# David Vasquez

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{{short description|American boxer (born 1948)}}
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| name           = David Vasquez
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| sport          = [Boxing](/source/Boxing)
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1948|10|11}}
| birth_place    = [New York, New York](/source/New_York%2C_New_York), United States
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'''David Vasquez''' (born October 11, 1948) is an American former [boxer](/source/boxing).

As an amateur in New York City, Vasquez won the [New York Golden Gloves](/source/New_York_Golden_Gloves) in three consecutive years from 1967 to 1969 and was the only champion to win at both the [old Madison Square Garden](/source/Madison_Square_Garden_(1925)) and [the new](/source/Madison_Square_Garden).<ref name="2014lorenzo">{{cite news |last1=Lorenzo |first1=Stephen |title=Daily News Golden Gloves Hall of Fame: Davey Vasquez |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/daily-news-golden-gloves-hall-fame-davey-vasquez-article-1.1757465 |access-date=January 30, 2020 |work=[Daily News](/source/New_York_Daily_News) |date=April 16, 2014}}</ref> He competed in the [men's flyweight](/source/Boxing_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Flyweight) event at the [1968 Summer Olympics](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics), which was won by [Ricardo Delgado](/source/Ricardo_Delgado_(boxer)) of Mexico.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/davey-vasquez-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417193041/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/va/davey-vasquez-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=David Vasquez |access-date=December 8, 2018}}</ref> Vasquez would go on to defeat Delgado after they both turned professional.<ref name="2014lorenzo" />

Vasquez fought in 35 matches during a professional career that lasted from 1969 to 1982 while also working in the [New York City Department of Parks and Recreation](/source/New_York_City_Department_of_Parks_and_Recreation) and attending [Lehman College](/source/Lehman_College). Vasquez also found work in small acting roles in films including ''[Saturday Night Fever](/source/Saturday_Night_Fever)'', ''[The French Connection](/source/The_French_Connection_(film))'' and ''[Serpico](/source/Serpico)''.<ref name="2014lorenzo" />

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Category:1948 births
Category:Living people
Category:American male boxers
Category:Olympic boxers for the United States
Category:Boxers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Boxers from New York City
Category:Flyweight boxers
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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