Julio César Vásquez (born July 13, 1965) is an Argentine retired professional boxer 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 1992. He successfully defended the title ten times beating such boxers as Javier Castillejo, Aaron 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.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes82DrawSilvio Walter Rojas81Loss68–13Oscar Daniel Veliz80Loss68–12Ruben Eduardo Acosta79Loss68–11Jorge Osvaldo Dominguez78Win68–10Luis Ariel Rojas77Loss67–10Martin Abel Bruer76Win67–9Juan Carlos Villagra75Win66–9Hugo Daniel Sclarandi74Loss65–9Stjepan Božić73Win65–8Juan Carlos Villagra72Loss64–8Denis Inkin71Loss64–7Alexey Chirkov70Loss64–6Ramon Arturo Britez69Win64–5Enrique Campos68Loss63–5Jorge Sclarandi67Loss63–4Robin Reid66Win63–3Juan Italo Meza65Win62–3Ricardo Raul Nunez64Win61–3Jorge Sclarandi63Win60–3Raul Omar Sena62Win59–3Anthony Ivory61Win58–3Hugo Daniel Sclarandi60Win57–3Ramon Arturo Britez59Loss56–3Laurent Boudouani58Win56–2Carl Daniels57Win55–2Carlos Martin Leturia56Win54–2Ruben Ruiz55Loss53–2Pernell Whitaker54Win53–1Mike Bonislawski53Win52–1Tony Marshall52Win51–1Winky Wright51Win50–1Akhmet Dottuev50Win49–1Ricardo Raul Nunez49Win48–1Armand Picar48Win47–1Juan Ramon Medina47Win46–1Han Kim46Win45–1Aaron Davis45Win44–1Alejandro Ugueto44Win43–1Javier Castillejo43Win42–1Amaury Moguea42Win41–1Aquilino Asprilla41Win40–1Hitoshi Kamiyama40Win39–1David McCluskey39Win38–1Anthony Ivory38Win37–1Francisco Bernabé Bobadilla37Win36–1Jorge Alberto Morello36Win35–1Daniel Omar Dominguez35Win34–1Alberto Arreola34Win33–1Louis Howard33Win32–1Tyrone Trice32Win31–1Eduardo Domingo Contreras31Loss30–1Verno Phillips30Win30–0Judas Clottey29Win29–0Sergio Eduardo Ronconi28Win28–0Anibal Miranda27Win27–0Isaias Monteiro26Win26–0Alphonso Bailey25Win25–0Jorge Argentino Tejada24Win24–0Ruben Elvicio Silva23Win23–0Raul Regino Sanchez22Win22–0Domingo Guzman Nunez21Win21–0Troy Wortham20Win20–0Edmundo Antonio Diaz19Win19–0Juan Carlos Ortiz18Win18–0Felipe Guzman17Win17–0Claudio Pereira16Win16–0Jorge Pino Bermudez15Win15–0Ricardo Alberto Carballo14Win14–0Ramón Gaspar Abeldaño13Win13–0Simón Escobar12Win12–0Jorge Argentino Tejada11Win11–0Domingo Simón Sosa10Win10–0Antonio René Juárez9Win9–0Juan Orlando Barboza8Win8–0Sergio Norberto Combis7Win7–0Daniel Elpidio Altamira6Win6–0Ramón Roque Vanos5Win5–0Jose Alejandro Rivera4Win4–0José María Carabajal3Win3–0José Luís Díaz2Win2–0Eusebio Escalante1Win1–0Marcelo Antonio Chancalay

See also List of world light-middleweight boxing champions

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