# Marco Antonio Rubio

Marco Antonio Rubio (born June 16, 1980) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2015. He held the WBC interim middleweight title in 2014, and challenged twice for a middleweight world title in 2009 and 2012.

## 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 Kelly Pavlik vs. Bernard Hopkins fight card televised portion.

### Unified and lineal middleweight world title challenge

On February 21, 2009, Rubio fought for the unified WBC, WBO, Ring magazine, and lineal middleweight titles against Kelly Pavlik. Before the start of the tenth round, Rubio's corner stopped the fight.

### Comeback

After he was stopped in the ninth round by middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik in February 2009, Rubio went on six-fight winning streak
On April 8, 2011 in the 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 stop the fight.
By defeating Lemieux, Rubio became the mandatory challenger against the winner of Sebastian Zbik of Germany vs. Mexico's Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. for the WBC middleweight title, 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 challenge

Rubio faced Mexican countryman Julio César Chávez 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. Chávez, Jr. retained the belt, earning a unanimous decision over fellow Mexican Rubio. The judges scored the bout 118-110, 116-112 115-113 for Chávez, 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. Chávez, 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 Acuña, across from Del Rio, Texas. He has vitiligo.

## Professional boxing record

| 68 fights | 59 wins | 8 losses |
| By knockout | 51 | 4 |
| By decision | 8 | 4 |
| Draws | 1 | 1 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 68 | Loss | 59–8–1 | Anthony Dirrell | UD | 10 | Sep 6, 2015 | American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. | |
| 67 | Loss | 59–7–1 | Gennady Golovkin | KO | 2 (12), 1:19 | Oct 18, 2014 | StubHub Center, Carson, California, U.S. | Lost WBC interim middleweight title; For WBA (Super) and IBO middleweight titles |
| 66 | Win | 59–6–1 | Domenico Spada | KO | 10 (12), 1:38 | Apr 5, 2014 | Gran Estadio, Delicias, Mexico | Won vacant WBC interim middleweight title |
| 65 | Win | 58–6–1 | Dionisio Miranda | KO | 2 (12), 2:44 | Jul 27, 2013 | Palenque de la Feria, Chihuahua City, Mexico | |
| 64 | Win | 57–6–1 | Marcus Upshaw | UD | 12 | Mar 23, 2013 | Centro de Espectáculos "La Macarena", Uruapan, Mexico | |
| 63 | Win | 56–6–1 | Michel Rosales | TKO | 11 (12), 1:03 | Dec 22, 2012 | Auditorio Bicentenario, Morelia, Mexico | Retained WBF (Federation) super middleweight title |
| 62 | Win | 55–6–1 | Carlos Baldomir | RTD | 4 (12), 3:00 | Sep 8, 2012 | Estadio Miguel Alemán Valdés, Celaya, Mexico | Won vacant WBF (Federation) super middleweight title |
| 61 | Win | 54–6–1 | Jorge Cota | TKO | 7 (12) | Jun 30, 2012 | Auditorio Centenario, Torreón, Mexico | Won vacant IBF International middleweight title |
| 60 | Loss | 53–6–1 | Julio César Chávez Jr. | UD | 12 | Feb 4, 2012 | Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | For WBC middleweight title |
