On December 3, 2005, Oscar Larios (56-3-1, 36 KOs), the super-bantamweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Israel Vázquez (38-3, 27 KOs).
Oscar Larios is coming in to the fight on a 17-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate; his last fight was a 10th round RTD victory over Wayne McCullough, 4 months and 17 days ago. Israel Vázquez is on a 6-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Armando Guerrero, 6 months and 3 days ago.
The winning odds are at 87.2-12.8 in favor of Israel Vázquez. Oscar Larios may have moments of brilliance during the fight but it won't be enough for him to get the victory.
Israel Vázquez made easy work of Óscar Larios in the rematch, stopping the champion via TKO in the 3rd. Vázquez improves his record to 39-3 (28 KOs), while Larios adds a loss to his record at 56-4-1.