Julio César Vásquez (born July 13, 1965) is an Argentine retired professional

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best known to have held a WBA junior middleweight title.

Amateur record

Vasquez had an amateur record of 33-2.

Professional career

Vasquez, known as "El Zurdo" which means lefty as he is a southpaw, turned pro in 1986 and captured the Vacant WBA Light Middleweight Title by KO'ing little-known Hitoshi Kamiyama in

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. He successfully defended the title ten times beating such boxers as

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, Aaron Davis, Tony Marshall and the then-undefeated future-great:

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during his championship reign before losing the belt to the legendary

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in 1995 who had only one fight in this weightclass. That same year he recaptured the WBA Light Middleweight Title by beating fellow southpaw

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whom he knocked out with a single straight left after trailing badly on points. The devastating 11th-round knockout of Daniels was named Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year for

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. He lost the belt in his next fight to Laurent Boudouani by KO and never contended again. Although he never had another major title shot, Vasquez continues to fight in his native Argentina, fighting as recently as 2007 in the

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(168 lb) division and has a current win–loss record of 68 wins, 13 losses.

Professional boxing record

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* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Vásquez, Julio César 1966 births Living people Argentine male boxers Boxers from Santa Fe, Argentina Middleweight boxers Super-middleweight boxers World light-middleweight boxing champions World Boxing Association champions 20th-century Argentine sportsmen

Amateur record

Professional career

Professional boxing record

See also

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