2010 Official Boxing Thread: Soto/Antillon, 2010 Fight of the Year.

Showtime.  Vasquez cut already
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I told yall that eye was horrible before the pre fight interview. they poppin *!$+ while throwin
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I love it!
the ref screamin callete ! Callete LMAO
 
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
REVENGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

LIGHT WORKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
RAFA RAFA RAFA RAFA !
 
Damn, I wish it would have been a little longer but great fight nonetheless. Gotta give Vasquez credit though, fighting through the worst cut I've seen in a long time...
 
Vazquez don't need to fight no more while I'm on it...I saw pics of him at the press conference and it didnt look good there...but once he stepped in the ring...it looked really bad
 
That cut was nasty . Rafa was way to sharp the combination punches where the difference just too sharp and quick
 
Need to see Perez/Agbeko rematch.

So Haye is more than likely going to be fighting Audley Harrison in October
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You notice how ever since Wlad was on Youtube calling Haye a +@@%!, he's been speaking only through Adam Booth now?

SHOOK.
 
I'd love to see Marquez tear Vic a new one.
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Good for Marquez,
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I thought Abner Mares won the fight, but he got a little too complacent in the middle rounds.
 
Marquez is gonna BURY Vic if it happens
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Vic's better off duckin Rafa the way he's duckin Nonito. He dont want NONE of that I promise.
 
Domingo's Fists of Fury KO's Melendez

By Rene Bonsubre, Jr.
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 23 May 2010

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Michael Domingo knocked out Luis Melendez of Colombia in the second round with a wicked left hook to the liver. It was a satisfying win for Domingo and the Cebuano crowd who watched the Waterfront Hotel Fight Card hoping for some measure of vengeance over the career ending injury of Z Gorres. 
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Domingo scored with powerful left hooks to the body and right hand leads to the head in the opening round. He did not let go of his advantage in the second continued his punishing attack. Domingo's hook sent Melendez to the canvas writhing in pain. Referee Gene del Bianco reached the ten count at 1: 39 of the 2nd. 

In an dramatic moment before the main event, Z Gorres walked inside the fight venue assisted by his wife Datchess and sat at ringside. Domingo called out Gorres after his win and stated that his mission of revenge was accomplished. 

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i think someone asked in here


but everyone on the PBF VS mosley card took random blood test

one bum on the undercard got caught with something
 
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Saturday at Los Angeles​
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Featherweight
Rafael Marquez TKO3 Israel Vazquez
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[/td][/tr][tr][td]Records: Marquez, 39-5, 35 KOs; Vazquez, 44-5, 33 KOs.
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Rafael's remark: Although there was some conversation about a fifth fight between Marquez and Vazquez after this fourth encounter in one of boxing's all-time great rivalries, it seemed more like bravado than anything serious. Vazquez halfheartedly said he'd do a fifth fight if the fans asked for it. Marquez said he was also willing. But the fans won't ask for it after this blowout, the promoters are not interested in another fight, and it would be shocking if Showtime anted up again after putting on all four of their fights. Besides, with Marquez scoring a decisive victory over his Mexican countryman, there will be a big fight at featherweight for him, be it against the likes of Juan Manuel Lopez, Yuriorkis Gamboa or Chris John. Marquez simply no longer needs Vazquez to make money. And Vazquez, well, his career is in jeopardy and very possibly over. His manager, Frank Espinoza, said after the fight that he wanted Vazquez to retire and would not put him in another fight. Espinoza reiterated his stance to ESPN.com on Sunday night. Hopefully, Vazquez will take care of his career-high $800,000 purse and walk off into the sunset.





Ultimately, the Marquez-Vazquez series looks like it will end just the way it should end -- with the warriors tied 2-2 after 26 hellacious rounds and headed toward the Hall of Fame someday. The rivalry has been incredible with three truly legendary fights followed by this forgettable coda. After the intensity level of the first three bouts, maybe it was just wishful thinking to think that the fourth could come close to living up to its predecessors. After all, the first fight in 2007 was sensational as Marquez, 35, moved from the bantamweight division he ruled and stopped Vazquez, 32, to win the junior featherweight championship. Vazquez got his revenge later in the year by stopping Marquez in what turned out to be the fight of the year. And then they waged the best fight of the series in 2008, a slugfest for the ages in which Vazquez scored a 12th-round knockdown to eke out a split decision by one point to retain the title. After long layoffs, low-level tune-up fights for each and Vazquez going through multiple eye surgeries to repair a retina injury, they met for the fourth time in a nontitle featherweight fight before about 9,000 fans at the Staples Center.





