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Charismatic former junior featherweight world champion Israel Vazquez is not exactly going through the best time in his life, but he somehow feels happy and thankful. As a result of an accident and some oversights, "Magnifico", the battle-hardened warrior, is set to lose his right eye in the coming months and will be fitted with a prosthetic one.

With no regrets for having chosen a career in boxing and much less for having already made the decision to get his right eye removed, the Mexico City-born idol recommends that future generations should not play the superhero but should go to the doctors at the slightest discomfort. The first report of his decision was revealed by Felipe Bravo from Televisa Deportes.

“The problem obviously arose after the last fight [a KO loss to Rafael Marquez in May 2010, with whom Vazquez had four unforgettable bouts], but I don't want to demonize the sport or the fight, because this was an oversight by a doctor and by myself," said Vazquez. "When they started to perform the surgeries, I didn't take care of myself. They told me I was doing well and I tried to speed up the recovery, but my retina detached. I underwent many surgeries and they tried many methods, one of which was to put silicone in the eye. I assumed the doctors knew what they were doing, and at that moment I didn't recover my vision a hundred percent but I could live my life,” Vazquez recalled.