Magsayo vs. Vargas

Magsayo: I'll Come Back Stronger, I'm Disappointed But I Did My Best

Mexico’s Rey Vargas became a two-division world champion Saturday night as he rose from a knockdown and boxed and banged his way to the WBC featherweight world championship against Mark Magsayo by split-decision in a dramatic showdown that headlined...

Photos: Rey Vargas Overcomes Knockdown To Beat Mark Magsayo, Wins WBC Title

Vargas, Magsayo Fight Photos Gallery - Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas - For the WBC featherweight title, Rey Vargas (36-0, 22 KOs) became a world champion in a second weight class when he got off the floor to win a twelve round split decision over Mar...

Rey Vargas vs. Mark Magsayo - CompuBox Punch Stats

Rey Vargas uses his length and output to take the WBC title from Mark Magsayo via twelve round split decision. Vargas held a 196-132 overall connect advantage. Vargas threw 236 more punches than Magsayo. In the end, Magsayo will wish he was more acti...

Rey Vargas Gets Off The Floor To Decision Mark Magsayo, Wins WBC Title

By Keith Idec - SAN ANTONIO – Five-and-half-months after he narrowly won the WBC featherweight title, Mark Magsayo lost his 126-pound championship in similar fashion Saturday night. Rey Vargas defeated Magsayo by split decision in their “Showtime Cha...

Mark Magsayo vs. Rey Vargas - LIVE BoxingScene Scorecard

Magsayo, Vargas Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Magsayo vs. Vargas will see WBC Featherweight World Champion Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo take on former world champion Rey Vargas in a battle of unbeatens that headlines action live on SHOWTIME Saturday, July...

Magsayo Hopes His Idol, Promoter Pacquiao Fights ‘One More, Win And Retire’

SAN ANTONIO – Mark Magsayo doesn’t have any inside information related to whether Manny Pacquiao will remain retired. The unbeaten WBC featherweight champion hopes, however, that the legend who inspired him to take up boxing nearly 20 years ago goes...

Mark Magsayo: Leo Santa Cruz Is A Hall-Of-Famer; Would Be Biggest Fight For Me

SAN ANTONIO – Mark Magsayo is fully confident defeating mandatory challenger Rey Vargas on Saturday night will lead to a featherweight title unification fight.

Mark Magsayo-Rey Vargas: Stats & Stakes

By Cliff Rold - Sometimes, a title win is validation of a fighter’s placement in the upper echelon in their division. Sometimes, the conditions of the win leave the jury still out. There’s no real debate that Mark Magsayo did enough to take the WBC f...

Photos: Mark Magsayo, Rey Vargas - All Set For Mandatory Title Clash

Magsayo, Vargas Weights Photos Gallery - Magsayo vs. Vargas will see WBC Featherweight World Champion Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo take on former world champion Rey Vargas in a battle of unbeatens that headlines action live on SHOWTIME Saturday, July 9 f...

Mark Magsayo-Rey Vargas: Showtime Weigh-In Results From San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO – Mark Magsayo shook his head and pounded his chest as he stood face to face with a significantly taller Rey Vargas on Friday afternoon.

Vargas: Magsayo Didn't Shine Against Russell; Did What He Needed To Do To Prevail

SAN ANTONIO – Rey Vargas wasn’t exactly enthralled by Mark Magsayo’s performance against Gary Russell Jr. The undefeated Filipino fighter dethroned boxing’s longest-reigning champion by majority decision January 22 at Borgata Event Center in Atlantic...

Photos: Mark Magsayo, Rey Vargas - Face To Face at Final Presser

Magsayo, Vargas Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - WBC Featherweight World Champion Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo and former world champion Rey Vargas exchanged barbs at Thursday’s final press conference two days before they exchange punches in the m...

Magsayo: I Already Beat The Best Fighter at 126 in Gary Russell Jr.

WBC featherweight world champion Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo is not expecting a toe to toe fight when he makes a mandatory defense against former world champion Rey Vargas this Saturday, July 9 headlining live on Showtime from the Alamodome in San Anton...

Rey Vargas: My Goal is To Dominate Mark Magsayo, Bring Title Back To Mexico

WBC featherweight world champion Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo and former world champion Rey Vargas will collide this Saturday, July 9 headlining live on Showtime from the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas in a Premier Boxing Champions event.

Mark Magsayo: There's Gonna Be A Knockout If Rey Vargas Is Not Gonna Run Too Much

By Keith Idec - Mark Magsayo hopes he is wrong, but the unbeaten WBC featherweight champion expects that he’ll have to chase after Rey Vargas during their 12-round title fight Saturday night. Vargas’ history suggests that he won’t engage with a punch...