Unfortunately, the fight was more or less over before it really got going. Vazquez, who has had a career filled with hard fights, had obvious scar tissue above his left eye and has been a bleeder. Marquez went right after it and busted the tissue wide open with a punch in the first round. By the second round, Vazquez's eye was a bloody, hideous mess that was as gruesome as any cut you'll ever see in a boxing ring, and maybe even in a horror movie. It was that bad. Vazquez could barely see when Marquez knocked him to a knee early in the third round. And then an accidental head clash in the toe-to-toe round opened another cut around Vazquez's left eye. As Marquez was pouring it on, Vazquez's eyes were pouring blood and he was on his way down again under a hail of punches along the ropes when referee Raul Caiz Jr. stepped in at 1 minute, 33 seconds to stop the quickest fight of the series. It was an anticlimactic end to an otherwise glorious rivalry.





Marquez, the brother of lightweight champ Juan Manuel Marquez, dominated the entire fight while Vazquez was handicapped by the severe cuts. But Marquez also looked pretty fresh, crediting his new trainer, Hall of Famer Daniel Zaragoza, for getting him ready. He had replaced Mexican legend Nacho Beristain with Zaragoza. Whatever Marquez and Vazquez do in the future, they will be linked for eternity by their first three unforgettable battles. But by their waging a rare fourth fight, and Marquez's winning, it's all tied up for all time. Just the way it should be.
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Bantamweight
Yonnhy Perez D12 Abner Mares
Retains a bantamweight title
114-114 (twice), 115-113 (Mares)
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Rafael's remark: Although expectations for the Rafael Marquez-Israel Vazquez main event were sky-high after their first three epic battles, hard-core fight fans also had high hopes for this excellent match. On paper, it looked like a winner. In the ring, it turned out to be just that: a close, competitive and exciting fight all the way as Perez and Mares, good friends outside the ring, battled like enemies inside it. Perez, 31, a native of Colombia living in Santa Fe Springs, Calif., was making the first defense of the belt he won via unanimous decision in a slugfest against Joseph Agbeko in October. He didn't take the easy route, either. Instead of a soft touch for an initial defense like many fighters pick, his team went with Mares, the outstanding 24-year-old 2004 Mexican Olympian (who lives in Hawaiian Gardens, Calif.) and one of Golden Boy's brightest young fighters. Sure enough, the action was fast and furious, especially for the first few rounds. Mares did very well early. He was aggressive and quick and appeared to build a bit of a lead. But Perez is strong, has a good chin and was very determined. He was landing the harder punches, carrying the action to Mares and slowing him down through the middle rounds. Perez appeared in control until Mares found a second wind in the later rounds and seemed to hurt Perez, whose punch output was dropping, in the 10th round. Mares also closed very strong in the 12th round, staggering Perez in the final seconds with a right hand. But in the end, the work Perez did through the middle of the fight was enough to earn him (and rightly so) a majority draw. Perez, of course, was disappointed, but it was a very close fight. A draw was fair. Mares has nothing to be ashamed of. He should get another title opportunity, perhaps even in a rematch with Perez, whom Mares beat two out of three times in their amateur meetings. Perez said afterward that he is willing to give his buddy a rematch and Mares said he would like one. It would not be a surprise at all if Showtime bought the fight again.
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Saturday at Rostock, Germany ​
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Heavyweight
Ruslan Chagaev W12 Kali Meehan
Title eliminator
Scores: 118-110, 117-112, 117-111​
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Rafael's remark: Typical WBA dreck. Chagaev, 31, who is from Uzbekistan but based in Germany, is a former titlist who was destroyed in his last fight when he took an utter butt-whupping from champion Wladimir Klitschko 11 months ago until quitting on his stool one second into the 10th round. Meehan, 40, of Australia, has never beaten a top opponent (and still hasn't). Yet, the WBA sanctioned this as an elimination bout to determine the next mandatory challenger for titleholder David Haye. So Chagaev will get an eventual title shot he doesn't warrant, and we'll get a title bout few have interest in. Nonetheless, Chagaev cruised to the clear decision against the slower Meehan, whose six-fight winning streak ended. Chagaev, a southpaw, peppered him with shots but never really seemed to do much damage, even though he was winning rounds. Meehan, who did too much posing and feinting, looked tired by the fourth round and just couldn't get off enough shots. At 6-foot-5 to Chagaev's 6-1, Meehan also could not take advantage of his height advantage. He was outclassed in a ho-hum fight.
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Junior lightweight
Vitali Tajbert Tech. Dec. 9 Hector Velazquez
Scores: 88-83, 87-83, 88-82
Retains a junior lightweight title
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Rafael's remark: When titleholder Humberto Soto moved up to the lightweight division, Tajbert, the interim titlist, was elevated to titleholder. Making his first defense, Tajbert, 27, a 2004 Olympic bronze medalist for Germany, and Velazquez accidentally clashed heads in the second round, which opened a nasty cut over Tajbert's left eye. Because of the WBC's horrific rule, Velazquez, as the uncut fighter after a head butt, was docked a point. The cut would loom large over the fight. Tajbert, a solid technician with more speed than Mexico's Velazquez, 35, used his skills to open his lead. As he was doing that, the cut was becoming more and more of a problem. Finally, referee Richard Davies eventually stopped the bout because of the wound during the ninth round on advice from the ringside doctor. That sent the fight to the scorecards for a technical decision, and Tajbert held a wide lead on each scorecard. It was a solid performance for Tajbert, who fights in a relatively weak weight class. Although a good contender at one point, Velazquez has seen better days. He has lost four of his last five bouts, including two title fights in a row. He also lost a lightweight title bout to the late Edwin Valero in December.
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Heavyweight
Sergei Liakhovich KO9 Evans Quinn

