Boxer Samuel Vargas and promoter Lee Baxter look to win world title together
TORONTO — Lee Baxter first met Samuel Vargas when the Colombian-Canadian boxer walked into Baxter’s tattoo parlour in 2012.
Six years later, the two are best friends and Baxter runs a boxing promotion company in addition to FY Ink and his other business ventures.
“He’s the one that got me into this whole thing,” said Baxter, a walking advertisement for his tattoo parlour who looks like he belongs in a Guy Ritchie movie.
Vargas invited Baxter to see him fight. Baxter, who had done some boxing training himself, ended up sponsoring him.