Roberto Vásquez Explained

Robert Vásquez
Realname:Robert Vásquez
Nickname:La Araña (The Spider)
Weight:
Height:5 ft 8 in
Reach:65 in
Nationality:American
Birth Date:August 11, 1984
Birth Place:Oxnard, California
Style:Southpaw
Total:43
Wins:34
Ko:23
Losses:7
Draws:2

Roberto Gaspar Vásquez Ramírez (born Aug 11, 1984) is a Mexican American professional boxer who held the WBA light flyweight title from 2005 to 2006. He also held the WBA flyweight interim title from 2006 to 2007.

Professional career

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.

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. 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. Vásquez added the WBA Fedelatin title to his collection when he defeated Luis Doria by seventh-round TKO on November 26, 2003, 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. 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.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
43Loss34–7–2 Edixon Perez
42Win34–6–2 Mauricio Martinez
41Win33–6–2 Rafael Concepción
40Loss32–6–2 Walberto Ramos
39Draw32–5–2 John Mark Apolinario
38Draw32–5–1 John Mark Apolinario
37Win32–5 Geyci Lorenzo
36Win31–5 Mario Briones
35Loss30–5 Oscar Gonzalez
34Win30–4 Gregorio Torres
33Win29–4 Genilson de Jesus Santos
32Win28–4 Luis Felipe Cuadrado
31Loss27–4 Drian Francisco
30Loss27–3 Hugo Cázares
29Win27–2 Felipe Rodriguez Zapata
28Win26–2 Cesar Singo
27Win25–2 Jesus Lora
26Loss24–2 Takefumi Sakata
25Win24–1 Takefumi Sakata
24Win23–1 Horlan Hamilton
23Win22–1 Noel Arambulet
22Win21–1 Nerys Espinoza
21Win20–1 José Antonio Aguirre
20Win19–1 Beibis Mendoza
19Win18–1 Farid Cassiani
18Win17–1 Freddy Beleno
17Win16–1 Edgar Velasquez
16Win15–1 Jose Garcia Bernal
15Win14–1 Luis Doria
14Win13–1 Eduardo Ray Marquez
13Win12–1 Leonel Arburola
12Win11–1 Jose Plinio Gonzalez
11Win10–1 Marlon Marquez
10Win9–1 Carlos Caballero
9Win8–1 Isidro Munoz
8Win7–1 Jorge Sanchez
7Win6–1 Edwin Rodriguez
6Win5–1 Hussein Sanchez
5Win4–1 Alexander Murillo
4Win3–1 Agustin Menacho
3Win2–1 Juvencio Caballero
2Win1–1 Carlos Rodriguez
1Loss0–1 Angelo Dottin

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Monshipour holds on to WBA title. BBC. 2018-03-04.