Israel Vázquez

Mexican boxer (1977–2024)

イスラエル・バスケス

Born

25 December 1977, Mexico City

Died

2 December 2024, Los Angeles

Citizenship

Mexico

Sport

boxing

Discipline

featherweight, super bantamweight

Occupation

boxer

Height

166 cm (5 ft 5 in)

Israel Vázquez Castañeda (December 25, 1977 – December 3, 2024) was a Mexican professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2010. He was a three-time super bantamweight world champion, having held the IBF title from 2004 to 2005; and the WBC, The Ring titles twice from 2005 to 2008. Vázquez is best known for his series of four fights against fellow Mexican Rafael Márquez.

Awards and honours

• Ali–Frazier Award 2008
• IBF World Junior Featherweight Champion
• The Ring World Junior Featherweight Champion
• WBC World Super Bantamweight Champion

External links

• Wikipedia
• BoxRec
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q980711 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.