A month removed from his signature win, Israel Vazquez reflects...

[alphaqfrankie]

Just a little over a month after his second fight of the year candidate against Rafael Marquez, Israel ?El Magnifico? Vazquez, on a high following his rematch victory (which allowed him to regain his super bantamweight title), recently shared his thoughts with MaxBoxing about his career, his popularity, and the upcoming rubber match with his Mexican rival.

Following a string of thrilling wins, namely his second fight against Oscar Larios (which should have been fight of the year for 2002 if not for a certain Gatti vs Ward bout the following night), a quick TKO in three over Larios in their rubbermatch and another thriller where he had to get off the floor to stop the game Jhonny Gonzalez in 2006, Vazquez has gone on to up the ante with two memorable battles this year against Rafael Marquez.

Vazquez ran the gamut of emotions in the series so far, losing the first bout before redeeming himself in the second. And while being the main man at any weight class is something to be very proud of, how disappointed was Vazquez, who, after a rough few rounds in the first fight and seemingly getting the upper hand in the second half, saw his reign come to an abrupt end when he retired with an injured nose that only allowed him about fifteen percent breathing capacity in one nostril, with zero out of the other?

http://maxboxing.com/villasenor/villasenor091407.asp

[SkillspayBills]

Hell of an article, I hope fight 3 tops them all, can't wait to watch.

[Kball15]

Hell of an article, I hope fight 3 tops them all, can't wait to watch.

unless marquez has something taken out of him from that second fight, which i highly doubt cause it wasnt a beating or anything, theres no reason the 3rd shouldnt every bet as good, if not better, then the 2nd one.

hows that autograph comin

[alphaqfrankie]

unless marquez has something taken out of him from that second fight, which i highly doubt cause it wasnt a beating or anything, theres no reason the 3rd shouldnt every bet as good, if not better, then the 2nd one.

hows that autograph comin

It is on it's way. I see him on the 24th.

[Ramamaiden]

the third fight i think that marquez is going to plan the fight completly different.
if he plans to exchange punches, he is going to lose again, so its going to be great to see this fight, although i dont expect a war like the second one, but still it should be a great fight.
and i have no idea who is gonna win xD

[ferocity]

Just a little over a month after his second fight of the year candidate against Rafael Marquez, Israel ?El Magnifico? Vazquez, on a high following his rematch victory (which allowed him to regain his super bantamweight title), recently shared his thoughts with MaxBoxing about his career, his popularity, and the upcoming rubber match with his Mexican rival.

Following a string of thrilling wins, namely his second fight against Oscar Larios (which should have been fight of the year for 2002 if not for a certain Gatti vs Ward bout the following night), a quick TKO in three over Larios in their rubbermatch and another thriller where he had to get off the floor to stop the game Jhonny Gonzalez in 2006, Vazquez has gone on to up the ante with two memorable battles this year against Rafael Marquez.

Vazquez ran the gamut of emotions in the series so far, losing the first bout before redeeming himself in the second. And while being the main man at any weight class is something to be very proud of, how disappointed was Vazquez, who, after a rough few rounds in the first fight and seemingly getting the upper hand in the second half, saw his reign come to an abrupt end when he retired with an injured nose that only allowed him about fifteen percent breathing capacity in one nostril, with zero out of the other?



http://maxboxing.com/villasenor/villasenor091407.asp

I give Vasquez all the respect in the world, he has prove to be a great fighter, determined fighter. I can say he truly won me over i didn't think he had it in him to do what he did. Though i still favor Marquez i wouldn't bet on this fight with anybody. A fighter as determined as Vasquez is always in the fight as he has shown time and again. I salute a true warrior as Vasquez.

[ferocity]

If this fight takes place in la, i will be there again!

[Kball15]

If this fight takes place in la, i will be there again!

i heard its gonna be in Mexico. Might suck for u cause u wont be able to go, but better for us watchin on TV cause thousands more fans would be there.

[ferocity]

i heard its gonna be in Mexico. Might suck for u cause u wont be able to go, but better for us watchin on TV cause thousands more fans would be there.

Yeah, i expected more fans to be at the first fight but still a strong crowd showed up and a lot of boxing stars, and entertainment crowd showed up for there first fight in carson. As long as i get to see the fight i'll be happy, these guys are going to war no matter what, i know Marquez is going to box a lot more in the rematch but Vasquez will push him into a brawl. The third fight either guy can win.

When i went to there first fight, it was insanly loud people respected both fighters.

[EliteSoldier]

I don't know why anyone was picking against Israel Vazquez in the rematch, it was obvious even in the first match that Vazquez clearly hits harder and he was able to land his shots in the first fight. Vazquez is the naturally bigger guy, thats one of the reasons I picked him in the rematch. And for being the naturally bigger guy his speed is quite impressive.