By Mark Vester

In yet another tragedy to hit the boxing community, up and coming junior middleweight prospect Ronney Vargas (8-0, 6KOs) was shot dead in the early hours on Saturday during a dispute in the Bronx, New York. Vargas, 20, was a three-time New York Golden Gloves champion.

According to details in the NY Daily News, Vargas was pistol-whipped and then shot in the chest inside his car in the East Tremont section of the Bronx. Police told the paper that Vargas and five friends got into a beef with two couples inside a deli along Clinton Ave. around 3:30 a.m, which started when one of the men became upset because their girlfriends were flirting with Vargas.

After Vargas and his friends left the deli, the men followed their car. When they pulled up alongside Vargas' vehicle, a jumped out and approached Vargas, pistol-whipped him and then shot him in the chest.

Vargas drove off to get away and would later leave the vehicle and collapsed in the street. Vargas died at St. Barnabas Hospital. Police haven't made an arrest.

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