MEXICO CITY (AP) — Israel Vázquez, the Mexican fighter who gained three bantamweight world titles, has died at 46.
World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman introduced the loss of life on Tuesday.
The boxer nicknamed “El Magnifico” revealed on Nov. 10 he had sarcoma, a most cancers.
“Israel is lastly resting in peace. May God present his household with power we prolong all of the assist to his spouse Laura, his children, household and associates throughout this troublesome time,” Sulaiman mentioned on X. “Thanks champion for leaving a particular footprint. You will all the time be ‘El Magnifico.’”
Vázquez debuted in 1995 and can be most remembered for his 4 fights in opposition to countryman Rafael Márquez from 2007-10. They break up the collection, and the 2007 and 2008 duels obtained battle of the yr awards.
After profitable in 2008, Vázquez suffered a indifferent retina and ultimately misplaced his proper eye after his retirement. He stopped preventing in May 2010 after the fourth battle in opposition to Marquez, who gained by a knockout.
Vázquez gained the vacant IBF tremendous bantmanweight title in 2004 in opposition to Jose Luis Valbuena and efficiently defended it twice. Then he took the WBC belt from titleholder Oscar Larios with a third-round stoppage in 2005.
He held the WBC belt till the primary assembly with Márquez, in opposition to whom he retired within the seventh spherical after struggling to breathe by means of a damaged nostril. In a rematch 5 months later, Vázquez regained the title regardless of cuts over each eyes, by knocking out Márquez within the sixth spherical.
Vázquez gained their third bout in early 2008 by a break up resolution after being knocked down himself. But the attention damage meant he didn’t battle for the remainder of the yr and was stripped of the WBC title.
After three surgical procedures, he was cleared to battle and fought Márquez a fourth time in Los Angeles and suffered a third-round knockout.
Vázquez completed with a document of 44-5, with 32 knockouts.
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