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Israel Vazquez
(Israel Vazquez Castaneda)
("Magnifico")

BORN   December 25 1977; Mexico City, Mexico
HEIGHT 5-4 1/2
WEIGHT 116-126 lbs
MANAGER Frank Espinoza
TRAINERS Freddie Roach, Rudy Perez

Vazquez is a highly capable fighter who carries a good punch; During his career of nearly 50 contests, he has lost but four and has knocked out 67 percent of his opponents; During his career, he has won the WBC Super Bantamweight Championship of the World, the IBF Super Bantamweight Championship of the World, the NABF Super Bantamweight Championship and the WBO NABO Super Bantamweight Championship

H
e has defeated such men as Rafael Marquez, Jhonny Gonzalez, Ivan Hernandez, Oscar Larios, Armando Guerrero, Artyom Simonyan, Jose Luis Valbuena, Trinidad Mendoza, Jorge Eliecer Julio, Ever Beleno, Don Don Conception, Javier Varquez, Edel Ruiz, Hector Velazquez, Osvaldo Guerrero, Agustin Lorenzo, Enrique Angeles, Oscar Larios, Saul Briseno and Adarryl Johnson

1995
Mar 29 Eduardo Rojas              Mexico City, Mexico              TK  1
Apr 19 Sergio Lopez               Mexico City, Mexico              KO  1
Jun 21 Jesus Romero               Mexico City, Mexico              TK  1
Sep  6 Raul Gonzales              Mexico City, Mexico              WF  4

1996
Feb 16 Alejandro Pantaleon        Salina Cruz, Mexico              KO  3
Mar  8 Cecilio Marino Jimenez     Salina Cruz, Mexico              KO  7
Apr 19 Joel Nolasco               Salina Cruz, Mexico              KO  2
May  3 Enrique Martinez           Salina Cruz, Mexico              TK  1
Sep  7 Saul Briseno               Mexico City, Mexico              TK  3
Oct  5 Ulises Flores              Mexico City, Mexico              LT  1
Nov 30 Abraham Barrientos         Mexico City, Mexico              TK  5

1997
Mar 29 Erik Lopez                 Mexico City, Mexico              TK  3
Apr 12 Oscar Larios               Mexico City, Mexico              KO  1
Jun 14 Marcello Nava              Mexico City, Mexico              TK  4
Aug 30 Enrique Angeles            Mexico City, Mexico              TK  9

1998
Feb 21 Saul Briseno               Mexico City, Mexico              TW  8
Mar 15 Antonio Ramirez            El Cajon, Ca                      W  6
Jun  8 Oscar Javier Garcia        Anaheim, Ca                      TK  4
Aug 10 Juan Manuel Chavez         Anaheim, Ca                       W 10
Oct 22 Frank Lizarraga            San Diego, Ca                     W  6
Nov 30 Agustin Lorenzo            Anaheim, Ca                      TK  8

1999
Mar 27 Marcos Licona              Las Vegas, Nv                     L 12
          -WBO NABO Super Bantamweight Championship
Aug  9 Nelson Ramon Medina        Anaheim, Ca                      KO  7
Oct  3 Adarryl Johnson            Lula, Ms                          W  6

2000
Jan  7 Edel Ruiz                  Sacramento, Ca                    W  8
Feb  4 Hector Velazquez           Indio, Ca                         W 10
May  6 Eddie Saenz                Indio, Ca                        KO  3
Jul 29 Amador Vasquez             Lake Tahoe, Nv                   KO  2
Aug 17 Javier Varguez             Anaheim, Ca                      KO  3
Oct 27 Eddie Saenz                Montebello, Ca                   KO  2

2001
Jan  7 Don Don Concepcion         Las Vegas, Nv                    TK  3
          -NABF Super Bantamweight Championship
May 19 Ever Beleno                Indio, Ca                        KO  2
          -NABF Super Bantamweight Championship
Oct 25 Felipe Ramirez             Irvine, Ca                       KO  5

2002
Feb 22 Osvaldo Guerrero           Montebello, Ca                    W 10
May 17 Oscar Larios               Sacramento, Ca                   LT 12
          -WBC Super Bantamweight Championship of the World
Sep 26 Justo Almazan              National City, Ca                 W  8

2003
May 22 Jorge Eliecer Julio        San Antonio, Tx                  TK 10
Sep 19 Trinidad Mendoza           Bakersfield, Ca                  TK  7

2004
Mar 25 Jose Luis Valbuena         Los Angeles, Ca                  TK 12
          -IBF Super Bantamweight Championship of the World
Dec 28 Artyom Simonyan            El Cajon, Ca                     TK  5
          -IBF Super Bantamweight Championship of the World

2005
May 31 Armando Guerrero           Lynwood, Il                       W 12
          -IBF Super Bantamweight Championship of the World
Dec  3 Oscar Larios               Las Vegas, Nv                    TK  3
          -WBC Super Bantamweight Championship of the World

2006
Jun 10 Ivan Hernandez             Atlantic City, NJ                TK  4
          -WBC Super Bantamweight Championship of the World
Sep 16 Jhonny Gonzalez            Las Vegas, Nv                    TK 10
          -WBC Super Bantamweight Championship of the World

2007
Mar  3 Rafael Marquez             Carson,  Ca                      LT  7
          -WBC Super Bantamweight Championship of the World
Aug  4 Rafael Marquez             Hidalgo, Tx                      TK  6
          -WBC Super Bantamweight Championship of the World

2008
Mar  1 Rafael Marquez             Carson,  Ca                       W 12
          -WBC Super Bantamweight Championship of the World

2009
Oct 10 Angel Antonio Priolo       Los Angeles, Ca                  TK  9

2010
May 22 Rafael Marquez             Los Angeles, Ca                  LT  3
          -WBC Silver Super Bantamweight Championship of the World


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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