{"id":41169,"date":"2026-10-19T13:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/Boxer-with-145-million-followers-signs-bareknuckle-deal-with-BKB-203270"},"modified":"2026-10-19T13:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T13:00:08","slug":"boxer-with-14-5-million-followers-signs-bare-knuckle-deal-with-bkb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/boxer-with-14-5-million-followers-signs-bare-knuckle-deal-with-bkb\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer with 14.5 million followers signs bare-knuckle deal with BKB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/boxer-with-14-5-million-followers-signs-bare-knuckle-deal-with-bkb.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p> Undefeated professional boxer and social media personality Anthony<br \/>\nVargas has signed a multifight contract with BKB Bare Knuckle<br \/>\nBoxing, the organization announced during an open workout at Humble<br \/>\nWarrior Gym in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Vargas, 26, has amassed a combined 14.5 million followers on TikTok<br \/>\nand YouTube while compiling a 3-0 professional boxing record.<\/p>\n<h2>Anthony Vargas signs multifight BKB contract after 3-0 start in<br \/>\nprofessional boxing<\/h2>\n<p>The Los Angeles fighter made his professional debut in 2024,<br \/>\ndefeating Jeremy Park by unanimous decision. He followed with a<br \/>\nstoppage victory over Irvin Arnoldo Arevalo Chavez in 2025 and a<br \/>\nthird-round technical knockout of Angel Antonio Mora Bernardino in<br \/>\nJune 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Vargas will transition to bare-knuckle competition inside BKB&#8217;s<br \/>\nsignature Trigon ring. His debut opponent and fight date have not<br \/>\nbeen announced.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bare knuckle is more suited to my style. I feel like I can get the<br \/>\njob done faster without gloves than I can with traditional boxing,&#8221;<br \/>\nVargas said.<\/p>\n<p>Vargas trains under former professional boxer Eric Garcia at The<br \/>\nShop Strength and Fitness in Montclair, California.<\/p>\n<p>BKB CEO David Tetreault cited Vargas&#8217; unbeaten record and social<br \/>\nmedia following as factors behind the signing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undefeated professional boxer and social media personality Anthony Vargas has signed a multifight contract with BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing, the organization announced during an open workout at Humble Warrior Gym in Los Angeles. Vargas, 26, has amassed a combined 14.5 million followers on TikTok and YouTube while compiling a 3-0 professional boxing record. Anthony Vargas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}