Marco Antonio Rubio

Marco Antonio Rubio
Rubio (right) vs. Mohammed Akrong in 2011
Statistics
Real name	Marco Antonio Rubio
Nickname(s)	El Veneno (The Poison)
Rated at	Middleweight
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Reach	178 cm (70 in)
Nationality	Mexican
Born	(1980-06-16) June 16, 1980 (age 31) Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	60
Wins	53
Wins by KO	46
Losses	6
Draws	1

Marco Antonio Rubio (born June 16, 1980 in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico) is a Mexican middleweight professional boxer. He currently resides in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Acuña, Mexico across from Del Rio, Texas.

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.^[1]

Lineal Middleweight Title

Marco then fought for the undisputed and lineal middleweight title against Kelly Pavlik - formally, for the The Ring, WBC, and WBO middleweight titles. Before the start of the tenth round, Rubio's corner stopped the fight.^[2]

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.^[3]

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 seven seconds left in round seven, Lemieux's corner threw in the towel to a stop the fight.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

WBC Middleweight Title

Marco Antonio 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, 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. ^[7]

Professional record

53 Wins (46 knockouts), 5 Losses, 1 Draw
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	53-5-1	Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.	UD	12 (12)	2012-02-04	Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, United States	WBC Middleweight world title on the line.
Win	53-5-1	Matt Vanda	TKO	5 (10)	2011-12-16	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Islander Ballroom, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	52-5-1	Mohammed Akrong	TKO	5 (12)	2011-09-03	Centro de Convenciones, San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, Mexico	interim WBC Latino Middleweight title
Win	51-5-1	Ricardo Marcelo Ramallo	TKO	3 (10), (1:36)	2011-06-04	Auditorio Centenario, Gomez Palacio, Durango
Win	50-5-1	David Lemieux	TKO	7 (12), (2:36)	2011-04-08	Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada	WBC Middleweight Title Eliminator
Win	49-5-1	Wilson Santana	TKO	8 (12), (1:16)	2011-01-01	Auditorio Centenario, Torreon, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico	WBC Latino Middleweight title
Win	48-5-1	Jose Luis Zertuche	TKO	6 (12), (1:16)	2010-08-21	The Forum, Irapuato, Guanajuato	WBC Latino Middleweight title
Win	47-5-1	Samuel Miller	UD	12 (12)	2010-06-12	Auditorio Centenario, Gomez Palacio, Durango	vacant WBC Latino Middleweight title
Win	46-5-1	Jaison Palomeque	TKO	2(10), (1:55)	2010-03-20	The City Discothèque, Cancun, Quintana Roo
Win	45-5-1	Rigoberto Alvarez	TKO	9 (12), (1:37)	2010-01-16	Auditorio Centenario, Gomez Palacio, Durango	WBC Latino Middleweight title. WBC Title Eliminator
Win	44-5-1	Jose Miguel Rodriguez Berrio	TKO	1 (12)	2009-10-31	Auditorio Centenario, Gomez Palacio, Durango	vacant WBC Latino Middleweight title
Loss	44-5-1	Kelly Pavlik	RTD	9 (12), (3:00)	2009-02-21	Chevrolet Centre, Youngstown, Ohio	The Ring, WBC, WBO Middleweight world titles on the line.
Win	43-4-1	Enrique Ornelas	SD	12 (12)	2008-10-18	Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States	WBC Middleweight Title Eliminator.
Win	42-4-1	Alfredo Cuevas	TKO	5 (10)	2008-06-06	Sovereign Performing Arts Center, Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
Win	41-4-1	Jose Luis Zertuche	TKO	7 (12)	2008-02-09	Domo De La Feria, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico
Win	40-4-1	Sherwin Davis	KO	2 (10)	2008-01-01	Auditorio Centenario, Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico
Win	39-4-1	Rogelio Sanchez	KO	1 (10)	2007-10-19	Auditorio Jose de la Fuente, Ciudad Acuna, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico

Titles

Marco has won the following regional/national titles:

• At Middleweight
  • WBC Latino middleweight title
  • WBC FECOMBOX Middleweight Title
  • WBA Fedecentro Middleweight Title
  • Mexico Middleweight Title

• At Light Middleweight
  • WBO Inter-Continental Light Middleweight title
  • WBC International Light Middleweight Title
  • Mexico Light Middleweight Title

External links

• Professional boxing record for Marco Antonio Rubio from BoxRec

Notes