 Marquez and promoter Gary Shaw claimed that the punch was on the belt line and should not have elicited any deductions.Márquez was able to knock Vázquez down for the first time in the trilogy in this third fight, but Vázquez in turn put Márquez down in the final seconds of the 12th round, securing the victory and giving Márquez his fifth defeat.Márquez was ranked number three in "The Ring" magazine's pound-for-pound rankings.