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Rafael's remark: In 2006, Liakhovich, 33, a Belarus native living in Arizona, won a heavyweight title via unanimous decision in a sensational slugfest against Lamon Brewster. Neither one of them was ever the same again. Liakhovich was on his way to defending the title for the first time against Shannon Briggs in November 2006. He held a lead on all three scorecards when Briggs stunned him and knocked him out with one second left in the fight. After a 15-month layoff, Liakhovich lost a second consecutive bout when Nikolai Valuev punished him and shut him out in a title eliminator in February 2008. After a nearly two-year layoff, Liakhovich returned again for a blowout first-round knockout of Jeremy Bates in November. Now, in the second fight of his comeback, Liakhovich won again against another low-level foe, but it was awfully difficult. Liakhovich was credited with a knockdown of Quinn, 26, of Nicaragua, in the seventh round when he landed a right hand and the ropes held Quinn up. He eventually floored Quinn for the count with a right hand along the ropes in the ninth round, but it was a brutally tough fight for Liakhovich. Quinn apparently broke Liakhovich's nose in the fifth round when he landed a left hand and blood began pouring out. Quinn also swelled Liakhovich's left eye, which looked really bad. Liakhovich's trainer, Tommy Brooks, was concerned with how the bout was going and was imploring him in the later rounds that he needed a knockout to win. He eventually got it in a pretty good scrap.
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Lightweight
Ji-Hoon Kim TKO1 Ameth Diaz
Title eliminator​
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Rafael's remark: How's that for impressive? Every time we see Kim, he is more and more impressive. Not sure how he managed to lose five fights early in his career (including three of his first five bouts in 2004 and 2005), but he has obviously come a long way in a short time and is becoming a serious contender with every passing fight. In the "Friday Night Fights" main event, South Korea's Kim, 23, looked sensational as he blew away Panama's Diaz, 26, who had gone 12 rounds in a decision loss to Joan Guzman in a 2008 lightweight title eliminator. It figured to be a solid and competitive bout, but Kim quickly dispelled that notion. Diaz got off some hard shots early, but Kim took them well before landing a wicked chopping right hand that caught Diaz behind the ear and knocked him down. Diaz sort of leaned into the shot because he has a nasty habit of leaning down and to his right, which left him wide open for the blow. Nonetheless, Kim's punch was on the money and although Diaz beat the count, he was on shaky legs and referee Rafael Ramos appropriately called it off with one second left in the opening round. Because the IBF's lightweight title is vacant (and has been for ages), Kim will next face an opponent to be determined for the vacant belt. Kim is exciting and young and could fit nicely into a 135-pound division that could use an injection of fresh faces.
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Junior welterweight
Ruslan Provodnikov TKO9 Emanuel Augustus

