Video: Vargas brothers defect to bare knuckle boxing, crash BKB 53 post-fight celebration in Niagara Falls
Fernando Vargas Jr. and Amado Vargas, sons of two-time light middleweight champion Fernando “El Feroz” Vargas, are a combined 30-1 in professional boxing with 21 knockouts. Despite their ability to compete for most of the major boxing promoters, the Vargas brothers have opted to sign with BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing.
While the promotion has yet to reveal a date (or opponent) for their respective debuts, it didn’t take long for the “Dynasty” duo to make their mark inside the Trigon. At the expense of “Untameable” Jon Barnard. The newly-crowned lightweight champion was in the middle of his post-fight celebration after upsetting Jared “Kid Gatti” Grant as part of the Vice TV main card lineup last weekend from inside the sold-out Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls, New York.
First came Barnard’s second-round knockout: JON BARNARD JUST DROPPED JARED GRANT! 🚨 HE IS THE NEW LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION! 🏆 Watch #BKB53 live NOW 📺 https://t.
co/F10zOLAomX #BKB #BareKnuckle pic. twitter. com/dryNFLnS4B — BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing (@bkbbareknuckle) April 18, 2026 Immediately afterward super featherweight champion, Alberto Blas, stormed the ring.
“I’m coming for you” 🗣️ Things got heated after Jon Barnard won the World Lightweight Title at #BKB53 Alberto Blas wants two belts. #BKB #BareKnuckle pic. twitter.