By Mark Vester

WBC super bantamweight champ Israel Vazquez is willing to remain at 122-pounds for potential fights with WBO champ Juan Manuel Lopez and a fourth meeting with Rafael Marquez. Vazquez is recovering from surgery to correct a detached retina. Vazquez is looking at a move to featherweight to claim another title and may target WBC champ Oscar Larios. Vazquez fought Larios three times. He stopped Larios in 1997, Larios stopped him in 2002 and Vazquez stopped him again in 2005.

"I want to show that I can fight at featherweight, against the best opponents. If God wants it, I am ready for bigger things. If I stay at 122-pounds, it would be for Juanma Lopez or Marquez, but if those things don't come about - a fourth fight with Oscar Larios at featherweight for the WBC title," Vazquez told ESTO .

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