Marquez vs. Vazquez

By Jim Dower: Former IBF/WBC super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez (44-5, 32 KO’s) reportedly will be returning to the ring in April against a still to be determined opponent, according to fightnews.com. Vazquez, 33, hasn’t fought since being stopped in the 3rd round by Rafael Marquez last year in May in a failed attempt to [...]

By Jim Dower: Promoters Oscar De La Hoya and Gary Shaw are reportedly not interested in putting together a 5th bout between Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez, according to Kevin Iole of Yahoo Sports. It’s pretty easy to see why. Vazquez, with all the scar tissue around both of his eyes, was easily cut by [...]

Photo credit – Carlos Baeza – By Peter Wells: There was always a risk in last nights fight, sometimes it’s best to stop when everything’s going right. That goes for Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez IV. The trilogy was great, it was exciting and dramatic; why not leave it at that, but the 4th battle was not [...]

Photo credit – Carlos Baeza – By Jason Kim: Former IBF bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez (39-5, 25 KO’s) was too much for Israel Vazquez (44-5, 32 KO’s) tonight, taking him out in the 3rd round of a scheduled 12 round non-title bout at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. With Vazquez cut over both [...]

Photo credit – Carlos Baeza – By Sam Gregory: In the main event on tonight’s Showtime Championship Boxing from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Ca WBC super bantamweight title holder Israel Vazquez 44-4 with 32 KO’s defends his title for the fourth time against Rafael Marquez 38-5 with 34 KO’s in a scheduled 12 [...]

By Jim Dower: As expected, Rafael Marquez had too much left in the tank compared to the badly depleted Israel Vazquez, taking him out in the 3rd round on Saturday night at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Marquez cut the slow moving Vazquez in the opening round over both eyes with slashing punches, [...]

Boxing results: Staples Center, Los Angeles, California: Carlos Molina UD 8 Humberto Tapia

By Jim Dower: Tonight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, Israel Vazquez (44-4, 32 KO’s) and Rafael Marquez (38-5, 34 KO’s) will be for the 4th time in the past three years in a fight that will likely leave both fighters bloodied and battered by the end of it. Rarely nowadays do you have [...]

By Eric Thomas: In an article at Boxingtalk.com, trainer Nacho Beristain says that his fighter Juan Manuel Marquez received an offer from Manny Pacquiao’s promotional team Top Rank, but says it was a “miserable deal,” one that he didn’t want to take. He pointed out that it wasn’t an official offer, but he wasn’t willing [...]

By Jim Dower: Israel Vazquez (44-4, 32 KO’s) will be coming into this Saturday’s fight against Rafael Martinez with a right eye that has been operated on three times since 2008 for a series of detached retinas. Vazquez, 32, originally suffered an initial detached retina in his third fight with Marquez in March 2008. Although [...]