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Rafael's remark: Similar to main event winner Ji-Hoon Kim, Provodnikov is another exciting young fighter with a seemingly very bright future who is promoted by Artie Pelullo. Russia's Provodnikov, 26, makes great fights and looks like he is as strong as a bull. And the fact that he fights in the outstanding 140-pound weight class means there could be some really tremendous fights for him in the not-too-distant future. He was supposed to face Frankie Figueroa, who pulled out the week of the fight citing a rib injury in training. So Augustus, the longtime "Friday Night Fights" fan favorite, came in on just four days' notice, something he's done throughout his career. Augustus always gives a quality effort and has made many terrific fights (including his all-time epic with Micky Ward, the 2001 fight of the year), but he's 35 now and was coming off a nine-month layoff. That's not a good combination, and Provodnikov exploited it as he handed "The Drunken Master" his third consecutive loss. It was a fast-paced fight, but Provodnikov was obviously the stronger man and Augustus, who made just $7,500 for his trouble, eventually felt the power. Provodnikov landed a clean shot to the face in the fifth round and knocked Augustus down, but he rallied to wobble Provodnikov later in the round. But that was basically Augustus' last stand. Provodnikov continued to pressure him, finally dropping him again in a corner after a flurry of shots. Augustus, looking weary, made it to his feet and continued but Provodnikov backed him into the ropes and unleashed a four-punch combination. Augustus went down again just as referee Rafael Ramos was calling it off at 1 minute, 50 seconds. Provodnikov is a guy you want to see a lot more of. Augustus is a guy you also want to see more of, but it might not be the best idea for him to keep fighting.
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Friday at Fort Worth, Texas​
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Junior welterweight
Sharif Bogere TKO5 Ilidio Julio
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Rafael's remark: Bogere, a prospect who always comes to fight and is entertaining -- from his lion's head ring entrance garb to his fun fighting style. Headlining on Telefutura, Bogere, 21, a native of Uganda based in Las Vegas, got a last-minute showcase against Julio, 39, a Miami-based Colombian journeyman who lost his third bout in his last four. Julio was supposed to face undefeated Mexican prospect Pablo Cesar Cano, but he fell out because of the ever-problematic visa problems that seem to plague foreign fighters. Bogere was called in at the last minute and dominated. Bogere was much stronger and batted Julio around the ring until Julio, citing a right shoulder injury, quit on his stool 10 seconds into the fifth round. He probably made the wise decision, saving himself several more rounds of punishment.
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Friday at New York​
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Heavyweight
Shannon Briggs TKO1 Dominique Alexander

