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Israel Vazquez Interview: Picks Mayweather vs Pacquiao winner plus talks blood tests E-mail
In an exclusive one on one interview Israel Vazquez discussed why his fights with Rafael Marquez are recognized as one of the best in Mexican boxing history.  Also, he said who he thinks would win between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr.  Its interesting hearing his reaction since he spent many years with Freddie Roach and sparred with Pacquiao many times.  Also, he gives his thoughts on whether he would do a random blood test…Read on for the full transcript…
Liverpuncher: Many people are saying that your fights with Marquez are some of the best fights in the history of Mexican boxing.  For example the fights between Eric Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera, the second fight between them wasn’t as good as the first but you and Marquez continue to fight each other with as much heart and will.  How many times do you think you can fight like this?

Vazquez: I think something very important in life as well as in boxing is to love the things you do.  I fight for the love of the sport.  If I could do it over again, I would do it a thousand times over to be a boxer because this sport has given me more than I ever anticipated in life.  And thank god, Rafael seems to have the same feelings as me.  That why when we both enter the ring we give everything we have to leave with a victory.

Liverpuncher: And how do you feel about the cuts on your eyes?  Do you think they will be an issue during the fight? 

Vazquez: No I don’t believe so.  I’m going to fight physically and mentally at 100%.  I don’t ever go in there thinking that they are going to cut me.  I try to connect with the best punches, be a better fighter round after round.  In regards to the cuts it only makes me give a little extra to be more focused that way the blood cannot be an issue to determine the fight.

Liverpuncher: So after Marquez, who do you have in your sights? 

Vazquez:  Well there are a lot of names out there.  I want to go after all the big names.  I have respect for Marquez and I hope for a victory then go after all the big names. 

Liverpuncher:  There are rumors out there that Marquez is no longer working with Nacho Berinstein.  Do you think that can be an advantage for you?

Vazquez:  Yes I heard that as well and I don’t think it will be an advantage or disadvantage.  Because Rafael is a fighter with lots of experience.  He is a fighter who knows a lot about boxing.  And whatever someone else can teach him Nacho already taught him and he will come out fighting like he always has. 

Liverpuncher:  Last question, between Pacquiao and Mayweather, who do you think would win?

Vazquez:  Well I think Mayweather.  Because of the difference in weight.  Pacquiao is a fighter that throws a whole lot of punches.  But I think Floyds ability is much more superior to Pacquiao

Liverpuncher: Regarding the blood tests, if Floyd Mayweather or another fighter offered you $20 million for a fight, would you take the blood tests?

Vazquez:  (Laughing) I believe I would! That amount of money doesn’t come around often in the sport.  And I would do it.  Principally because I would want to show that I have everything clean, that I arrive to fight in good condition, and demonstrate I don’t need anything extra to give a great fight.

Liverpuncher:  Ok thanks a lot champ!

Vazquez:  On the contrary, thanks to you and everyone out there.  
Comments (43) >>

goldenbear77 said: _

 
Doesn't seem to be a boxer out there other than Manny that's offended by the drug testing. Even Kahn who's in Roach's camp said he would take a blood test. For a $40 million minimum pay day I don't understand why Manny wont considering he has tattoos and it's $40 mil.
19 May, 2010

bri said: _

 
every boxer asked including all those with big bank accounts all say no problem just manny.to each his own i guess. hope this is set up.
19 May, 2010

noynoy said: _

 
i hope you get knocked out in your fight vasquez.you are nothing but a trash
19 May, 2010

boxing expert said: _

 
being obedient to the Commission and not submitting to an egoistic boxer, Now becomes a disadvantage ??? ... oops, i forgot the man is clean and PASSED all the Drug testings ... when will the world realize that Accusing is not a fact ?? .. oh well, you can watch another fight with an Old guy and best defensive fighter... boring.
19 May, 2010

ron_flor said: _

 
Another cheap fighter who wants to get paid buy his opponent. I think the reason why many boxers succomb to the idea of Mayweather is that they are poorly paid boxers who just want to have high payday even though they are being fooled and cheated by their opponent. Ask Shane and you will know what happened.
19 May, 2010

bren said: _

 
for guy who doesnt earn that much like Vasquez, I think he will fight Mayweather even with hand just to earn that $20 Million. But not in the case of Pacquiao, he earned Millions already and can afford to dictate terms and follow whatever his beliefs are or myth before the fight.
19 May, 2010

BROWNNOSE said: _

 
This fight will not happen. Mayweather is pure and simple afraid of Pacquiao. Blood test issue is Mayweather's way to avoid Pacquiao. How can Mayweather fight Pac when he would not even dare fighting Cotto?
19 May, 2010

