Vargas (27-2, 10 KO) last fought in November 2016, when he lost his title to Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas in an HBO pay-per-view main event. The previous March, he’d beaten Sadam Ali for the vacant belt, which came nine months after Vargas lost to Tim Bradley. Special Friday night edition of Premier Boxing Champions TOE-TO-TOE TUESDAYS on FS1 and BOXEO DE CAMPEONES on FOX Deportes December 15 from Pioneer Event Center in Lancaster, California with televised coverage starting at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.