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Emiliano Fernando Vargas To
Open Luis Alberto Lopez vs. Joet Gonzalez Telecast On Sept.
15
Like father, like son.
Emiliano Fernando Vargas will make his ESPN-televised debut
on Friday, Sept. 15 at American Bank Center in Corpus
Christi, Texas, more than 18 years after his father
headlined at the venue.
Vargas, who scored a second-round stoppage victory against
Jorge Luis Marquez Alvarado last Saturday at Desert Diamond
Arena, will return in a six-round clash against an opponent
to be named. Vargas’ return will open the televised
tripleheader headlined by the IBF featherweight world title
showdown between reigning champion Luis Alberto “El Venado”
Lopez and two-time world title challenger Joet Gonzalez.
In the 10-round junior middleweight co-feature, Puerto Rican
sensation Xander Zayas takes on Mexico’s Roberto Valenzuela
Jr.
Lopez-Gonzalez, Zayas-Valenzuela and Vargas’ return will be
broadcast live on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and ESPN+ at 10 p.m.
ET/7 p.m. PT.
Vargas (6-0, 5 KOs) turned pro last May and has tallied five
victories since signing with Top Rank later that year.
Before the Alvarado knockout, "El General" shined on the
Devin Haney-Vasiliy Lomachenko bill in his Las Vegas
hometown, stopping Rafael Jasso in two rounds. All five of
his stoppage victories have come in either the first or
second round, and now Vargas, who recently turned 19, will
step up to the six-round distance for the first time. His
father, Fernando Vargas, defeated Raymond Joval by unanimous
decision in front of a capacity crowd at American Bank
Center in 2005.
“I’d like to thank Top Rank and my team for the opportunity
to make my ESPN-televised debut on a great card in Corpus
Christi,” Vargas said. “I am proud to be a Vargas, and I
look forward to following in the footsteps of my father, who
was victorious at the American Bank Center nearly 20 years
ago.”
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