Israel Vázquez
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Real name | Israel Vázquez Castañeda |
Nickname(s) | Magnifico |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (164 cm) |
Reach | 66+1⁄2 in (169 cm) |
Nationality | Mexican |
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | December 25, 1977
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 49 |
Wins | 44 |
Wins by KO | 32 |
Losses | 5 |
Israel Vázquez Castañeda (born December 25, 1977) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2010. He is a three-time super bantamweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2004 to 2005; and the WBC, Ring magazine and lineal titles twice from 2005 to 2008. Vázquez is best known for his series of four fights against fellow Mexican Rafael Márquez.
Professional career[]
In 1995, Vázquez made his professional debut in the bantamweight division at the age of 17. He stopped his first nine opponents before suffering a knock out loss himself. Fighting mainly in the US and at junior featherweight, he beat 11 opponents, most notably Óscar Larios (20-0), before losing a split decision to Marcos Licona.
Vázquez scored 12 consecutive victories, and in 2002, he met Larios in a rematch for the interim WBC Super Bantamweight Title . This time, he was outboxed and stopped in the 12th round.
Vázquez rebounded with a stoppage of ex-world title holder Jorge Eliecer Julio and won the vacant IBF Junior Featherweight title against southpaw Jose Luis Valbuena in 2004.
In the first defence of his IBF title he knocked out undefeated Armenian Artyom Simonyan in the 5th round. In 2005, Vázquez opted to fight WBC champion Óscar Larios for a third time with the WBC belt on the line instead of defending his IBF belt. He won the rubber match by technical knockout in the third round — after the fight was stopped due to a large cut over Larios's left eye, thus becoming The Ring and Lineal Junior Featherweight champion and ending Lario's streak of nine consecutive title fight victories.[1]
On June 10, 2006, Vázquez defeated former champion Ivan Hernández (23-1-1). Vázquez defeated the WBO Bantamweight champion Jhonny González on September 16, 2006 in a bout where Vázquez was knocked down twice before coming back to win the match by 10th round TKO.
Vázquez vs. Márquez[]
In his next bout, on March 3, 2007, Vázquez lost his title to the number one ranked Bantamweight Rafael Márquez. Although Vazquez scored a knockdown in the third round, he retired on his stool at the end of round seven because of breathing problems arising from a broken nose. In a rematch on August 4, 2007, Vásquez regained his title. Despite suffering cuts over both eyes, he scored a knockout against Márquez in the sixth round in a fight that was named Ring Magazine's fight of the year for 2007. The third round of this fight was also named Ring Magazine round of the year.
He fought Marquez for the third time on March 1, 2008, rising from a fourth round knockdown to prevail by split decision in another great fight. Márquez was docked one point for low blows in round ten and received an eight count in the final seconds of round twelve. The fight was named 2008's Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine and the fourth round was named Ring Magazine round of the year. The Vázquez vs Márquez trilogy has been widely heralded as one of the best boxing trilogies in recent years.[2][3]
On December 18, 2008, Vázquez was stripped of his WBC Super Bantamweight Championship[4] after not defending the title for a certain period of time due to a detached retina he had suffered during his third fight with Márquez. Japanese fighter Toshiaki Nishioka's WBC Interim title was promoted to actual championship status after his victory over Genaro Garcia. After undergoing three surgeries, Vázquez was medically cleared to resume training on May 15, 2009.[5]
Vázquez fought Marquez for a fourth time on May 22, 2010. The bout took place in the Featherweight division and was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, United States.[6] The match was appropriately titled "Once and Four All" and carried live by Showtime. Marquez scored a third round TKO victory over Vázquez to even their series at two wins each.[7][8] Afterwards, Marquez stated: "The fifth one could be a possibility if the fans vote for it. That is what I live for. Israel Vázquez is a great fighter." However, it was felt by some observers that the much faded Vázquez should retire. Frank Espinoza, Vázquez's longtime handler, stated that his "career is over".[9] The fourth installment of the Vázquez-Marquez rivalry was the last fight of Vázquez' career.
