NEW YORK (JUNE 24, 2022)-Another one of Split-T Management’s terrific young prospects, Trinidad Vargas will make his much anticipated debut, when he takes on Josh Aarons in a four-round super flyweight bout at Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee, Florida.
Vargas, of Dallas, Texas, is promoted by Teiken Promotions, has an incredible amateur resume that culminated with a record of 198-12 and won 13 National Championships.
Vargas, who turned 19 last week, started boxing at age 6 and had his first fight at age 8.
That spawned the aforementioned amateur career that saw him become a 6x Junior Golden Gloves National Champion, Silver Gloves National Champion; 2017 Junior Open Champion; 2017 Western Regional Champion; 2017 Eastern Regional Champion; 2018 USA Junior Boxer of the Year; 2018 Junior Olympics Champion for which he won the Male Boxer of the Tournament; 2018 Eastern Regional Champion and Western Regional Champion.
Vargas’ great-grandfather was a professional boxer. In his spare-time, Vargas has an interest in cars, in particular JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) cars. He lists Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao as his favorite fighters and is also a fan of Canelo Alvarez and Gervonta Davis.
He is trained by his father Nick Vargas and will debut as a super flyweight in the professional ranks.
Aarons of Williamsport, PA is 0-2.
Vargas weighed 116.2 lbs. Aarons was 117.2
The fight can be seen live on Probox TV beginning at 7