Junior middleweight Fernando Vargas Jnr made weight, but his opponent missed the mark ahead of their Saturday fight at Thunder Studios in Long Beach, California.
Vargas, of Las Vegas, scaled at 151.8lbs while Gonzalo Gaston Coria came in at 155.6lbs – well over the contracted weight of 154lbs.
Vargas, 16-0 (14 KOs), 28, is the eldest son of former titleholder Fernando Vargas. The younger Vargas, who fought three times last year, will be fighting for the first time in 2025.
Coria, 23-7 (9 KOs), 28, fought in December on the same card as Vargas, knocking out Raul Lizarraga. In 2022, Coria, an Argentinian now residing in Los Angeles, was stopped by Jaime Munguia in the most notable fight of his career.
Vargas-Coria will be streamed on DAZN.
All weights are as follows:
Junior middleweight – 10 rounds
Fernando Vargas Jnr (151.8lbs) vs Gonzalo Gaston Coria (155.6lbs)
Junior lightweight – 10 rounds
Nathan Devon Rodriguez (137.0lbs) vs Carlos Buitrago (138.6lbs)
Middleweight – six rounds
Bryan Flores (157.8lbs) vs Jesus Gonzalez (156.0lbs)
Super middleweight – four rounds
Ethan Smith (167.4lbs) vs Terrence Coleman (168.6lbs)
Junior welterweight – four rounds
Juan Francisco Fonseca Jnr (135.2lbs) vs Clayton Hibbert (136.8lbs)
Junior welterweight – four rounds
Angel Rodriguez (137.8lbs) vs Alfredo Diaz Minjarez (137.6lbs)
Women’s junior welterweight – six rounds
Stephanie Simon (139.4lbs) vs Tanishia Lopez (134.6lbs)
Junior bantamweight – four rounds
Jesus Diego (116.0lbs) vs Marcus Decamp (115.2lbs)
Women’s lightweight – four rounds
Carson Crawford (134.0lbs) vs Archana Sharma (134.4lbs)
Lucas Ketelle is the author of “Inside the Ropes of Boxing,” a guide for young fighters, a writer for BoxingScene and a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. Find him on X at @BigDogLukie.