Vazquez's Long Road Ends at Top of Heap

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By DAVID A. AVILA
The Press-Enterprise


WBC junior featherweight champion Israel Vazquez's smashing come-from-behind victory left boxing fans with a euphoric feeling despite the letdown of the more publicized main event.



Fans walking around the MGM Grand on Saturday couldn't talk enough about Vazquez withstanding two vicious knockdowns from Jhonny Gonzalez, a tall, skinny knockout artist from Mexico City. It was the cherry on top of the cake for boxing fans.

The afternoon of the fight, thousands of people arrived in the casino eagerly anticipating the loaded card that featured three title bouts. The more publicized match featured Marco Antonio Barrera in a rematch against Rocky Juarez. That bout failed expectations.

Another bout saw Argentina's Jorge Barrios lose his WBO junior lightweight title to Joan Guzman. It was an exciting match that saw the speedy Dominican become the first from his country to win titles in two divisions.

But without a doubt, the collision between Mexico City's two reigning warriors, Vazquez and Gonzalez, met its lofty expectations.....


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By DAVID A. AVILA
The Press-Enterprise


WBC junior featherweight champion Israel Vazquez's smashing come-from-behind victory left boxing fans with a euphoric feeling despite the letdown of the more publicized main event.



Fans walking around the MGM Grand on Saturday couldn't talk enough about Vazquez withstanding two vicious knockdowns from Jhonny Gonzalez, a tall, skinny knockout artist from Mexico City. It was the cherry on top of the cake for boxing fans.

The afternoon of the fight, thousands of people arrived in the casino eagerly anticipating the loaded card that featured three title bouts. The more publicized match featured Marco Antonio Barrera in a rematch against Rocky Juarez. That bout failed expectations.

Another bout saw Argentina's Jorge Barrios lose his WBO junior lightweight title to Joan Guzman. It was an exciting match that saw the speedy Dominican become the first from his country to win titles in two divisions.

But without a doubt, the collision between Mexico City's two reigning warriors, Vazquez and Gonzalez, met its lofty expectations.....


Read full story in the link...
http://www.pe.com/columns/avila/stor...9.331c278.html

It was a good fight and great to see how Vazquez wear down his opponent caesar/taylor style however I think the Guzman-Barrios fight was more entertaining although it didn't have the KD's that Vazquez-Gonzalez had.