BOIEMACHO said: _

 
I think Vasquez is even willing to take a randum blood test just for himself and not Mayweather just for the money.
19 May, 2010

jin said: _

 
manny is a different type of breed of a fighter compared w/ a different culture compared to other fighter. he fights for honor not for money, if they can change their mind just money, that's them they honor money than their principle and look where they are right now. they are not even close to manny's achievements. it's not about how much money you get, it's about getting the respect of everyone everytime you fight.
19 May, 2010

Rolly silentwater said: _

 
I can't believe smart people are having a hardtime getting into pacman's brain. He can do blood testing as long as the right agency will say so even if it's a day before the fight. But definitely not on mayweather's demand. It's an eye to eye battle, whoever blink first is dead.
19 May, 2010

AnthonyP said: _

 
Pacquiao is different dog, a high breed boxer, a future Hall of Famer, a Legend in the making. How can you expect him to succumed to nonsense demands of random drug test which is just an ego driven from arrogant people who want to control him. He has a principle to protect, a pride as a human, he want respect as much as we do. If PBF really wanted to fight him let the proper agency to handle such things. Manny has never violated any rules such as overweight, doing dirty tactics inside the ring, and mostly "PASSED" all drug tests eversince. So why pinpoint him Mayweathers?..
19 May, 2010

.357 said: _

 
i will revise the question " if somebody offers you 20 million dollars would you fight anybody that is matched to you?
if you are no afraid of somebody would you pass up a chance of 20 milion dollars?
19 May, 2010

jejemon said: _

 
geez... packy is not stupid like other boxers to just listen of what the chicken asked to...(like JMM just accepted millions of dollar just to let the chicken fight him 2 pounds higher)and WIN in a mismatch fight, cuz JMM can only faze the chicken(punch like a girl in that division + 2 pounds heavier)...its kinda obvious the chicken is finding a way to fight packy in a disadvantage situation and then WIN(again)?....if you don't know this then you are STUPID as JMM and idiot as MOSLEY(taking the test to weaken oneself; 4 viles for the chicken and 5 for Mosley)way to go for CHICKEN for your so called LEVEL PLAYING FIELD...quack quack quack smilies/grin.gif
19 May, 2010

Yryk said: _

 
It's plain and simple - PBF IS AFRAID OF PACQUIAO!!!
He doesn't want to be included in Congressman Pacquiao's list of VICTIMS INSIDE THE RING who after the fight would say -"I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HIS PUNCHES WERE COMING, AND HE'S STRONGER THAN WE THOUGHT!" Hahaha. You better retire now Pretty Boy before you ran out of "ALIBIS".
19 May, 2010

Wengz2002 said: _

 
It's obvious, Vasquez had hard feelings with Roach/Pacquiao...

Vasquez picks Cotto to beat Pacquiao!!!!!
We know what happended there~
19 May, 2010

BacrO said: _

 
damn right!!
19 May, 2010

nameless said: _

 
vasquez always bet against pacquiao but got his ass handed to him over & over.maybe pac brutally beat the crap out of izzy back when they were sparmates that's why he holds grudge LOL jealousy my friend coz pac has risen to stardom & left izzy behind
20 May, 2010

crismar said: _

 
all i can say Mr. Vasquez Mayweather is a runner smilies/shocked.gif
20 May, 2010

IGNORANT,UNEDUCATED FAN: said: _

 
give importance, give way to mayweather's demand which are beyond the comission's rules such as blood tests...embraces the idea of guilty until proven innocent. In short, there is a boxing comission that has set of rules that both boxers should follow. A boxer doesn't make the rules, including mayweather....
20 May, 2010

kantutero said: _

 
Vasquez statements are no longer reliable. His brains were brutally shaken that affected his thinking. Its all because of Pacquiao and Marquez fault for beating the hell out of him.
20 May, 2010

Pacqcuiao sounds strange said: _

 
its like someone else said...every fighter out there would do the test except Manny. That is VERY STRANGE.

when Manny lost to Morales, how come he didn't say right then and there that it was because of blood taken before the fight. only when people want him to take tests years later does he say it was because of the blood taken. back then he said it was because of the cut eye (which was caused by a punch by the way).

Back then Manny didn't have the power to knock Morales out, then as freddie roach said "things just clicked after the first morales fight" And he has gone on to knock out WELTERWEIGHTS. That is STRANGE.

