Roberto Vásquez
Roberto Vásquez | |
|---|---|
| Born | Roberto Gaspar Vásquez Ramírez May 26, 1983 Panama City, Panama |
| Nationality | Panamanian |
| Other names | La Araña (The Spider) |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Flyweight |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 25 |
| Wins | 24 |
| Wins by KO | 17 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Roberto Vásquez (born May 26, 1983 in Panama City, Panama) is a southpaw boxer. Fighting in the flyweight division, his record is 24-1 (17 KOs). He is currently the WBA world flyweight interim champion.
Vásquez lost in his professional boxing debut against Angelo Dottin on March 17, 2001. The four-round fight occurred in Dottin's hometown of Colón, Panama. Despite Vásquez's cutting Dottin's right cheek in the first round, all three judges scored the bout 39-38 for Dottin.[1]
Since the debut loss, Vásquez has won 22 consecutive fights. His first minor championship was the WBO Latino light flyweight title, which he won from Carlos Caballero on October 31, 2002 by fourth-round TKO.[1] In Vásquez's next fight—on February 15, 2003—he unified the WBO and WBC Latino light flyweight titles by knocking out Marlon Márquez in the tenth round.[1] Vásquez added the WBA Fedelatin title to his collection when he defeated Luis Doria by seventh-round TKO on November 26, 2003.[1] becoming the first Latin American boxer to hold these three titles simultaneously in any weight división.
After he made a few title defenses in 2003 and 2004, Vásquez earned the opportunity to fight against Beibis Mendoza for the vacant WBA world light flyweight title. On April 29, 2005, Vásquez knocked down Mendoza twice in the tenth round, and after the count of 10 the referee Luis Pabon ended the fight.[1] Vásquez then successfully defended the Light Flyweight title three times, against José Antonio Aguirre from Mexico, Nerys Espinoza from Nicaragua and Nohel Arambulet from Venezuela. After the third defense, Vásquez vacated the title in order to challenge Lorenzo Parra for the WBA flyweight title.[2] Nevertheless, the fight programmed for Oct 10, 2006 was cancelled due to an injury in Parra's right knee which had to be operated, giving the chance to Vasquez to fight for the interim title in Bercy, Paris, France against top challenger Takefumi Sakata from Japan.
| Number | Date | Result | Round | Method | Opponent | Nationality | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 17, 2001 | Loss | 4R | UD | Angelo Dottin | PAN | |
| 2 | August 29, 2001 | Win | 1R 1:18 | TKO | Carlos Rodríguez | PAN | |
| 3 | September 22, 2001 | Win | 2R 0:10 | TKO | Juvencio Caballero | PAN | |
| 4 | November 30, 2001 | Win | 4R | SD | Agustín Menacho | PAN | |
| 5 | January 23, 2002 | Win | 2R 0:10 | TKO | Alexander Murillo | PAN | |
| 6 | March 16, 2002 | Win | 1R 0:38 | KO | Husein Sánchez | PAN | |
| 7 | May 15, 2002 | Win | 3R 2:07 | TKO | Edwin Rodríguez | PAN | |
| 8 | August 3, 2002 | Win | 1R 2:24 | KO | Jorge Sánchez | PAN | |
| 9 | September 9, 2002 | Win | 2R 1:08 | KO | Isidro Muñoz | PAN | |
| 10 | October 31, 2002 | Win | 4R 0:53 | TKO | Carlos Caballero | COL | WBO Latino Light Flyweight Titlematch |
| 11 | February 15, 2003 | Win | 10R 2:57 | KO | Marlon Marquez | NIC | WBO Latino & WBC Latinamerican Light Flyweight Titlematch |
| 12 | March 28, 2003 | Win | 8R | UD | Jose Plinio González | PAN | |
| 13 | August 2, 2003 | Win | 1R 2:59 | KO | Leonel Arburola | CRC | |
| 14 | October 3, 2003 | Win | 2R 1:45 | TKO | Eduardo Ray Marquez | NIC | WBC Latinamerican Light Flyweight Titlematch |
| 15 | November 26, 2003 | Win | 7R 2:27 | TKO | Luis Doria | COL | WBA FEDELATIN & WBC Latinamerican Light Flyweight Titlematch |
| 16 | April 16, 2004 | Win | 10R 2:14 | TKO | José García Bernal | COL | WBA FEDELATIN, WBO Latino & WBC Latinamerican Light Flyweight Titlematch |
| 17 | July 16, 2004 | Win | 5R 0:54 | KO | Edgar Velasquez | VEN | |
| 18 | October 1, 2004 | Win | 12R | UD | Freddy Beleño | VEN | WBA FEDELATIN, WBO & WBCLatino Light Flyweight Titlematch |
| 19 | December 11, 2004 | Win | 1R 2:57 | KO | Farid Cassiani | COL | |
| 20 | April 29, 2005 | Win | 10R 2:03 | KO | Beibis Mendoza | COL | WBA World Light Flyweight Titlematch |
| 21 | August 20, 2005 | Win | 4R 1:16 | TKO | José Antonio Aguirre | MEX | WBA World Light Flyweight Titlematch |
| 22 | November 19, 2005 | Win | 12R | UD | Nerys Espinoza | NIC | WBA World Light Flyweight Titlematch |
| 23 | May 20, 2006 | Win | 12R | UD | Noel Arambulet | VEN | WBA World Light Flyweight Titlematch |
| 24 | Oct 28, 2006 | Win | 10R | UD | Horlan Hamilton | NIC | |
| 25 | Dec 2, 2006 | Win | 12R | SD | Takefumi Sakata | JPN | WBA Interim World Flyweight Titlematch |
See also
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d e BoxRec.com editors. "Roberto Vasquez." BoxRec.com. URL accessed 8 June 2006.
- ^ WBA officials. “Araña” Vasquez relinquishes WBA title. 25 May 2006. World Boxing Association. URL accessed 17 July 2006.