Rolando 'Nano' Vargas Jr. was essentially born into boxing. His dad Rolando, who was a professional boxer in Mexico, trained his older brother and Nano would always be around. "I knew I wanted to be a boxer" he explained, "I seen my dad train my older brother and I really liked it!". He started to train at the age of 3 and he stepped into the UCC Boxing Gym in Milwaukee, WI when he was 6 and he first started competing at the age of 8. Nano also started competing nationally at 8 when he fought at the Ringside Tournament in Kansas City, having gone through that experience so young only motivated him to continue improving in this sport.
Now at 18, Nano has competed in several national tournaments including Ringside, Title, the Junior Olympics, the Power Gloves and is currently ranked #2 at 141 lbs. in the Youth Mens Division. All his victories are important but looking back, his fondest accomplishment to date has been winning his division at the Junior Olympics.
He attributes his success to his family which continues motivating him to excel in this sport. "I feel like I'm ready for the pros" he assured, "I've been training really hard these past years fighting with the best to become the best and I think I'm ready for this big step in my boxing career." Best of luck in your journey Nano!
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