Have Joe Vargas and Young Corbett III ever fought each other?

Yes. Joe Vargas and Young Corbett III met once on September 20, 1927, and Young Corbett III won by PTS.

Who has the better record, Vargas or III?

Joe Vargas is 0-2-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Young Corbett III is 123-12-20. Young Corbett III has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Vargas or III?

Joe Vargas has 0 knockout wins and Young Corbett III has 33. Young Corbett III has more.

Do Vargas and III have any common opponents?

Joe Vargas and Young Corbett III share 1 common opponent: Jackie Fields. Young Corbett III fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Vargas and III?

This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Joe Vargas and 156 bouts tracked for Young Corbett III. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Joe Vargas vs Young Corbett III — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Joe Vargas

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Young Corbett III

Joe Vargas (0-2-1 across 3 tracked bouts) and Young Corbett III (123-12-20) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Vargas

Tracked record

0–2–1

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

III

123

Wins33 KO · 27%

Losses

Draws156 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

III leads 1–0

Joe Vargas and Young Corbett III have met 1 time; III leads 1–0.
Met	1927Sep 20	Series
Joe VargasFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Young Corbett IIIFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	PTSIII vs Vargas	1Meeting

III vs Vargas · Sep 20, 1927

The Numbers

Vargas 1 · III 4 of 5 measurable rows

VargasEdge = longer wingIII

Record^†: 0-2-1123-12-20 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 16.7%
85.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 33: 0
33 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —26.83%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —27%
Times stopped^‡max 4: 1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§not comparable: —7.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 156: 3
156

† 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: Joe Vargas: No height on file; Young Corbett III: 5′7″
Agenot held: Joe Vargas: No date of birth; Young Corbett III: Died aged 88
Stance: Joe Vargas: Not recorded; Young Corbett III: Southpaw

Joe Vargas left, Young Corbett III right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Joe Vargas0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Vargas yet.

Young Corbett III124 wins · from 156 tracked bouts

33 by KO/TKO 27%89 on the cards 72%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Vargas 3, Young Corbett III 156 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · III better on 11 shared · Young Corbett III better on 1

VargasJoe Vargas

Opponent

IIIYoung Corbett III

Joe Vargas
Loss, TKO 9
1928Jul 1928
FieldsJackie FieldsUnited States 72–9–2 · WelterweightIII betterYoung Corbett III better — 2–0 to 0–1
Young Corbett III
2–0 against
Win, PTS
1933Feb 1933
Win, PTS
1930Feb 1930

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

Joe Vargas last boxed on Jul 20, 1928 — 35,888 days ago. Vargas had lost the most recent, to Jackie Fields.LDL

III Sep 1927Dundee Dec 1927Fields Jul 1928

Young Corbett III has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Fred Apostoli. III last boxed on Aug 20, 1940.LWWWW

Apostoli Nov 1938Foster Dec 1939Sparr Mar 1940Cahill Apr 1940Rangel Aug 19407.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Joe Vargas and Young Corbett III ever fought each other?: Yes. Joe Vargas and Young Corbett III met once on September 20, 1927, and Young Corbett III won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Vargas or III?: Joe Vargas is 0-2-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Young Corbett III is 123-12-20. Young Corbett III has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Vargas or III?: Joe Vargas has 0 knockout wins and Young Corbett III has 33. Young Corbett III has more.
Do Vargas and III have any common opponents?: Joe Vargas and Young Corbett III share 1 common opponent: Jackie Fields. Young Corbett III fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Vargas and III?: This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Joe Vargas and 156 bouts tracked for Young Corbett III. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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