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Antonio Vargas vs Jose Maria Cardenas — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Antonio Vargas

Jose Maria Cardenas

Antonio Vargas (19-2-1) and Jose Maria Cardenas (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Vargas

19

Wins11 KO · 58%

2

Losses

1

Draw23 tracked bouts

Cardenas

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Cardenas leads 1–0

Antonio Vargas and Jose Maria Cardenas have met 1 time; Cardenas leads 1–0.

Antonio Vargas and Jose Maria Cardenas have met 1 time; Cardenas leads 1–0.
Met2019May 25Series
Antonio VargasFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jose Maria CardenasFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Vargas 4 · Cardenas 1 of 5 measurable rows
VargasCardenas
Record†
19-2-1 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%
88.6% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 11
11 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
57.89%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
58%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
2.5—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 23
23
4

† 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
Antonio Vargas: 5′5″
Jose Maria Cardenas: No height on file
Reachnot held
Antonio Vargas: 66″
Jose Maria Cardenas: No reach on file
Agenot held
Antonio Vargas: 30
Jose Maria Cardenas: No date of birth
Stance
Antonio Vargas: Orthodox
Jose Maria Cardenas: Not recorded

Antonio Vargas left, Jose Maria Cardenas right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Antonio Vargas19 wins · from 23 tracked bouts

Antonio Vargas: 19 tracked wins — 11 by KO/TKO (58%) and 8 on the cards (42%). Counted from 23 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

11 by KO/TKO 58%8 on the cards 42%

Jose Maria Cardenas1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Jose Maria Cardenas: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Antonio Vargas 23, Jose Maria Cardenas 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Antonio Vargas has lost the most recent, to Jesse Rodriguez. Vargas last boxed on Jun 13, 2026 — 137 days ago.WWWDL

Márquez Oct 2023Rodriguez Feb 2024Guerrero Dec 2024Higa Jul 2025Rodriguez Jun 20262.5 tracked bouts per year

Jose Maria Cardenas last boxed on Nov 30, 2019 — 2,524 days ago. Cardenas had lost two straight, after one straight win.LWLL

Russell Mar 2019Vargas May 2019Cuadras Sep 2019Jr. Nov 2019

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Antonio Vargas and Jose Maria Cardenas ever fought each other?
Yes. Antonio Vargas and Jose Maria Cardenas met once on May 25, 2019, and Jose Maria Cardenas won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LMay 25, 2019 · Cardenas · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Vargas or Cardenas?
Antonio Vargas is 19-2-1 and Jose Maria Cardenas is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Antonio Vargas has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Vargas19–2–188.6%

Cardenas1–325%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Vargas or Cardenas?
Antonio Vargas has 11 knockout wins and Jose Maria Cardenas has 1. Antonio Vargas has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Vargas1157.9%

Cardenas1

The Numbers ↓
Do Vargas and Cardenas have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Antonio Vargas and Jose Maria Cardenas have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Vargas and Cardenas?
This comparison is drawn from 23 bouts tracked for Antonio Vargas and 4 bouts tracked for Jose Maria Cardenas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Vargas23bouts

Cardenas4bouts

How They Win ↓

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