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Rafael's remark: It might take you longer to read this capsule than it took Briggs, a former heavyweight champion, to knock out Alexander, 27, of Topeka, Kansas, who lost his second in a row and for the fifth time in his last seven fights (each of those defeats coming on a knockout). The 38-year-old Briggs, who held a 30-pound weight advantage (258 to 228), needed a mere 20 seconds to blow out Alexander with a left hook to the body. It was Briggs' second consecutive first-round knockout of a nothing opponent in two months, having also gotten rid of Rafael Pedro in 28 seconds on April 13. Briggs hasn't had a meaningful victory since his 2006 last-second knockout (literally, with one second left in the 12th round) of Sergei Liakhovich to win a title, he but still talks endlessly about how much he deserves a fight with one of the titleholders, Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali Klitschko or David Haye. Briggs has always talked a great game, but maybe he ought to earn his shot by fighting a live body. Knocking out stiffs in less than a minute doesn't mean anything. In any event, Briggs must have been very confident of a quick knockout against Alexander. It is why he had previously scheduled a return to action on Friday in Norfolk, Va., where he is supposed to face journeyman Rob Calloway, who is at least a slight step up from the likes of Alexander and Pedro.
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Friday at Sheffield, England​
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Junior middleweight
Ryan Rhodes TKO6 Luca Messi
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Rafael's remark: In October, England's Rhodes stopped countryman Jamie Moore in the seventh round to win the European title in a blistering fight-of-the-year candidate. Returning for his first defense, Rhodes, 33, looked great taking apart Italy's tough Messi, 35, who had challenged for a world title shot against Alejandro "Terra" Garcia in 2005 and lost a unanimous decision. Rhodes, fighting in his hometown in the main event of a card promoted by Ricky Hatton, was simply better in every department. He was stronger and busier, had better defense, and was more accurate with his shots. He dropped Messi in the first round with a straight left hand, but Messi did not appear hurt. In the third round, Rhodes scored a heavier knockdown, dumping Messi to the seat of his pants with another left hand. And in the sixth round, Rhodes, in total command, floored him for the third time with a right hand to the body. Messi was in rough shape, and referee Manuel Oliver Palomo called it off while Rhodes pounded on him during the follow-up attack for a very solid victory, which ended Messi's six-fight winning streak end. Rhodes looked very sharp and would like a world title shot. He called for a title eliminator against Antonio Margarito after the fight. If Rhodes can't get a fight like that or a world title shot, he said he'd make his mandatory European title defense against Lukas Konecny.
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Thursday at Parramatta, Australia​
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Bantamweight
Vic Darchinyan W12 Eric Barcelona
Scores: 120-103, 118-105, 116-108​
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Rafael's remark: Australia's Darchinyan, 34, is the unified junior bantamweight world champion but took his hacks in the bantamweight division again after failing in his bid to lift a world title from then-titlist Joseph Agbeko in July. But Barcelona, 28, of the Philippines, wasn't nearly the right caliber opponent as Agbeko and Darchinyan powered his way to a lopsided decision. Darchinyan, a formidable puncher (at least at junior bantamweight and flyweight) pounded away throughout the fight, but Barcelona is a tough dude who takes a good shot. He has never been stopped despite a poor record and losing his second fight in a row. Darchinyan scored two knockdowns in the fifth round and one in the 11th round. Barcelona also had two points deducted for low blows, one in the sixth and one in the 12th, to make the scores look even more lopsided. The win was Darchinyan's third in a row since his loss to Agbeko as he stayed busy. Darchinyan has now fought three times in six months, which is a good thing for one of the world's most exciting fighters. He defended his title in December with a quick knockout of mandatory challenger Tomas Rojas, easily outpointed the iron-chinned Rodrigo Guerrero in a March title defense and returned to defeat Barcelona for his first bout in his adopted home country since 2007. Darchinyan is expected to return to the United States, where he has campaigned almost exclusively since 2006, in August for a fight on Showtime, which has televised most of his fights for the past several years. Whether Darchinyan defends his junior bantamweight belts or seeks a fight in a heavier weight division, something he's interested in, remains to be seen. There has been some talk about Darchinyan's jumping all the way to featherweight (bad idea) to face Rafael Marquez, who, like Darchinyan, is promoted by Gary Shaw.
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Frank Espinoza did not mince words following Israel Vazquez's third-round TKO loss to rival Rafael Marquez on Saturday night.

Espinoza, Vazquez's longtime manager, said that the fighter he considers a son would not fight again.

"That's it," Espinoza said. "His career is over. He's not going to fight again."

Vazquez, of course, had been stopped because Marquez opened a horrific gash (down to the bone) in the chronically puffy skin over his left eye in the first round. Another cut -- this one over the right eye -- split open after an accidental head-butt in the third round.

Espinoza's statement was in the heat of the moment, just after Vazquez had been vanquished and Marquez had tied their all-time classic rivalry 2-2 in the featherweight bout at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

I've heard folks say a lot of things inside the ring or at a news conference immediately following a fight that they regret later. So I called Espinoza on Sunday night, about 24 hours after the fight had ended, to see if he still felt the same way about Vazquez calling it a career.

"I certainly feel that way still," Espinoza said.

I can't blame him, not after all the punishment Vazquez has taken during his career -- in which, besides insanely violent fights with Marquez, he also has had wars with Oscar Larios, Jhonny Gonzalez and others.

