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Vazquez-Marquez II honored!
WBHF Fight of the Year
The accolades continue for WBC Super Bantamweight champion Israel "Magnifico" Vazquez after his two thrilling wars against Rafael Marquez. The World Boxing Hall of Fame has announced that they'll be awarding Vazquez vs. Marquez with "fight of the year" honors at their induction ceremony to be held at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California on Saturday. "I feel thrilled," said Vazquez when he heard the news. "To get such recognition is unbelievable." This is the second time for Vazquez. He also received the distinction in 2006 after his KO win over Jhonny Gonzalez. Vazquez's manager, Frank Espinoza, will be awarded "manager of the year" honors. Espinoza was recently inducted into the California Boxing Hall of Fame. Vazquez and Espinoza received the news at the press conference held at The Santa Ana Winery to announce the inductions of Ricardo "Finito" Lopez, Larry Holmes, Gerald McClellan, Alvaro "Yaqui" Lopez, George Benton, Joe Cortez, Steve Albert and Efren Torres.



i believe both of their fights have been FOTY IMO. i CANT wait for part III the rubber match. hopefully its in a venue where i can attend the fight!