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Bundesliga Straggler Bochum Fires Coach after 8 Games in Charge and No Wins

Bochum coach Peter Zeidler gestures on the sidelines, during a German Bundesliga soccer match between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and VfL Bochum, in Sinsheim, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)
Bochum coach Peter Zeidler gestures on the sidelines, during a German Bundesliga soccer match between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and VfL Bochum, in Sinsheim, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)
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Bundesliga Straggler Bochum Fires Coach after 8 Games in Charge and No Wins

Bochum coach Peter Zeidler gestures on the sidelines, during a German Bundesliga soccer match between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and VfL Bochum, in Sinsheim, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)
Bochum coach Peter Zeidler gestures on the sidelines, during a German Bundesliga soccer match between TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and VfL Bochum, in Sinsheim, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Uwe Anspach/dpa via AP)

Last-place Bundesliga club Bochum has fired coach Peter Zeidler after he failed to win any of his first eight games in charge.

Bochum said late Sunday it was releasing Zeidler and sporting director Marc Lettau from their roles because “conviction is lacking” that the team could avoid relegation from the German top division under their management.

Zeidler, who was hired in June, lost six of the seven Bundesliga games during his tenure and his last game was a 3-1 loss at Hoffenheim on Saturday. Zeidler's only point came in a 2-2 draw with Holstein Kiel, the only other winless team in the league. Bochum also lost to second-division Jahn Regensburg in the German Cup.

Zeidler, who had never previously coached in the Bundesliga, had a tough task from the start with a team which only survived in the Bundesliga last season in a penalty shootout in last season's relegation-promotion playoff.

Bochum has yet to name a replacement for Zeidler. Whoever takes over is likely to have a tricky start as Bochum faces Bayern Munich on Sunday before games against Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen and Stuttgart.

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Israel Vázquez, the 3-time World Boxing Champion from Mexico, Dies at 46

FILE PHOTO: WBC super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez celebrates after defeating Jhonny Gonzalez, both of Mexico City, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada September 16, 2006. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: WBC super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez celebrates after defeating Jhonny Gonzalez, both of Mexico City, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada September 16, 2006. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
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Israel Vázquez, the 3-time World Boxing Champion from Mexico, Dies at 46

FILE PHOTO: WBC super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez celebrates after defeating Jhonny Gonzalez, both of Mexico City, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada September 16, 2006. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: WBC super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez celebrates after defeating Jhonny Gonzalez, both of Mexico City, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada September 16, 2006. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo

Israel Vázquez, the Mexican fighter who won three bantamweight world titles, has died at 46.
World Boxing Council president Mauricio Sulaiman announced the death on Tuesday.
The boxer nicknamed “El Magnifico” revealed on Nov. 10 he had sarcoma, a cancer, The Associated Press reported.
“Israel is finally resting in peace. May God provide his family with strength we extend all the support to his wife Laura, his kids, family and friends during this difficult time,” Sulaiman said on X. “Thanks champion for leaving a special footprint. You will always be 'El Magnifico.'"
Vázquez debuted in 1995 and will be most remembered for his four fights against countryman Rafael Márquez from 2007-10. They split the series, and the 2007 and 2008 duels received fight of the year awards.
After winning in 2008, Vázquez suffered a detached retina and eventually lost his right eye after his retirement. He stopped fighting in May 2010 after the fourth fight against Marquez, who won by a knockout.
Vázquez won the vacant IBF super bantmanweight title in 2004 against Jose Luis Valbuena and successfully defended it twice. Then he took the WBC belt from titleholder Oscar Larios with a third-round stoppage in 2005.
He held the WBC belt until the first meeting with Márquez, against whom he retired in the seventh round after struggling to breathe through a broken nose. In a rematch five months later, Vázquez regained the title despite cuts over both eyes, by knocking out Márquez in the sixth round.
Vázquez won their third bout in early 2008 by a split decision after being knocked down himself. But the eye injury meant he didn't fight for the rest of the year and was stripped of the WBC title.
After three surgeries, he was cleared to fight and fought Márquez a fourth time in Los Angeles and suffered a third-round knockout.
Vázquez finished with a record of 44-5, with 32 knockouts.