Have you seen Morales fighting at welter? he looked FAT! and Barerra fighting at 135 was over sized against Khan. Marquez was waaaay too small at welter and is moving back to 135. All i'm saying is that Manny used to be this size, now he is HUGE compared to them. and he is the only one not willing to take tests. It seems STRANGE.
20 May, 2010

nicol said: _

 
in mans life...we all not live by money alone...manny have principle which no amount of money can match..we filipinos lived by principle..this the only thing we have...
20 May, 2010

Jandro83 said: _

 
people here sure are ignorant, let's talk about "honor" a person with HONOR will ACCEPT ANY CHALLENGE, regardless and specially one with accusation the "honorable" fighter will accept the demand just to SHUT his opponents big mouth (if he's not hiding anything that is), and then some others talking about "disadvantages" and being weak and that's why Mosley lost?? so i guess PBF is the only person who is not weakend by random blood tests, cause he DOES TAKE THE TESTS ALSO FYI. Only person saying something that does make sense is "Pacquiao sounds strange", i mean think about it Pacquiao couldn't KO Marquez at 126 or 130, Marquez gets badly hurt by a check hook from PBF, but Manny KOs welters instantly?? WTF??

oh and nicol, i'm a guy who lives by principle, my whole family lives by principle, if you got principle you've got NOTHING TO HIDE, if someone accuses me of taking some shit i know i don't take, hell i'll do the test and shut their tramp, even my mom- who's the biggest Pacquiao fan i know- thinks he's hiding something cause he doesn't wanna take the tests.
20 May, 2010

kantutero said: _

 
Pac Sounds Strange and Jandro 83 are both damn stupid. PSS fyi Pacman was interviewed in the Phils after the fight with Morales and he mentioned to the media how he was weaken by blood drawn to him hours b4 the fight. Pls shut up if you don't know facts completely. With Jandro use your common sense. I know its not common nowadays becoz you probably might have been sniffing drugs too much that ur brain has shrinked even smaller. Different people have different levels of strength. A 150 lb normal guy is way much different than a 150 lb Navy Seal just like me. I could beat the hell out of you even ur weight might be twice as mine - just hand to hand combat. You understand, stupid small brains.
21 May, 2010

Cabalista said: _

 
Manny agreed to take the test. just not too close to the fight and agreed to take the test right after the fight. Mayweather is an egoistic maniac so their claim that Manny does not want to take the test is absurd. Gayweather wants more percentage on the purse split and Manny(The Champ) even agreed to 50-50 split just to make the fight happen. Now lets just wait and see whats next on this drama
21 May, 2010

Cabalista said: _

 
@ IGNORANT, UNEDUCATED FAN
nicely said man.

to those people who talks about principle. Every person can set principles in their own way. It's either you make it or break it.

Every comment here is unique. Keep it coming guys
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21 May, 2010

bri said: _

 
floyd actually had let manny get everything he wanted. date of fight. glove size. ring size. 10 mill per pund clause. all he asked for was the blood test. just stating facts so no stupid comments please. he does have right to refuse. but that fighting for people and legacy stuff is b.s. or he would have fought mosley instead of cotto. hope the fight gets done though. it would be a great time for boxing. and neather one of them is scared. hopefully issues are worked out
21 May, 2010

Jandro83 said: _

 
oh and before you guys keep on going, people who know me from here know i've been a Pacquiao fan (although upset now because of his blood test ducking), if you wanna talk FACTS, let's talk facts, Pacquiao/Morales 1= Pacquiao was taken for a fool, and was fooled into wearing bigger and uncomfortable gloves by a made up rule that didnt exist (thus why he couldn't KO Morales) they even tell him this when the fight is over look it up, Manny was going through issues with his management team at that time something about tax evation and stuff of things Manny didn't know what was up with his $, then fired his management team and all of them went to prison, those are FACTS, it had NOTHING to do with taking blood out, that excuse was made up when all this blood testing came up, you wanna talk facts go look up past archives in fightnews.com and you will see what i say is true.

P.S. even with the crap that happened that night Pacquiao still won that fight IMO, he was just robbed, Morales was out since rnd7 and they didn't wanna stop that fight, Manny was just battering that guy since rnd7 onward.
21 May, 2010

Aphexorcist said: _

 
Pacquiao agrees to 14-day blood-testing limit now. I guess he's off the juice now!!!
22 May, 2010

TAE said: _

 
14 day cut off and right after the fight...
take it or retire now...
22 May, 2010

bri said: _

 
hope they are able to get it all set this time. what ever is agreed on. months leading up to fight would be exciting. 24/7 show would be crazy. fight will be very one sided though. i know a lot of manny fans dont want to believe it but it will be one of floys easiest fights
22 May, 2010

