Israel Vazquez Talks Priolo, Weight Struggles, Marquez
By Mark Vester
This coming Saturday at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles, California, Israel Vazquez (43-4, 31KOs) returns to the ring for the first time since last March's win over Rafael Marquez. Vazquez returns after multiple surgeries and a long rehab process to correct a retina injury. His opponent will be lightly regarded Angel Antonio Priolo (30-7, 20KOs). The first bout for Vazquez at featherweight. He is not going to treat Priolo as an easy fight. He plans to treat him like an A-level opponent.
"I always had a lot of confidence and faith. Luckily, and thank God, that I've been cleared medically and alos by the commission and I'm happy to be fighting on October 10. I don't take any opponents lightly. That's what some fighters do and that's why they lose. I'm treating it like it's a very, very tough fight. I took a look at his record and even though he's got some losses, he's fought some very good opposition, guys who are out there and who are world champions and former world champions," Vazquez told BoxingScene.com's Ernest Gabion.
He tells BoxingScene that featherweight will really make a difference in his career. He was struggling to make the super bantamweight limit for a while.
"I was struggling to make 122. This is going to help me greatly. The last few times I did it because of my discipline. I'm a very disciplined fighter but I felt it. I struggled to make the weight and I think this is going to give me a better chance to recover the next day and to have more energy the next day and finish stronger in my fights," Vazquez said.
There are a lot of options at featherweight but everyone wants to see him face Marquez for a fourth time.
"That's the fight that everyone wants. Everyone has been asking me. Everyone wants that fight. Regardless of what happened in the past, who won and who lost and who got knocked down - when that fight happens again, and that bell rings, everybody is going to forget what happened that first three times," Vazquez said.
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