Anyone here a Israel Vasquez fan?

[alphaqfrankie]

he didint walk out on him, vasquez voluntarily switched.

thats correct =)

[Scott9945]

If they build up Juanma the right way, a fight with him and Izzy could be the biggest ever for that weight class.

[hignoranteh]

thats correct =)

really?
i read in an interview vazquez was slurring his words and roach didnt want to train him no more for the marquez rematch
anyway is good he is with rudy perez
i dont believe the roach hype he is just average and all his fighters seem to be losing lately

[alphaqfrankie]

ya. Honestly Roach didn't train Vazquez even for the first fight with Marquez. He just showed up at the last minute. literally. (he was training Oscar) Vazquez left him because of that. But no, it's not true about Vazquez slurring his words. It's unfortunate roach said something like that. But he does not speak spanish. And israel speaks broken english, which shouldn't be misunderstood as slurring.

and just to prove that he is not slurring. He was the commentator for the Jhonny Gonzalez fight the other week. And is currently in Miami, where he will be covering the Olympic boxing for Telemundo. =) So, if he was slurring... I'm sure he wouldn't be getting gigs on tv for commentating.


despite Roach saying something like that, Israel holds no ill feelings towards him.

[sugarshanenas]

im a huge israel vasquez fan been following him for awhile

[DiegoFuego]

I'm pretty sure everyone who watches boxing like Israel Vazquez. I have never heard anything negative said about him. He really won me over with the Gonzalez win and has been gaining more respect and appreciation with each Marquez fight. I hope he gets some easy fights so he doesn't die in the next year.

[TEXSTRO]

I'm pretty sure everyone who watches boxing like Israel Vazquez. I have never heard anything negative said about him. He really won me over with the Gonzalez win and has been gaining more respect and appreciation with each Marquez fight. I hope he gets some easy fights so he doesn't die in the next year.

Fo Sho.....How can you not like or not respect someone that leaves it in the ring...Especially fighting with 2 horrible gashes on his face....

[MR. V]

i mos def respect IV. u already know.

[Dynamite Kid]

I am. the first vazquez fight i saw was against johnny G, after that i became a fan...

i think he is one of the most understated Champions today he is absolutely brilliant at closing the distance and cutting the ring down and he is a tough little SOB im a fan

[2501 v2.0]

I dont know how many of you guys saw the "Vazquez/Marquez All Access" clips. they were just 5 minutes episodes shown on Showtime. Ill post them up later, but they can give you an idea of how humble and down to earth Izzy is. Dude lives in a regular neighborhood in an unassuming house with his family.