The bottom line is that Vazquez is 32 but more like 52 in ring years, and he has been cut so many times around his eyes that he simply can't take the blows anymore without busting wide open and pouring blood. Vazquez (44-5, 32 KOs) and his team knew the eyes were tender, which is why he wore a protective mask over them during sparring sessions for Saturday's fight.

Espinoza didn't even know how many stitches Vazquez needed to close both wounds because there was commotion after the fight and because he needed so many.

But the cuts were terrible. Vazquez had Miguel Diaz, one of boxing's best cut men, in his corner, but he was helpless to the bleeding. Nobody could have stopped it.

When I saw the cut while watching the fight on Showtime -- and, boy, was it gruesome, especially in HD -- I could only think of two other cuts, off the top of my head, that I've seen that were even close: One was the gash that Lennox Lewis inflicted on Vitali Klitschko that ended their heavyweight championship fight (also at Staples Center); the other was the cut Arturo Gatti suffered in a loss to Angel Manfredy. But Vazquez's were worse. Turns out, according to Espinoza, that Dr. Pearlman Hicks -- the Long Beach, Calif., plastic surgeon who stitched up Klitschko in the Staples Center dressing room following his loss to Lewis -- was on hand to sew up Vazquez.

Espinoza, who brought Vazquez from Mexico to fight regularly in the United States in 1998, said he would give Vazquez a few days "to chill" before broaching the subject of his future with him. But Espinoza is convinced that Vazquez should not fight again.

"I think Israel right now should talk to his family and his wife and discuss it, and then I will let him know how I feel," Espinoza said. "I've known Israel for 12 years. He's been like a son to me. He knows when I tell him something I am sincere. We have a great bond. When I say something, I really feel it. He knows I am not going to tell him what he wants to hear."

Espinoza said Vazquez has meant too much to him and too much to boxing for him to continue getting fights for him, especially a fifth fight with Marquez, which was broached in the immediate aftermath of the bout.

It may have been briefly discussed, but it doesn't sound as though Showtime, which bankrolled the entire series, has any interest in another (thankfully).

"It is so fitting that the amazing series between Marquez and Vazquez ends tied at 2," Showtime boxing chief Ken Hershman said. "Both men will go down in history alongside the greatest fighters this sport has known. We are proud to have been part of this historic rivalry and to have delivered, once again, the best that boxing has to offer."

No fifth fight, or any other, if Espinoza has his way.

"I'm not going to put him in to be an opponent," Espinoza said. "[The series with Marquez] ended up 2-2 and no one got up on the other guy, and I think that's the way it should stay. I want Israel to be healthy and enjoy life with his family."

Vazquez, who earned a career-high payday of $800,000 for the fight, has dabbled in broadcasting for Spanish-language network Telemundo. Espinoza hopes he can help find him a gig doing that more regularly.

"Israel is a good speaker. He has dome some commentating on Telemundo," Espinoza said. "He could do that and still stay active in boxing. But this is a great way to end his legacy. Why put him in there with somebody younger and hungry? What's the purpose?"

There is none.
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Originally Posted by GUNNA GET IT

Marquez is gonna BURY Vic if it happens
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Vic's better off duckin Rafa the way he's duckin Nonito. He dont want NONE of that I promise.
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Exactly, but those are the two biggest names he could face right now.

I want to see either of those happen.

Honestly, as impressive as that first fight was of Donaire's, I think Marquez would kick Vic's %!* more than Nonito would if they had a rematch.

Vic needs to face somebody though. I don't know as many of the notable boxers as some of yall do, but it seems like Vic hasn't faced any real competition since he fought Agbeko.

Damn Vitali is fighting again already? That's what I love about the Klitschko brothers, you get to see them both beat up on dudes seemingly every other month or so; so it seems like they fight a ton throughout the year.
 
Marquez is a full 3 weight classes over Vic and Vic called both of them out
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%@@@ is like JMM calling out Paul to fight at 154. Dude punches harder and with more volume than Agbeko. I have no problem with a 35 year old man taking the best payday of his career to beat a smaller man who's been calling him out as I've heard some people faulting Rafa a bit the last day or two.
 
Vic has been beating up undersized flyweights during the majority of his career.. I'd like to see how he does against the bigger man for a change.   
 
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