Presumably off the strength of his knockout performance against Bryce Mills last Saturday, Emiliano \u201cEl General\u201d Vargas has been elevated to the No. 1 contender position in the World Boxing Organization\u2019s newest junior welterweight ratings.<\/p>\n
Vargas, 18-0 (15 KOs), who is now the highest-ranked challenger to champion Shakur Stevenson, put in some impressive work over the weekend, dropping formerly 22-1 New Yorker Mills twice on the way to stopping him in the fourth round.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The entertaining battle served as the co-featured event to Jaron \u201cBoots\u201d Ennis\u2019 title-winning stoppage over former champion Xander Zayas at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n
In beating Mills, Vargas defended his North American Boxing Federation Junior and WBO Latino junior welterweight titles and picked up the WBC USA Silver championship.<\/p>\n
22-year-old Vargas\u2019 ascension displaces last month\u2019s newly elected top contender, 31-year-old Lindolfo Delgado, 24-0 (16 KOs), the 2016 former Olympian from Mexico, who now falls to No. 2. Delgado still holds the No. 1 position at junior welterweight in this month\u2019s IBF rankings.<\/p>\n
Sporting matinee idol good looks and a penchant for fashion, Vargas, the son of former world champion Fernando Vargas, from Oxnard, California, has a TV-friendly personality and an exciting, hard-punching style that should serve to accent the personality of the modern sweet science’s compelling characters. <\/p>\n
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