Although her eldest son began by finishing high school[2] and then going to college and studying agronomy, he soon changed his mind about his future, and decided that he would follow in his father's footsteps.
[5] For instance, on 13 March 1979, he made a great impression on the bullfight-goers at Valencia and was obliged to walk a lap of the bullfighting ground after each one of the bulls that he had slain, both of which had been supplied by the Marqués de Domecq ranch.
This was late in his novillada, and he shared billing on this afternoon with Juan Antonio Ruiz (known as "Espartaco") and Francisco Ojeda.
[6][7] Thereafter, though, Vázquez still fought yearling bulls without picadores, with some successes that rather stood out, such as the one that he achieved on 20 August 1979 at Lloret de Mar, a town in Catalonia, when he was awarded both the ears from his second bull, with his two companions who shared billing that day, the Mexican matador Mariano Ramos, and the rejoneadora Emi Zambrano.
[2] Vázquez first trod the bullfighting ground at Madrid's Las Ventas, Spain's foremost bullring, on 9 September 1979, alternating with Fernando Vera and Aguilar Granada, and facing bulls supplied by the Torrestrella ranch.
[5] Standing as his "godfather" was his own uncle, Manolo Vázquez Garcés, while famous Spanish bullfighter Curro Romero stood as the witness, making this event a very strong draw for aficionados.
He fought four bulls supplied by the Socorro Sánchez-Dalp ranch at this event,[2] although the fights were rather lacklustre, with nothing worthy of note happening in any.
On home ground at the Maestranza on 21 June 1984, Vázquez slew six bulls at the la Prensa bullfights, supplied by Gabriel Rojas.
[4] On the other hand, Vázquez also took part in Saint Michael's Fair (Feria de San Miguel) in Seville in 1984 in a morning bullfight on 29 September, the day after Paquirri's funeral (the corrida had been postponed), substituting for José María Manzanares (the elder).
During the Seville Fair, he faced a tame bull supplied by Gabriel Hernández that caught him in spectacular fashion, but Vázquez avoided serious injury and finished the bullfight with pleasure and mastery.
[4]On 7 June 1985, Vázquez was on the bill at Las Ventas along with Curro Romero and Julio Robles, fighting bulls from the Torrealta ranch.
[8] That same year, during Huelva's Columbian Festivals, Vázquez faced a bull from the ranch of Hermanos Sampedro[4] in a fight that was quite memorable for its artistic quality.
At first, the injury did not seem very bad, but as Don Ramón Vila's mandatory medical report makes clear, Vázquez's wound needed serious attention, a "wound with an entrance hole at the level of the upper third of the left thigh, on its inner side, which reaches up to the abdominal cavity."
[2] The next month, Vázquez was billed alongside José Luis Parada and Fernando Lozano at the Seville Fair for 8 April.
[2] Later that month, on 21 April, much to some people's surprise,[1] Vázquez went into the Maestranza bullring in Seville to fight Miura bulls, known for their sheer size and aggressiveness, and even cunning.
[4] The younger Vázquez came through the corrida with his dignity intact,[1][2] and he did cut something of a figure in his father's honour, with his feet tightly together.
[4][7] In the seasons that followed, Vázquez's presence at Spain's bullrings was reduced to token appearances, although almost every year he would announce a bullfight in Seville.
Francisco "Paco" Ojeda, Espartaco, and Martín Pareja Obregón – with all of whom Vázquez had shared billing in his bullfighting days – were also there.