Bryan Vázquez (born August 26, 1987) is a Costa Rican
professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...
.
Professional career
On November 3, 2011, Vázquez defeated Santos Benavides by twelfth round unanimous decision for the interim WBA Super featherweight title. On July 21, 2012 Vázquez defeated Jorge Lacierva to earn a match against WBA World super featherweight champion,
Takashi Uchiyama
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is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2016, having held the WBA (Super) super-featherweight title from 2010 to 2016.
Early life
He was born in Nagasaki Prefecture, grew up in Kasukabe, Saitama, and lives i ...
. This was also a match up between two boxers in
The Ring Magazine's top ten Junior Lightweights, with Vázquez having recently moved into the tenth spot and Uchiyama residing in the number one spot. The match took place on New Year's Eve, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan. Vázquez was defeated by TKO when Uchiyama landed several punches to the head and the referee stopped the fight after the bell ending the eighth round.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of super-featherweight boxing champions
References
External links
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1987 births
Living people
Costa Rican male boxers
Super-featherweight boxers
Lightweight boxers
World super-featherweight boxing champions
World Boxing Association champions