tested veteran Jose Zaragoza on Friday, June 21, inside BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
Vargas-Zaragoza is a part of a loaded card headlined by the featherweight world title battle between WBO champion Rafael “El Divino” Espinoza and challenger Sergio Chirino and the junior light-weight co-feature between Andres “Savage” Cortes and Abraham “El Tremendous” Nova.
Promoted by High Rank, in affiliation with Zanfer Promotions, the cardboard will stream dwell and solely on ESPN+ within the U.S. and on Sky Sports activities within the UK and Eire.
“I’m steadily progressing towards fulfilling what God has written for me. I’m inching nearer to my future of turning into a world champion,” Vargas mentioned. “It’s not only a dream; it’s my future, and I’ll proceed to indicate it battle by battle.”
Vargas (10-0, 8 KOs), son of former junior middleweight champion Fernando Vargas, is coming off a sixth-round stoppage over Angel Varela final Saturday in San Diego. “El Normal” is 3-0 with three second-round knockouts when preventing in Las Vegas. Zaragoza (9-8-2, 3 KOs), from Jalisco, Mexico, is a five-year professional who has examined a number of prime prospects, together with Keyshawn Davis and Ernesto Mercado. He has not been stopped in over two years and is coming off an eight-round draw final November in opposition to 36-fight veteran Victor Betancourt Jr.
Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster.com.
