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Friday, February 15, 2008
Vazquez-Marquez Quotes
Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez I and II produced the most exciting, bloody, give-and-take slugfests of 2007, and inevitably have led to one of the most highly anticipated rubber matches in boxing history. Now, they battle for the World Boxing Council (WBC) 122-pound title, The Ring Magazine 122-pound crown and super bantamweight supremacy in the third and final chapter of boxing’s best rivalry in recent memory. Vazquez-Marquez III “Final Confrontation” will take place on Saturday, March 1, 2008, from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
Vazquez - Marquez III, which headlines an exciting night of world-class boxing action, will be presented by Gary Shaw Promotions, in association with Sycuan Ringside Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and Romanza Boxing Productions.
The showdown will be televised live on Showtime Championship Boxing beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Vazquez-Marquez III Quotes
Israel Vazquez (left) and Rafael Marquez renew their rivalry. Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime
Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez produced two of the most exciting, bloody, give-and-take slugfests of 2007 which inevitably has led to one of the most highly anticipated rubber matches in history. Now they battle for the World Boxing Council (WBC) 122-pound title and super bantamweight supremacy in the third and final chapter of boxing’s best rivalry in recent memory in Vazquez-Marquez III “Final Confrontation,” Saturday, March 1, 2008 from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
Showtime, the network that delivered the first two bouts, will re-air Marquez-Vazquez 1 & 2 in their entirety on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 11 p.m. ET/PT. The one hour telecast includes all the action, drama and the surprising ending of the first fight and moves quickly to the scintillating rematch – the near unanimous pick for 2007 Fight of the Year (Ring Magazine, ESPN, Yahoo Sports, etc). Marquez-Vazquez I & II also will air on SHO 2 on Friday, Feb. 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT and Friday, Feb. 29 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
Vazquez - Marquez III, which headlines an exciting night of world-class boxing action, is presented by Gary Shaw Promotions in association with Sycuan Ringside Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions and Romanza Boxing Productions.
The showdown will be televised live on Showtime Championship Boxing beginning at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
Here is what both fighters had to say at the kick-off press conference at El Paseo Inn Restaurant on historic Olvera Street in downtown Los Angeles.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Vazquez vs Marquez III March 1
LOS ANGELES – Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez I and II produced the most exciting, bloody, give-and-take slugfests of 2007 and inevitably has led to one of the most highly anticipated rubber matches in history. Now they battle for the World Boxing Council (WBC) 122-pound title and super bantamweight supremacy in the third and final chapter of boxing’s best rivalry in recent memory in Vazquez-Marquez III “Final Confrontation,” Saturday, March 1, 2008 from The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
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Sunday, August 05, 2007
Vazquez TKOs Marquez in Sixth
Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime
NEW YORK – La Venganza! It was vengeance, vindication and redemption for a jubilant Israel Vazquez Saturday night on Showtime. Vazquez stopped Rafael Marquez in a rematch to regain the World Boxing Council (WBC) Super Bantamweight world title that he lost to Marquez earlier this year at 1:16 of the sixth round in an old-school, classic and bloody slugfest.
The main event of the Showtime Championship Boxing telecast from the Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, Texas had everything: tremendous offensive technique; non-stop, two-way action; a touch of controversy; and the contemplation of a third fight.
In Saturday’s co-feature, a World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Bantamweight world championship, Celestino Caballero retained his belt by unanimous decision over Jorge Lacierva in another action-packed battle (116-110, 116-111 and 115-112).
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Friday, August 03, 2007
Marquez-Vazquez, Caballero-Lacierva Quotes
In a rematch of a leading candidate for Fight of the Year, Rafael Marquez will defend his WBC super bantamweight title against former champion Israel Vazquez this Saturday, Aug. 4, on Showtime at the Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, Tex.
In the first half of a Showtime Championship Boxing telecast that begins at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast), Vazquez’ Sycuan Ringside Promotions’ stablemate, WBA 122-pound titleholder Celestino Caballero, will defend against Jorge Lacierva.
The world championship doubleheader is presented by Gary Shaw Productions and Sycuan Ringside Promotions in association with Golden Boy Promotions.
Here is what the boxers had to say at Thursday’s final press conference:
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Saturday, July 28, 2007
Israel Vazquez Eager to Regain Title
LOS ANGELES – A few teenagers, out of school on summer vacation, stand near the weight room of the South El Monte Boxing Club watching Israel Vazquez (41-4, 30 KOs) pace around the ring as he gets loose for what will turn out to be an exhilarating sparring session.
The teens, old enough to drive but not grow facial hair, have their mouths open, surprised and stunned to see first hand Vazquez’s unrelenting barrage of punches.
“He’s like a machine,” says Javier Garcia, a young super featherweight boxer and sparring partner to Vazquez, who overhears the kids’ commentary. “He doesn’t stop throwing punches and he never gets tired.”
