Julio César Vásquez

Julio César Vásquez (born July 13, 1965 in Santa Fe, Argentina) is a professional boxer best known to have held a WBA junior middleweight title.^[1] 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 1992. He successfully defended the title ten times beating such boxers as Javier Castillejo, Aaron "Superman" Davis, Tony Marshall and the then-undefeated future-great: Winky Wright during his championship reign before losing the belt to the legendary Pernell Whitaker in 1995 who had only one fight in this weightclass. That same year he recaptured the WBA Light Middleweight Title by beating fellow southpaw Carl Daniels 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 1995. 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 super middleweight (168lb) division and has a current win-loss record of 68 wins, 13 losses.

Amateur record

Vasquez had an amateur record of 33-2.

Professional boxing record

68 Wins (43 KOs), 13 Losses, 1 Draw
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, Time	Date	Location	Notes
Draw	68-13-1	Silvio Walter Rojas	PTS	4	2009-06-19	Club Atlético Sarmiento, Barrio Santa Marta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	68-13	Oscar Daniel Veliz	KO	7 (8)	2008-04-11	Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	68-12	Ruben Eduardo Acosta	KO	1 (12)	2008-02-02	Polideportivo Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	68-11	Jorge Osvaldo Dominguez	UD	12 (12)	2007-04-21	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina	For vacant WBO Latino middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	68-10	Luis Ariel Rojas	KO	1 (8)	2007-02-21	Estadio Socios Fundadores, Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, Argentina
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	67-10	Martin Abel Bruer	RTD	9 (10)	2006-10-07	Estadio Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina	For Argentina (FAB) super middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	67-9	Juan Carlos Villagra	UD	12 (12)	2006-05-12	Club Universitario, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	66-9	Hugo Daniel Sclarandi	UD	10 (10)	2006-02-17	Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	65-9	Stjepan Bozic	RTD	7 (12)	2005-12-02	Dvorana Jazine, Zadar, Croatia	For World Boxing Foundation super middleweight title.
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	65-8	Juan Carlos Villagra	UD	8 (8)	2005-03-12	Ce.De.M. N° 2, Caseros, Buenos Aires, Argentina
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	64-8	Denis Inkin	TKO	7 (10)	2004-09-24	Ice Palace, Novosibirsk, Russia
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	64-7	Alexey Chirkov	UD	10 (10)	2004-01-30	DIVS, Ekaterinburg, Russia
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	64-6	Ramon Arturo Britez	UD	10 (10)	2003-01-24	Estadio Polideportivo, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	64-5	Enrique Campos	UD	10 (10)	2002-11-30	Radisson Victoria Plaza, Montevideo, Uruguay
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	63-5	Jorge Sclarandi	UD	10 (10)	2002-11-09	Estadio F.A.B., Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	63-4	Robin Reid	UD	12 (12)	2001-12-19	Skydome, Coventry, West Midlands, United Kingdom	For World Boxing Federation super middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	63-3	Juan Italo Meza	TKO	9 (10)	2000-04-08	Estadio Parque Central, Neuquen, Neuquen, Argentina
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	62-3	Ricardo Raul Nunez	KO	2 (10)	2000-03-25	Club Argentino de Quilmes, Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	61-3	Jorge Sclarandi	SD	10 (10)	2000-02-19	Club Atletico Quilmes, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	60-3	Raul Omar Sena	UD	8 (8)	1998-02-21	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	59-3	Anthony Ivory	UD	8 (8)	1997-10-04	Le Grande Dome, Villebon, Essonne, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	58-3	Hugo Daniel Sclarandi	UD	10 (10)	1997-07-19	Villa Gesell, Buenos Aires, Argentina
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	57-3	Ramon Arturo Britez	KO	1 (10)	1997-06-14	Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	56-3	Laurent Boudouani	KO	5 (12)	1996-08-21	La Palestre, Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes, France	Loss WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	56-2	Carl Daniels	TKO	11 (12)	1995-12-16	Core States Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA	Won WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	55-2	Carlos Martin Leturia	KO	1 (10)	1995-08-19	Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	54-2	Ruben Ruiz	TKO	1 (8)	1995-05-27	Broward Co Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss	53-2	Pernell Whitaker	UD	12 (12)	1995-03-04	Convention Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA	Loss WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	53-1	Mike Bonislawski	TKO	2 (10)	1995-02-04	Beziers, Hérault, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	52-1	Tony Marshall	UD	12 (12)	1994-11-11	Club Caja Popular, San Miguel, Tucuman, Argentina	Retain WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	51-1	Winky Wright	UD	12 (12)	1994-08-21	Jai Alai, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France	Retain WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	50-1	Akhmet Dottuev	TKO	10 (12)	1994-05-21	Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom	Retain WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	49-1	Ricardo Raul Nunez	UD	12 (12)	1994-04-08	Club Defensores de Villa Lujan, San Miguel, Tucuman, Argentina	Retain WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	48-1	Armand Picar	TKO	2 (12)	1994-03-04	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Retain WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	47-1	Juan Ramon Medina	UD	12 (12)	1994-01-22	Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan	Retain WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	46-1	Han Kim	KO	3 (10)	1993-10-01	Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	45-1	Aaron Davis	MD	12 (12)	1993-08-21	Salle des etoiles, Monte Carlo, Monaco	Retain WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	44-1	Alejandro Ugueto	UD	12 (12)	1993-07-10	Club Defensores de Villa Lujan, San Miguel, Tucuman, Argentina	Retain WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	43-1	Javier Castillejo	UD	12 (12)	1993-04-24	Polideportivo Parquesur Sport, Leganes, Comunidad de Madrid, Spain	Retain WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	42-1	Amaury Moguea	TKO	3 (10)	1993-03-27	Casino Royal, Evian les Bains, Haute-Savoie, France
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	41-1	Aquilino Asprilla	UD	12 (12)	1993-02-22	Estadio Super Domo, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Retain WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	40-1	Hitoshi Kamiyama	KO	1 (12)	1992-12-21	Club Ferro Carril Oeste, Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina	Won vacant WBA World light middleweight title
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	39-1	David McCluskey	DQ	2 (10)	1992-08-14	Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win	38-1	Anthony Ivory	UD	8 (8)	1992-07-11	Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo, Monaco

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