Vazquez pummels Simonyan

29/12/2004

Vazquez pummels Simonyan

Israel Vazquez destroyed Art Simonyan to retain his IBF title in a junior featherweight bout in El Cajon, California.  Vazquez, rated #4 by Boxingtalk, had Simonyan down twice in the third round and again in the fifth. The bloodied Simonyan got up each time, but when his head snapped back in the fifth, the referee ended the contest.  Vazquez improves to 37-3 while Simonyan, who entered the bout at #16 in the Boxingtalk ratings, drops to 14-1-1.   source: L.A. Times