| 59 | Win | 53–5–1 | Matt Vanda | TKO | 5 (10), 2:42 | Dec 16, 2011 | Mandalay Bay Events Center, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |
| 58 | Win | 52–5–1 | Mohammed Akrong | TKO | 5 (12) | Sep 3, 2011 | Centro de Convenciones, San Luis Potosí City, Mexico | Won WBC Latino interim middleweight title |
| 57 | Win | 51–5–1 | Ricardo Marcelo Ramallo | TKO | 3 (10), 1:36 | Jun 4, 2011 | Auditorio Centenario, Gómez Palacio, Mexico | |
| 56 | Win | 50–5–1 | David Lemieux | TKO | 7 (12), 2:36 | Apr 8, 2011 | Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
| 55 | Win | 49–5–1 | Wilson Santana | TKO | 8 (12), 0:45 | Jan 1, 2011 | Auditorio Centenario, Torreón, Mexico | Won vacant WBC Latino super middleweight title |
| 54 | Win | 48–5–1 | José Luis Zertuche | TKO | 6 (12), 1:16 | Aug 21, 2010 | Inforum, Irapuato, Mexico | Retained WBC Latino middleweight title |
| 53 | Win | 47–5–1 | Samuel Miller | UD | 12 | Jun 12, 2010 | Auditorio Centenario, Gómez Palacio, Mexico | Won vacant WBC Latino middleweight title |
| 52 | Win | 46–5–1 | Jaison Palomeque | TKO | 2 (10), 1:55 | Mar 20, 2010 | The City Discothèque, Cancún, Mexico | |
| 51 | Win | 45–5–1 | Rigoberto Álvarez | TKO | 9 (12), 1:32 | Jan 16, 2010 | Gimnasio Auditorio Centenario, Gómez Palacio, Mexico | Won vacant WBC Latino middleweight title |
| 50 | Win | 44–5–1 | Jose Miguel Rodriguez Berrio | TKO | 1 (12) | Oct 31, 2009 | Gimnasio Auditorio Centenario, Gómez Palacio, Mexico | Won vacant WBC Latino middleweight title |
| 49 | Loss | 43–5–1 | Kelly Pavlik | RTD | 9 (12), 3:00 | Feb 21, 2009 | Chevrolet Centre, Youngstown, Ohio, U.S. | For WBC, WBO, and The Ring middleweight titles |
| 48 | Win | 43–4–1 | Enrique Ornelas | SD | 12 | Oct 18, 2008 | Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. | |
| 47 | Win | 42–4–1 | Alfredo Cuevas | TKO | 5 (10), 3:00 | Jun 6, 2008 | Sovereign Center, Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |
| 46 | Win | 41–4–1 | José Luis Zertuche | TKO | 7 (12), 2:22 | Feb 9, 2008 | Domo de la Feria, León, Mexico | Won vacant WBC FECOMBOX middleweight title |
| 45 | Win | 40–4–1 | Sherwin Davis | KO | 2 (10) | Jan 1, 2008 | Auditorio Centenario, Gómez Palacio, Mexico | |
| 44 | Win | 39–4–1 | Rogelio Sanchez | KO | 1 (10) | Oct 19, 2007 | Auditorio Jose de la Fuente, Ciudad Acuña, Mexico | |
| 43 | Win | 38–4–1 | Jorge Dario David Gomez | TKO | 3 (12), 2:26 | Jun 8, 2007 | Auditorio Municipal, Torreón, Mexico | Retained WBA Fedecentro middleweight title |
| 42 | Win | 37–4–1 | Erik Rafael Esquivel | TKO | 9 (12) | Mar 9, 2007 | Auditorio Municipal, Torreón, Mexico | Won Mexico middleweight title |
| 41 | Win | 36–4–1 | Daniel Stanislavjevic | UD | 12 | Jan 1, 2007 | Auditorio Municipal, Torreón, Mexico | Won vacant WBA Fedecentro middleweight title |
| 40 | Win | 35–4–1 | Octavio Castro | RTD | 2 (12), 0:10 | Nov 17, 2006 | Auditorio Municipal, Torreón, Mexico | |
| 39 | Loss | 34–4–1 | Zaurbek Baysangurov | UD | 12 | Sep 23, 2006 | Palace of Sports, Kyiv, Ukraine | For vacant WBC International light middleweight title |
