FERNANDO VARGAS JR saw the look in his mother's eyes after being sentenced to jail and knew he had to turn his life around.

The son of a former world champion was about to blow his chance at stardom after getting himself mixed up in the wrong crowd.

But after vowing to dedicate his life to boxing - even using mattresses in prison as a makeshift heavy bag - Vargas Jr got the second chance he needed.

The 28-year-old is one of three boxing prodigies - and the eldest son of former light-middleweight champ Vargas Sr.

But Vargas Jr was jailed at 21 and spent 13 months behind bars - never disclosing the reason behind his incarceration.

"I felt like I messed my whole life up. I never thought I'd get a second chance," he said on the BURN FACTORY podcast .

"I went to court and then I would h

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