Fernando Vargas

Fernando Vargas embodies the hunger of Oxnard's fighting tradition. A two-time light middleweight world champion who became a teenage titleholder, he fought with a ferocity that made him box-office gold. What interests me is the second act, his move into acting. A man who bled in front of crowds carries a fearlessness that translates anywhere. There is something poetic about a Mexican American kid from a working-class town turning bruised fists into a legacy. I respect fighters who chase honor over caution, and Vargas always seemed to fight that way.

Name (English)

Fernando Vargas

Name (Japanese)

フェルナンド・バルガス

Reading

ふぇるなんど・ばるがす

Born

December 7, 1977 (age 48)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Snake

Origin

Oxnard, California, United States

Height

178 cm

Occupation

actor / boxer

High school

Channel Islands High School

Awards & achievements

• IBF World Junior Middleweight Champion
• WBA World Super Welterweight Champion

• Official sitehttp://ferozfernandovargas.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/_fernandovargas/
• Xhttps://x.com/_FernandoVargas
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando%20Vargas
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q772193

Tags

• California
• actor
• boxer

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.