Pernell Whitaker vs. Julio César Vásquez, billed as Showdown of Champions, was a professional boxing match contested on March 4, 1995 for the WBA super welterweight title.

[1] Whitaker was seeking to become the fourth man in boxing history to win a world title in four different divisions joining only Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Durán.

Benton's split from Main Event was acrimonious, claiming that Duva "didn't know boxing" and Whitaker was "arrogant and stubborn."

To fill the void left by Benton, Ronnie Shields took over as Whitaker's head trainer.

As the fight went on, a frustrated Vásquez was warned numerous times for holding and hitting and was deducted one point in each of the ninth and 11th rounds.