By Pedro Reyna: According to Jaime Quintana, manager of Rafael Marquez, a fourth bout between Vazquez vs Marquez in currently in the works. Both fighters are accepting the challenge, however, they are still negotiating a date for the grand event. Marquez wants to fight in October/November, while Vazquez prefers the date in January/February.
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Boxing Results – Marquez Stops Mendoza; Nishioka Destroys Jhonny Gonzalez
By Jason Kim: Super bantamweight Rafael Marquez (38-5, 34 KOs) stopped Jose Francisco Mendoza (21-3-2, 17 KOs) in the 3rd round tonight at the Arena Monterrey, in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Marquez, 34, landed a crushing right hand in the 3rd round that sent Mendoza down on the canvas. The fight was then stopped at 2:26 of the round by referee Carlos Garcia. Marquez was less aggressive than he normally is and looked as if he was intentionally trying to slow things down to get a feel for his opponent.
McGirt, Marquez, Vazquez & More – Boxing News
Team McGirt has reevaluated middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (19-1-1, 9 KOs) and, after considerable soul searching, has collectively decided that the 26-year-old southpaw will return to old-school training and incorporate a more aggressive attack in order to take better advantage of his hand speed, as well as to avoid his frustrating “fight to the level of his opponent” pattern.
Boxing News: Pavlik-Lockett, Vazquez-Marquez Trilogy
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 U.S. debut and is predicting the same result against Kelly. Maybe Enzo Calzaghe can teach Lockett to slap like a girl — just like Joe,” said Loew
Vazquez-Marquez: Is Rafael Ready For Another War?
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 nothing less than all out war for as long as it lasted. In the first bout, Marquez stopped Vazquez in the 7th round when Vazquez was unable to continue fighting due to a broken nose that effected his ability to breath.
Looking At Marquez-Vazquez III
By David Lahr: World Boxing Council super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez (42-4, 31 KOs) will defend his title in the rubber match between him and challenger Rafael Marquez (37-4, 33 KOs) on March 1st at the Home Depot Center, in Carson, California. This is a bout that reminiscent of the ancient gladiators as both fighters have laid their heart out in two previous fights, trading shot for shot and taking turns hurting each other with scorching shots to the head.
Both fighters have split victories in the first two fights, with Marquez winning the first bout when Vazquez quit after the 7th round due to a broken nose which prevented him from breaking properly, and then in the second fight, Vazquez returned the favor by stopping Marquez in the 6th round when the fight looked to be prematurely stopped by referee Guadalupe Garcia shortly after Marquez got up off the canvas after being flatted by a left hook from Vazquez.
Vazquez-Marquez: Rafael Hopes Three Times A Charm
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, with each one splitting a fight. In the first bout, Marquez, 32, hurt Vazquez early one with a series of hard jabs, left hooks and right hands to the head that dropped Vazquez, breaking his nose.
It seemed as if Vazquez never recovered from the early damage that Marquez inflicted on him, as he was never able to get into the fight after the first couple of rounds. As the fight progressed, Marquez continued to home in on Vazquez’s badly broken nose, hitting it often with big shots and making it hard for Vazquez to concentrate due to the terrible pain.
Ultimately, the fight was stopped in the 7th, with Vazquez unable to breath out of his broken nose. For Marquez, he fought the perfect fight, staying on the outside, using his jab and right hand down the middle to punish the hard-hitting Vazquez. Marquez didn’t make the mistake of trying to fight inside with Vazquez, who is most dangerous when he has an opponent directly in front of him, in close.
Israel Vazquez vs Rafael Marquez on Showtime
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 rivalry in recent memory in Vazquez-Marquez III “Final Confrontation,” Saturday, March 1, 2008 from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.