Professional boxing record[]
49 fights | 44 wins | 5 losses |
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By knockout | 32 | 4 |
By decision | 11 | 1 |
By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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49 | Loss | 44–5 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (12), 1:33 | May 22, 2010 | ![]() |
For vacant WBC Silver featherweight title |
48 | Win | 44–4 | ![]() |
KO | 9 (10), 2:10 | Oct 10, 2009 | ![]() |
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47 | Win | 43–4 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | Mar 1, 2008 | ![]() |
Retained WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles |
46 | Win | 42–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (12), 1:16 | Aug 4, 2007 | ![]() |
Won WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles |
45 | Loss | 41–4 | ![]() |
RTD | 7 (12), 3:00 | Mar 3, 2007 | ![]() |
Lost WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles |
44 | Win | 41–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 10 (12), 2:09 | Sep 16, 2006 | ![]() |
Retained WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles |
43 | Win | 40–3 | ![]() |
RTD | 4 (12), 3:00 | Jun 10, 2006 | ![]() |
Retained WBC and The Ring super bantamweight titles |
42 | Win | 39–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (12), 2:52 | Dec 3, 2005 | ![]() |
Won WBC and vacant The Ring super bantamweight titles |
41 | Win | 38–3 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | May 31, 2005 | ![]() |
Retained IBF super bantamweight title |
40 | Win | 37–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (12), 0:59 | Dec 28, 2004 | ![]() |
Retained IBF super bantamweight title |
39 | Win | 36–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 12 (12), 0:34 | Mar 25, 2004 | ![]() |
Won vacant IBF super bantamweight title |
38 | Win | 35–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (10), 2:45 | Sep 19, 2003 | ![]() |
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37 | Win | 34–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 10 (10), 1:15 | May 22, 2003 | ![]() |
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36 | Win | 33–3 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | Sep 26, 2002 | ![]() |
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35 | Loss | 32–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 12 (12), 1:57 | May 17, 2002 | ![]() |
For vacant WBC interim super bantamweight title |
34 | Win | 32–2 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Feb 22, 2002 | ![]() |
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33 | Win | 31–2 | ![]() |
KO | 5 (8), 0:48 | Oct 25, 2001 | ![]() |
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32 | Win | 30–2 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (12), 1:49 | May 19, 2001 | ![]() |
Retained NABF super bantamweight title |
31 | Win | 29–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (12), 1:31 | Jan 7, 2001 | ![]() |
Won vacant NABF super bantamweight title |
30 | Win | 28–2 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (10), 2:12 | Oct 27, 2000 | ![]() |
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29 | Win | 27–2 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10), 1:54 | Aug 17, 2000 | ![]() |
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28 | Win | 26–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (10), 1:54 | Jul 29, 2000 | ![]() |
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27 | Win | 25–2 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (12) | May 6, 2000 | ![]() |
Won IBA Continental super bantamweight title |
26 | Win | 24–2 | ![]() |
SD | 10 | Feb 4, 2000 | ![]() |
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25 | Win | 23–2 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | Jan 7, 2000 | ![]() |
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24 | Win | 22–2 | ![]() |
MD | 6 | Oct 3, 1999 | ![]() |
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23 | Win | 21–2 | ![]() |
KO | 7 (10), 1:26 | Aug 9, 1999 | ![]() |
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22 | Loss | 20–2 | ![]() |
SD | 12 | Mar 27, 1999 | ![]() |
For vacant WBO–NABO super bantamweight title |
21 | Win | 20–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (10) | Nov 30, 1998 | ![]() |
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20 | Win | 19–1 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | Oct 22, 1998 | ![]() |
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19 | Win | 18–1 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | Aug 10, 1998 | ![]() |
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18 | Win | 17–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 | Jun 8, 1998 | ![]() |
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17 | Win | 16–1 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | Mar 15, 1998 | ![]() |
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16 | Win | 15–1 | ![]() |
TD | 8 | Feb 21, 1998 | ![]() |
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15 | Win | 14–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 | Aug 30, 1997 | ![]() |
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14 | Win | 13–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 | Jun 14, 1997 | ![]() |
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13 | Win | 12–1 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (10) | Apr 12, 1997 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 11–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 | Mar 29, 1997 | ![]() |
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11 | Win | 10–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 | Nov 30, 1996 | ![]() |
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10 | Loss | 9–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 | Oct 5, 1996 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 | Sep 7, 1996 | ![]() |
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8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 | May 3, 1996 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 | Apr 19, 1996 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
KO | 7 | Mar 8, 1996 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
KO | 3 | Feb 16, 1996 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
DQ | 4 | Sep 6, 1995 | ![]() |
Gonzales disqualified for an intentional headbutt |
3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 | Jun 21, 1995 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 | Apr 19, 1995 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (4) | Mar 29, 1995 | ![]() |
Professional debut |
See also[]
- List of super bantamweight boxing champions
- List of WBC world champions
- List of IBF world champions
- List of Mexican boxing world champions
References[]
- ^ "Israel Vázquez - Lineal Jr. Featherweight Champion". The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia.
- ^ "Boxing News: Israel Vazquez, Rafael Marquez, Gary Shaw, Ken Hershman and More Speak". Archived from the original on 2008-04-22. Retrieved 2008-04-21.
- ^ ESPN - Notebook: It's trilogy time - Boxing
- ^ "Nishioka keeps super bantamweight title". ESPN.com. Associated Press. January 3, 2009. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
- ^ http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-article/6816/three-surgeries-later-israel-vazquez-good/
- ^ http://sports.sho.com/boxing/events/vazquez-marquez-may-22-2010.html Showtime Sports
- ^ Vester, Mark (May 22, 2010). "Rafael Marquez Destroys Israel Vasquez in Three Rounds". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
- ^ Donovan, Jake (May 23, 2010). "Marquez Evens The Score; Perez-Mares Fight To A Draw". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved May 23, 2010.
- ^ "Vazquez-Marquez IV nothing like I, II or III". The Ring. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 23 May 2010.
External links[]
- Boxing record for Israel Vázquez from BoxRec
- Israel Vázquez profile at Cyber Boxing Zone
- 1977 births
- International Boxing Federation champions
- Living people
- Boxers from Mexico City
- Super-bantamweight boxers
- World Boxing Council champions
- Mexican male boxers
- The Ring champions
- Featherweight boxers