Israel Vazquez, "I want Rafael Marquez"

Rarely these days in boxing do you see champions fight the very best in their division and then seek out even harder competition. This is the case however with WBC super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez. In December of 2005, Vazquez fought and defeated then champion Oscar Larios, closing out their Trilogy with Vazquez winning two of three. Larios entering that fight recogonized as the number one 122 pounder at the time. About nine months later Vazquez took on bantamweight champion Jhonny Gonzalez who entered the bout on an 18 fight win streak. Going into the fight, many thought Vazquez-Gonzalez could be much better than the main event of Marco Antonio Barrerra vs Rocky Juarez II. It was. In what may turn out to be 2006's fight of year, Vazquez showed why he's pound-for-pound the best 122 pounder in boxing. Bloodied, cut, and knocked down twice, Vazquez rallied back to knock out Gonzalez in round ten..... http://www.fightnews.com/boxing/bc/bates71.htm