Jandro83 said: _

 
you're right bri, now that he's off the juice he's gonna lose badly, we don't need any more proof he was juiced why?? cause Floyd settled for a 14 day cut off and they didn't agree, and now all of a sudden months after they do agree for a 14 day cut off, what a coincidence huh.
22 May, 2010

BigrawThaBoss said: _

 
Manny is B fighter.He fought Cotto who is slow,Beat Hatton who was already soften up and has a glass jaw.He fought a dried up Oscar.he wouldn't beat Shane I would put big money on that.He get punished by Mayweather!!!
26 May, 2010

TAE said: _

 
hey bigraw asshole! no one can dictate the pound for pound king.. 7 titles in diff. weight class? not bad.mayweather is afraid of pacman.. random testing? why now? why not on his past opponents? considering that he has all the advantage.. height, weight, speed, reach.. what else? THE THING IS.. HE DOESNT HAVE B A L L S TO FACE PACMAN.
31 May, 2010

the truth said: _

 
Can yall hear the b.s. If u use drug testing to duck someone...and it works! Then obviously the test were really needed. Pacman is backed into a corner..how would you feel if it was mayweather saying no to random testing, he would be on the tv more then barry bonds. Don't be fooled
04 June, 2010

nandi said: _

 
Vasquez was speaking for himself. Don't forget that Pacquiao is well-off compared to him. Pacquiao is also a principled man who does not want to be ordered around by a chicken duck complex animal. hehehe
29 June, 2010

NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO ACCUSE SOMEONE OF BEING DIRTY WHEN THAT PERSON HAS BEEN FIGHTING CLEAN EVER said: _

 
NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO ACCUSE SOMEONE OF BEING DIRTY WHEN THAT PERSON HAS BEEN FIGHTING CLEAN EVERSINCE THAT PERSONS ARRIVAL TO FIGHT IN THE USA. MORONS GO ON BELIEVING FLOYD.
29 June, 2010

guest said: _

 
jandro83 you are damn as fuck dude you dont know shyt...think about ok...you boy claim he can beat pacman easy then why ask for a drug test then? floyd claim his better than ali and robinson then why ask for drug test then? floyd claim he whop pacman with or with roid then why ask fot drugtest then? look tell your boy floyd to prove what he claim...cuz you and floyd need to grow some balls. dont blame pacman for throwing 40+ mill cuz floyd claim all this ...whoop pacman ass then take the money like aint shit...if you can beat him...pussy floyd.
29 June, 2010

solid pac said: _

 
whyy didn't floyd ask marquez for an olympic random blood testing? very intruiging..

ofcourse common boxers would bow to floyd's demands just for the money.

floyd will not fight pac. he wont let pac ruin his career. 1 loss & it's over for floyd, he will be remembered as the great loser of the greatest fight of the century. to avoid the maywether clan's humiliation, they must avoid pac at all cost.

avoiding pac means avoidng humiliation & preserving greatness.. that's the only way for may.
29 June, 2010

floydlergy said: _

 
ya flymayhetther is oviously afraid of random bloodtest thats why he want that taken by pacquiao for him. come on folks its a very simple mathematics like 1 plus 1. Lets forget about being fans here,try to isolate and think whats real and truth about the random blood test,(random escape) if you are the man who has all the advantage,..the size,the weight, the reach,the speed,the strength,the height,the deffense,personality,,the most clean,etc ...then why asking so much from a guy who literally is far from your flyds categories,very simple right and why right now why he didnt ask from his previous opponents thats has the looks of threat to him. It should be pacman whos gonna ask that demands right,,bcoz he is the underdog.Hey pals think about it the truth will set your mind free,,
29 June, 2010

em said: _

 
well, as one poster said... seems no boxer gets offended by this random blood testing... true, there's NOBODY...'cause there NOBODY in boxing LIKE MANNY PACQUIAO. so for any boxer to say yes to random blood testing is ordinary, simply because they are just ORDINARY BOXERS who will dive at the command of MONEY "$$$". all of them do not have the status that Pacquiao has. Pacquiao has all the reason to get offended since he has done nothing illegal in boxing, not flunked any tests. He has made a big name for his hard work and faith in God.
29 June, 2010

em said: _

 
americans accuse Pacman of juicing simply because 'juicing" in america is so rampant. but Pacquiao is no american. they are pointing their finger to Pacquio, but the rest of their fingers point to themselves.
29 June, 2010

em said: _

 
israel vasquez is a NOBODY. he will never be like PACQUIAO not even an inch for the rest of his life. he is just so JEALOUS HOW A NOT-SO-GOOD BOXER like PACQUIAO can achieve a status where is he right now.
29 June, 2010
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