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Thursday, July 26, 2007
Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez Quotes
The slugfest that was Israel Vazquez vs. Rafael Marquez will continue on Saturday, Aug. 4, live on Showtime when World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight champion Marquez makes his first 122-pound title defense against the belt’s previous owner, Vazquez, in “La VENGANZA!” at the Dodge Arena in Hidalgo, Texas.
This is a highly anticipated rematch of an exhilarating, toe-to-toe, give-and-take battle that ended prematurely with Marquez (37-3, 33 KOs) forcing Vazquez (41-4, 31 KOs) to retire on his stool with a broken nose after the seventh round.
Also on the card presented by Gary Shaw Productions and Sycuan Ringside Promotions in association with Romanza Productions and Golden Boy Promotions is World Boxing Association (WBA) super bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero (26-2, 18 KOs) defending against Jorge Lacierva (32-6-6, 22 KOs).
The world championship doubleheader will be televised on Showtime Championship Boxing at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).
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Friday, May 25, 2007
EEC - May 25, 2007
News, Notes, and Rumors:
- The proposed rematch between Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez for August 4th is now official…
- Boxing Hall of Famer Michael Carbajal was arrested yesterday for allegedly threatening a Phoenix police officer as well as carrying an open container of liquor in public:
The 39-year-old Carbajal was booked into jail on suspicion of threatening and intimidating a police officer and a liquor violation, police said. He was later released on bond.
Sgt. Joel Tranter, a Phoenix police spokesman, said Carbajal was “agitated, argumentative and belligerent” with officers who found him walking in a vacant lot with an open bottle of rum early Thursday.
Carbajal “threatened to kill one of the officers” and was taken into custody, Tranter said.
- WBA Middleweight Champ Felix Sturm will defend his title on June 30th against Alesia Graf in Germany…
Weekend Fights:
Friday -
Anthony Peterson vs Luis Ernesto Jose - Washington DC - Lightweight (ESPN2)
Lamont Peterson vs John Brown - Washington DC - Junior Welterweight (ESPN2)
Jesus Soto-Karass vs Gilbert Venegas - Albuquerque, NM - Welterweight
Brandon Rios vs Carlos Madrid - Albuquerque, NM - Featherweight
Ray Sanchez vs Chris Overbey - Albuquerque, NM - Welterweight
Saturday -
Krzysztof Wlodarczyk vs Steve Cunningham - Warsaw, Poland - IBF Cruiserweight Title
Arthur Abraham vs Sebastien Demers - Bamberg, Germany - IBF Middleweight Title
Vadim Tokarev vs Marco Huck - Bamberg, Germany - IBF Cruiserweight Eliminator
Saturday, April 28, 2007
EEC - April 28, 2007
Some fight results and a fight announcement headline today’s Early Eight Count…
News, Notes, and Rumors:
- EBU Cruiserweight Champion David Haye was victorious in his heavyweight debut last night with a TKO win over Tomasz Bonin in the first round. Haye improved to 19-1 while Bonin fell to 37-2. One of the most interesting things to note is that Haye weighed in at a stout 231 lbs for the bout despite fighting the majority of his fights at the cruiserweight limit of in or around 200 lbs.
- Dan Rafael of ESPN is reporting that a rematch between Rafael Marquez and Israel Vazquez is currently set for August 4th on Showtime. If you recall, the two last fought on March 3rd with Marquez taking Vazquez’s belt and stopping him in the 7th round. Vazquez’s corner was forced to throw in the towel after Vazquez apparently told his corner that he could not breath correctly.
- Both Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather Jr successfully made their 7 day weigh-ins prior to their fight on May 5th…
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Sunday, March 04, 2007
Marquez Stops Vazquez to Capture WBC Title
IBF/IBO bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez captured the WBC super bantamweight title with an exciting seventh-round TKO over defending champion Israel Vazquez. Photo: Tom Casino/Showtime
CARSON, Calif. – After breaking his opponent’s nose in the first round of an electrifying bout, IBF Bantamweight Champion Rafael Marquez captured the World Boxing Council (WBC) super bantamweight title by stopping defending champion Israel Vazquez at the end of the seventh round Saturday on Showtime Championship Boxing.
Vazquez asked his trainer, Freddie Roach, to stop the contest because he was having trouble breathing.
“I was able to breathe through my mouth, but I couldn’t get any air through my nose,” Vazquez said. “I couldn’t breathe. I was taking a lot of shots because of that.”
After rallying from a third-round knockdown, Marquez went toe-to-toe with Vazquez for the remainder of the non-stop action bout that lived up to its billing. At the time of the stoppage, Marquez led the battle of Mexico City, Mexico, natives 67-65 twice and 66 apiece on the scorecards. Discussions for a sequel to the “Fight of the Year” candidate already are underway.
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