{"id":939204,"date":"2026-10-19T20:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/939204\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T20:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T20:24:08","slug":"boxer-with-14-5-million-followers-signs-bare-knuckle-deal-with-bkb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/939204\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer with 14.5 million followers signs bare-knuckle deal with BKB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Undefeated professional boxer and social media personality Anthony<br \/>\nVargas has signed a multifight contract with BKB Bare Knuckle<br \/>\nBoxing, the organization announced during an open workout at Humble<br \/>\nWarrior Gym in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Vargas, 26, has amassed a combined 14.5 million followers on TikTok<br \/>\nand YouTube while compiling a 3-0 professional boxing record.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Vargas signs multifight BKB contract after 3-0 start in<br \/>\nprofessional boxing<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe Los Angeles fighter made his professional debut in 2024,<br \/>\ndefeating Jeremy Park by unanimous decision. He followed with a<br \/>\nstoppage victory over Irvin Arnoldo Arevalo Chavez in 2025 and a<br \/>\nthird-round technical knockout of Angel Antonio Mora Bernardino in<br \/>\nJune 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Vargas will transition to bare-knuckle competition inside BKB&#8217;s<br \/>\nsignature Trigon ring. His debut opponent and fight date have not<br \/>\nbeen announced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bare knuckle is more suited to my style. I feel like I can get the<br \/>\njob done faster without gloves than I can with traditional boxing,&#8221;<br \/>\nVargas said.<\/p>\n<p>Vargas trains under former professional boxer Eric Garcia at The<br \/>\nShop Strength and Fitness in Montclair, California.<\/p>\n<p>BKB CEO David Tetreault cited Vargas&#8217; unbeaten record and social<br \/>\nmedia following as factors behind the signing.    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Undefeated professional boxer and social media personality Anthony Vargas has signed a multifight contract with BKB Bare Knuckle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":939205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[1331,29053,703,49,48,44,82],"class_list":["post-939204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-article","tag-bare-knuckle-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939204","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=939204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/939205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}