Boxing News: Pavlik-Lockett, Vazquez-Marquez Trilogy

April 30th, 2008   Tags: Kelly Pavlik, Rafael Marquez, Israel Vazquez  

JACK LOEW, trainer of world middleweight champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK, read with great interest the remarks made earlier this week by Gary “The Rocket” Lockett, the No. 1 contender who will be challenging Pavlik for the title in June.
“I see where Lockett has become inspired by Joe Calzaghe’s victory over Bernard Hopkins in his […]

Vazquez-Marquez: Is Rafael Ready For Another War?

February 28th, 2008   Tags: Boxing, Rafael Marquez, Israel Vazquez  

By Jim Dower: Super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez, 42-4 with 31 KOs hopes to get his second consectuve over Rafael Marquez on Saturday night when the two meet at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California for their third bout in the past year. Each fighter has split a victory in bouts that have been […]

Vazquez-Marquez: Rafael Hopes Three Times A Charm

February 15th, 2008   Tags: Boxing, Rafael Marquez, Israel Vazquez  

By Jim Slattengren: World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez (42-4, 31 KOs) puts his title on the line when he meets up with former WBC super bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez (37-4, 33 KOs) on March 1st, at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California. This will be the 3rd bout for both fighters, […]

Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez on Showtime

January 24th, 2008   Tags: Rafael Marquez, Israel Vazquez  

Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez produced two of the most exciting, bloody, give-and-take slugfests of 2007 which inevitably has led to one of the most highly anticipated rubber matches in history. Now they battle for the World Boxing Council (WBC) 122-pound title and super bantamweight supremacy in the third and final chapter of boxing’s best […]

Marquez vs. Vazquez

July 31st, 2007   Tags: Boxing, Rafael Marquez, Israel Vazquez  

By Tony Mouton: WBC super bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez (37-3, 33 KOs) will defend his newly won title on Saturday night against knockout artist Israel Vazquez (41-4, 30 KOs), with whom he stopped in between the seventh and eighth rounds four months ago on March 3rd, when Vasquez couldn’t continue fighting due to a busted […]