Fort Worth native Edward "Kid" Vazquez is coming off perhaps the best win of his career. A 10-round decision victory over Misael Lopez. The fight was promoted by Hall of Fame promoter Lou DiBella and aired live on Showtime. Lopez was the house fighter and has been promoted by Dibella since 2020. Vazquez's performance was so impressive the legendary promoter decided to sign Vazquez. The news became official on Thursday.
Vazquez sports an impressive record of 14-1 (3) and has won three consecutive bouts since the lone blemish on his record. In addition to outpointing Lopez, Vazquez outpointed Viktor Slavinskyi at the "Punch Bowl" in Carson, California, on the undercard of Sebastian Fundora vs Carlos Ocampo. The lone defeat on Vazquez's resume is a points loss to Raymond Ford in early 2022. A decision so bad Ford's promoter Eddie Hearn acknowledged his fighter loss and the scorecards were "quite poor." Vazquez trains at FHG gym with coach Ray Barerra in his home city of Fort Worth.