Israel Vazquez, three-time world champion boxer, dies at 46
- Three-Time former world champion Israel Vazquez has died at the age of 46.
- Vazquez held the IBF, WBC and The Ring super bantamweight world titles during his 49-fight career, with a record of 44 wins and five defeats.
- He was best known for his battles with Rafael Marquez, where they fought four times from 2007 to 2010, winning two fights each.
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The boxer Israel Vázquez, known as El Magnifico, died at age 46 after fighting a cancer that he was diagnosed with a few months ago and had to be admitted to the hospital in October.Read more]]>
His fights against Rafael Márquez are among the best in boxing over the past 20 years. Israel Vázquez was crowned bantamweight world champion three times. Now "El Magnifico" has succumbed to cancer.
Mexican Israel ‘Magnificent’ Vázquez, a triple world champion of super-gallo weight, died at age 46 due to cancer, the World Boxing Council (WBC) reported Tuesday.
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