Roberto Vásquez

Panamanian boxer

Roberto Gaspar Vásquez Ramírez (born Aug 11, 1984) is a Mexican American professional boxer who held the WBA light flyweight title from 2005 to 2006. He also held the WBA flyweight interim title from 2006 to 2007.

Vásquez lost in his professional boxing debut against Angelo Dottin on March 17, 2001. The four round fight occurred in Dottin's hometown of Colón, Panama. Despite Vásquez's cutting Dottin's right cheek in the first round, all three judges scored the bout 39 38 for Dottin. Since the debut loss, Vásquez has won 22 consecutive fights. His first minor championship was the WBO Latino light flyweight title, which he won from Carlos Caballero on October 31, 2002 by fourth round TKO. In Vásquez's next fight—on February 15, 2003—he unified the WBO and WBC Latino light flyweight titles by knocking out Marlon Márquez in the tenth round. Vásquez added the WBA Fedelatin title to his collection when he defeated Luis Doria by seventh round TKO on November 26, 2003, becoming the first Latin American boxer to hold these three titles simultaneously in any weight división. After he made a few title defenses in 2003 and 2004, Vásquez earned the opportunity to fight against Beibis Mendoza for the vacant WBA world light flyweight title. On April 29, 2005, Vásquez knocked down Mendoza twice in the tenth round, and after the count of 10 the referee Luis Pabon ended the fight. Vásquez then successfully defended the Light Flyweight title three times, against José Antonio Aguirre from Mexico, Nerys Espinoza from Nicaragua and Nohel Arambulet from Venezuela. After the third defense, Vásquez vacated the title in order to challenge Lorenzo Parra for the WBA flyweight title. Nevertheless, the fight programmed for Oct 10, 2006 was cancelled due to an injury in Parra's right knee which had to be operated, giving the chance to Vasquez to fight for the interim title in Bercy, Paris, France against top challenger Takefumi Sakata from Japan.

No. (Number)ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes43Loss34–7–2 Edixon Perez 42Win34–6–2 Mauricio Martinez 41Win33–6–2 Rafael Concepción 40Loss32–6–2 Walberto Ramos 39Draw32–5–2 John Mark Apolinario 38Draw32–5–1 John Mark Apolinario 37Win32–5 Geyci Lorenzo 36Win31–5 Mario Briones 35Loss30–5 Oscar Gonzalez 34Win30–4 Gregorio Torres 33Win29–4 Genilson de Jesus Santos 32Win28–4 Luis Felipe Cuadrado 31Loss27–4 Drian Francisco 30Loss27–3 Hugo Cázares 29Win27–2 Felipe Rodriguez Zapata 28Win26–2 Cesar Singo 27Win25–2 Jesus Lora 26Loss24–2 Takefumi Sakata 25Win24–1 Takefumi Sakata 24Win23–1 Horlan Hamilton 23Win22–1 Noel Arambulet 22Win21–1 Nerys Espinoza 21Win20–1 José Antonio Aguirre 20Win19–1 Beibis Mendoza 19Win18–1 Farid Cassiani 18Win17–1 Freddy Beleno 17Win16–1 Edgar Velasquez 16Win15–1 Jose Garcia Bernal 15Win14–1 Luis Doria 14Win13–1 Eduardo Ray Marquez 13Win12–1 Leonel Arburola 12Win11–1 Jose Plinio Gonzalez 11Win10–1 Marlon Marquez 10Win9–1 Carlos Caballero 9Win8–1 Isidro Munoz 8Win7–1 Jorge Sanchez 7Win6–1 Edwin Rodriguez 6Win5–1 Hussein Sanchez 5Win4–1 Alexander Murillo 4Win3–1 Agustin Menacho 3Win2–1 Juvencio Caballero 2Win1–1 Carlos Rodriguez 1Loss0–1 Angelo Dottin