Total fights 68 Wins by KO 51 Role Boxer Nationality Mexican Martial art Boxing | Reach 180 cm (71 in) Wins 59 Name Marco Rubio Height 1.83 m Division Middleweight | |
Nickname(s) El Veneno ("The Poison") Similar People Gennady Golovkin, David Lemieux, Miguel Cotto | ||
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Marco Antonio Rubio (born June 16, 1980) is a Mexican professional boxer and former WBC interim middleweight champion.
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- Gennady golovkin vs marco antonio rubio highlights hbo world championship boxing
- Gennady golovkin vs marco antonio rubio ggg full workout mitts shadow boxing
- Professional career
- Lineal middleweight title
- Comeback
- WBC middleweight title
- Personal life
- Titles
- References
Gennady golovkin vs marco antonio rubio ggg full workout mitts shadow boxing
Professional career
On February 21, 2009 Rubio earned the right to fight for the middleweight title by scoring a split decision victory over Enrique Ornelas to secure the World Boxing Council's # 1 ranking and a shot at the WBC Middleweight title on October 18, 2008 in Atlantic City on the Bernard Hopkins vs. Kelly Pavlik fight card televised portion.
Lineal middleweight title
On February 21, 2009, Rubio fought for the undisputed and lineal middleweight titles against Kelly Pavlik, or formally the The Ring, WBC, and WBO middleweight titles. Before the start of the tenth round, Rubio's corner stopped the fight.
Comeback
Rubio then won six fights in a row since he was stopped in the ninth round by middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik in February 2009.
On April 8, 2011 in Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Rubio was featured in the main event of Friday Night Fights. His opponent was David Lemieux, who came to the fight with an undefeated record. Lemieux was the heavy favorite to win in his hometown against the Mexican veteran. During the first five rounds Lemieux dominated Rubio by landing hard power punches. But Rubio refused to quit and wouldn't go down. Rubio came back in round six and started to land harder punches that slowed down Lemieux. In the seventh round Rubio knocked down Lemieux. Lemieux got up, but Rubio continued where he left off and threw more punches at him. With only seconds left in round seven, Lemieux's corner threw in the towel to a stop the fight.
Since he won the Lemieux fight, Rubio placed himself into a mandatory position to face the winner of the fight between titlist Sebastian Zbik of Germany and Mexico's Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., which Chavez won.
Rubio made easy work of journeyman Matt Vanda (44-14, 24 KO’s) on December 16, 2011 with a 5th round TKO win at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
WBC middleweight title
Rubio faced Mexican countryman Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. in a scheduled 12-round middleweight bout, for the WBC version of the world title, on Feb. 4 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. Chavez, Jr. retained the belt, earning a unanimous decision over fellow Mexican Rubio. The judges scored the bout 118-110, 116-112 115-113 for Chavez, Jr., which drew a mixed reaction from the 14,120 in attendance at the Alamodome. Neither fighter went down despite taking continuous heavy blows to the head and body throughout the 12-round bout. Chavez, Jr. overcame a gutsy performance by Rubio despite having some trouble entering the fight.
Personal life
Rubio currently resides in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Acuna, across from Del Rio, Texas. He suffers from vitiligo.
Titles
Marco has won the following regional/national titles: