Gregorio "Goyo" Vargas is a retired Mexican

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

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Career

On April 28, 1993, Vargas won the WBC

World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 featherweight

Featherweight

Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. There are similarly named divisions under several Mixed Martial Arts organizations and in Greco-Roman wrestling.-Professional boxing:...

 (126 lb) title from Paul Hodkinson

Paul Hodkinson

Paul Hodkinson aka Hoko is former professional boxer. Hodkinson fought at Featherweight and is the former British, European and World Featherweight Title holder....

 by TKO in round 7. On July 11, 1998, he defeated Tracy Harris Patterson

Tracy Harris Patterson

Tracy Harris Patterson, , is a former boxer who became a two weight world champion. Born Tracy Harris, he is the adopted son of former Golden Gloves and World Champion Floyd Patterson, turned Golden Gloves success into a solid pro career...

 for the IBA super featherweight

Super Featherweight

Super featherweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 130 pounds or 59 kilograms....

 title by TKO in round 6. Vargas also fought against world champions such as Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Joy Mayweather, Jr. is an American professional boxer. He is a five-division world champion, where he has won seven world titles, as well as the lineal championship in three different weight classes...

, Juan Molina and Carlos Hernández

Carlos Hernandez (boxer)

Carlos Hernández is a retired Salvadoran American boxer. He made boxing history by becoming the IBF super featherweight champion by beating David Santos. Carlos Hernández counted in that fight with the backing up of Alexis Argüello, Roberto Durán and the Salvadoran President, all of whom were at...

. His last fight was in 2004.

Vargas is the brother of fellow boxers Adan Vargas and Efrain Vargas.

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