Ronney Vargas

Born: May 11th, 1988

Birth Place: Venezuela

Residence: Bronx, New York

Amatuer Highlights: Three Time NYC Golden Glove Champion - Vargas won 7 national championships in Mexico as an amateur, as well as a gold medal in the 2009 Panamerican Championships. He competed in the 2009 World Championships but was defeated by Luke Campbell in the first round.

Pro-Debut: September 5th, 2007

Alias: Venezuela

Division: Super Welterweight

Bouts: 8

Rounds: 20

Ko’s: 75%

Career: 2007-2008

Record: 8-0, 6Ko’s  

Died: Age 20, Vargas, a promising prospect and three-time New York Golden Gloves champion, was gunned down in the Bronx, NY during the early hours of August 16th 2008.

NYC Golden Glove Champion: 2005, 2006 and 2007.

August 16th

1681: Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England Jack Broughton.

1941: Tony Zale KO9 Billy Pryor

1943: Phil Terranova KO8 Jackie Callura

1946: Jersey Joe Walcott TKO3 Tommy Gómez

1960: Denny Moyer WSD10 23-year-old Benny Paret

1965: Joe Frazier debuts KO1 Woody Goss

Nino Benvenuti TKO7 Daniel Leullier

1967: Carlos Ortiz W15 Ismael Laguna

Hugo Soto was born in Catamarca Province, Argentina

1975: Rodrigo Valdez W15 Rudy Robles

1990: Christina Hammer is born in Nowodolinka, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union.

1996: Frankie Randall W12 Juan Coggi

1997: Marcelo Dominguez W12 Akim Tafer

Vuyani Bungu W12 Enrique Jupiter

2000: Veerapol Sahaprom TKO5 Jaime Barcelona

2003: Markus Beyer WDQ5 Danny Green

Arthur Abraham debuts TKO3 Frank Kary Roth

Juan Manuel Márquez TKO9 Marcos Licona

Mark Johnson WMD12 Fernando

2008: Promising prospect and three-time New York Golden Gloves Champion and unbeaten pro Ronny “Venezuela” Vargas was gunned down in the Bronx

2009: Danny Green TKO5 Julio Cesar Dominguez

2013: Claudia Andrea Lopez TKO4 Diana Ayala

2014: Kell Brook WMD12 Shawn Porter

Anthony Dirrell W12 Sakio Bika   

Omar Figueroa Jr KO9 Daniel Estrada

Yoan Pablo Hernandez WSD12 Firat Arslan

Jessica Gonzalez DSD10 Estrella Valverde

2018: TJ Doheny W12 Ryosuke Iwasa

2019: José Nápoles passes age of 79.

Leonela Paola Yudica NC4 Isabel Millan

Maria Cecilia Roman W10 Julieta Andrea Ines Cardozo