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Anthony Stephens vs Fernando Vargas — record, stats and common opponents compared

Anthony Stephens

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Fernando Vargas

Anthony Stephens (2-9 across 11 tracked bouts) and Fernando Vargas (26-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Stephens

Tracked record

2–9

counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Vargas

26

Wins22 KO · 85%

5

Losses

0

Draws32 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Vargas leads 1–0

Anthony Stephens and Fernando Vargas have met 1 time; Vargas leads 1–0.

Anthony Stephens and Fernando Vargas have met 1 time; Vargas leads 1–0.
Met1998Jun 23Series
Anthony StephensFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Fernando VargasFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Stephens 0 · Vargas 6 of 6 measurable rows
StephensVargas
Record†
2-926-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
18.2%
83.9% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 22
1
22 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—84.62%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
85% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 7
7
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.6
0.7
2.6 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 32
11
32

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Anthony Stephens: No height on file
Fernando Vargas: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Anthony Stephens: No reach on file
Fernando Vargas: 74″
Agenot held
Anthony Stephens: No date of birth
Fernando Vargas: 48
Stance
Anthony Stephens: Not recorded
Fernando Vargas: Orthodox

Anthony Stephens left, Fernando Vargas right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Anthony Stephens2 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Anthony Stephens: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Fernando Vargas26 wins · from 32 tracked bouts

Fernando Vargas: 26 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (85%) and 4 on the cards (15%). Counted from 32 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 85%4 on the cards 15%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Anthony Stephens 11, Fernando Vargas 32 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Vargas better on 2 · even on 1

Stephens

Opponent

Vargas

  • Anthony Stephens

    Loss, KO 10

    1993

    TrinidadEven

    Fernando Vargas

    Loss, TKO

    2000

  • Anthony Stephens

    Loss, TKO 9

    1997

    MárquezVargas better

    Fernando Vargas

    Win, TKO 11

    1999

  • Anthony Stephens

    Loss, RTD 3

    1998

    CampasVargas better

    Fernando Vargas

    Win, RTD 7

    1998

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Anthony Stephens last boxed on Jul 29, 2005 — 7,752 days ago. Stephens had lost six straight.LLLLL

Campas Mar 1998Vargas Jun 1998Larsen Mar 2001Erdei Mar 2002Williams Jul 20050.7 tracked bouts per year

Fernando Vargas last boxed on Jun 20, 2009 — 6,330 days ago. Vargas had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Castillejo Aug 2005Mosley Feb 2006Mosley Jul 2006Mayorga Nov 2007Orucuta Jun 20092.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Anthony Stephens and Fernando Vargas ever fought each other?
Yes. Anthony Stephens and Fernando Vargas met once on June 23, 1998, and Fernando Vargas won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LJun 23, 1998 · Vargas · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Stephens or Vargas?
Anthony Stephens is 2-9 across the 11 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Fernando Vargas is 26-5. Fernando Vargas has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Stephens2–918.2%

Vargas26–583.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Stephens or Vargas?
Anthony Stephens has 1 knockout win and Fernando Vargas has 22. Fernando Vargas has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Stephens1

Vargas2284.6%

The Numbers ↓
Do Stephens and Vargas have any common opponents?
Anthony Stephens and Fernando Vargas share 3 common opponents: Félix Trinidad, Raúl Márquez and Yori Boy Campas. Fernando Vargas fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Félix TrinidadLL

Raúl MárquezLW

Yori Boy CampasLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Stephens and Vargas?
This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Anthony Stephens and 32 bouts tracked for Fernando Vargas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Stephens11bouts

Vargas32bouts

How They Win ↓

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