{"id":765496,"date":"2026-06-28T10:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/765496\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T10:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:03:23","slug":"emiliano-vargas-stops-bryce-mills-calls-for-former-world-champion-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/765496\/","title":{"rendered":"Emiliano Vargas Stops Bryce Mills, Calls For Former World Champion Next"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=boxingnews24.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"208\" alt=\"Add EBoxing News 24as a preferred source on Google\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/google.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqLAgKIiZDQklTRmdnTWFoSUtFR0p2ZUdsdVoyNWxkM015TkM1amIyMG9BQVAB?ceid=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" style=\"display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center;&#010;            width:140px; height:40px; overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"468\" height=\"128\" alt=\"Follow Boxing News 24 on Google News\" style=\"height:100%; width:auto; display:block;\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/follow-google-news.png\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Mills entered the fight as Vargas\u2019 toughest professional opponent, bringing an aggressive style and a reputation for durability.<\/p>\n<p>Vargas boxed effectively over the first three rounds, using his jab and movement to keep Mills from getting his offense going. Mills tried to force exchanges at close range, but Vargas repeatedly answered with combinations before circling away.<\/p>\n<p>Vargas scored the first knockdown in the third round and put Mills on the canvas again in the fourth. After pinning Mills against the ropes with a sustained attack to the head and body, referee Ricky Gonzalez stepped in and stopped the fight at the 1:17 mark of the round.<\/p>\n<p>The victory was the biggest of Vargas\u2019 career and came against the toughest opponent he has faced as a professional. The unbeaten 22-year-old showed patience throughout the fight, gradually wearing Mills down instead of looking for an early finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want a former world champion next or a title eliminator next. I know I\u2019m ready,\u201d said Emiliano.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just a young kid, 22 years of age just wanting to learn. We\u2019ve been in the gym working on different things,\u201d about him fighting southpaw. \u201cI knew when I turned south, I saw it in his face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat aggression, he walked right into my straight left. He just kept on walking into it and we got the job done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got my father, my uncle Roger. We knew what we wanted to do,\u201d said Emiliano about wanting to surprise Mills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBryce Mills is a warrior. That\u2019s why he was going to keep on fighting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSky\u2019s The Limit,\u201d said Vargas about his own potential.<\/p>\n<p>The stoppage was the first loss inside the distance of Mills\u2019 professional career and improved Vargas to 18-0 with his 15th knockout.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Youtube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" nopin=\"nopin\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782641003_901_hqdefault.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"182\" data-end=\"497\">Dan Ambrose is a boxing journalist at Boxing News 24, recognized for his direct analysis and extensive coverage of the global fight landscape. His reporting focuses on major bouts, divisional developments, and the sport\u2019s most discussed storylines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mills entered the fight as Vargas\u2019 toughest professional opponent, bringing an aggressive style and a reputation for durability.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":765497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-765496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}