{"id":62968,"date":"2025-08-12T03:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T03:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/62968\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T03:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T03:11:11","slug":"dana-whites-boxer-co-headlines-canelo-vs-crawford-mega-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/62968\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White\u2019s Boxer Co-Headlines \u2018Canelo vs. Crawford\u2019 Mega Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was recently announced that the co-main event will feature Callum Walsh facing off against Fernando Vargas Jr. in what is sure-to-be a hard-hitting and exciting Super Welterweight showdown. Of course, Walsh is the first boxer signed<\/a> by UFC CEO, Dana White, who just so happens to be promoting the Canelo-led event<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Walsh has more than lived up to the hype so far, as the current WBC Continental Americas Super Welterweight champion has racked up a mint record (14-0) with 11 knockouts (see examples here<\/a> and here<\/a>). At just 24 years of age, Walsh is without a doubt one of the best prospects in the sport right now. And as long as he has the backing one of the the best combat promoters in the world \u2014 who is now shifting more of his attention to boxing with a partner who has deep pockets<\/a> \u2014 the sky is the limit.<\/p>\n

As for Walsh\u2019s next challenge, it will undoubtedly be the biggest of his career, facing a fellow undefeated rising star in Vargas, who has amassed a perfect record (17-) with 15 knockouts. Son of former IBF Light Middleweight titleholder, Fernando Vargas, \u201cEl Feroz\u201d has fighting in his blood, as his other two siblings are also undefeated up-and-comers with Emiliano Vargas holding a 12-0 mark and Amado Vargas sitting at 11-0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was recently announced that the co-main event will feature Callum Walsh facing off against Fernando Vargas Jr.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,36109,49,48,33601,82],"class_list":["post-62968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news-results","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-latest-ufc-mma-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}