| 38 | Loss | 34–3–1 | Kassim Ouma | SD | 12 | May 6, 2006 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | For WBO–NABO light middleweight title |
| 37 | Win | 34–2–1 | Aslanbek Kodzoev | TKO | 8 (10), 0:01 | Jan 27, 2006 | Cicero Stadium, Cicero, Illinois, U.S. | |
| 36 | Win | 33–2–1 | Anthony Ivory | TKO | 1 (10), 2:40 | Nov 4, 2005 | Auditorio Municipal, Ciudad Acuña, Mexico | |
| 35 | Win | 32–2–1 | Leon Pearson | TKO | 4 (10) | Aug 19, 2005 | Palenque Vicente Fernandez, Gómez Palacio, Mexico | |
| 34 | Win | 31–2–1 | David Toribio | TKO | 2 (10), 1:26 | Jul 14, 2005 | The Orleans, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |
| 33 | Win | 30–2–1 | Grady Brewer | TKO | 8 (10), 0:10 | May 20, 2005 | Ector County Coliseum, Odessa, Texas, U.S. | |
| 32 | Win | 29–2–1 | Juan Carlos Candelo | UD | 10 | Mar 10, 2005 | Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas, U.S. | |
| 31 | Win | 28–2–1 | Frankie Randall | KO | 2 (10), 0:59 | Jan 1, 2005 | Auditorio Municipal, Torreón, Mexico | |
| 30 | Loss | 27–2–1 | Kofi Jantuah | KO | 1 (12), 0:33 | Sep 18, 2004 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | Lost WBC International light middleweight title |
| 29 | Win | 27–1–1 | Jeffrey Hill | TKO | 7 (12), 0:34 | Aug 5, 2004 | Dodge Arena, Hidalgo, Texas, U.S. | Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light middleweight title |
| 28 | Win | 26–1–1 | Fitz Vanderpool | TKO | 1 (12) | May 22, 2004 | Plaza de Toros, Mexico City, Mexico | Retained WBC International light middleweight title |
| 27 | Win | 25–1–1 | Alfred Ankamah | TKO | 1 (12), 2:50 | May 1, 2004 | Auditorio Municipal, Torreón, Mexico | Retained WBC International light middleweight title |
| 26 | Win | 24–1–1 | Ramon Mendivil | TKO | 1 (10) | Jan 1, 2004 | Gómez Palacio, Mexico | |
| 25 | Win | 23–1–1 | Cristian Solano | TKO | 1 (12), 2:51 | Nov 20, 2003 | Palenque Vicente Fernandez, Gómez Palacio, Mexico | Retained WBC International and Mexico light middleweight titles |
| 24 | Win | 22–1–1 | Akhmed Oligov | TKO | 1 (12), 0:59 | Oct 8, 2003 | Luzhniki Stadium, Moscow, Russia | Retained WBC International light middleweight title |
| 23 | Win | 21–1–1 | Jose Varela | KO | 2 (12) | Aug 1, 2003 | Palenque de la Feria, Gómez Palacio, Mexico | Won vacant WBC International light middleweight title |
| 22 | Win | 20–1–1 | Calvin Odom | TKO | 1 (10), 2:50 | Jun 27, 2003 | Palenque de Gallos, Gómez Palacio, Mexico | |
| 21 | Win | 19–1–1 | Jesus Arce | KO | 1 (12) | May 16, 2003 | Palenque de Gallos, Ciudad Acuña, Mexico | Retained Mexico light middleweight title |
| 20 | Win | 18–1–1 | Jesus Mendoza | TKO | 1 (12) | Mar 21, 2003 | Palenque de la Expo Feria, Ciudad Acuña, Mexico | Retained Mexico light middleweight title |
| 19 | Win | 17–1–1 | Paulino Avitia | KO | 1 (12) | Feb 21, 2003 | Gómez Palacio, Mexico | Retained Mexico light middleweight title |
| 18 | Win | 16–1–1 | Saúl Román | TKO | 4 (12) | Jan 1, 2003 | El Palenque, Gómez Palacio, Mexico | Retained Mexico light middleweight title |
| 17 | Win | 15–1–1 | Norberto Sandoval | KO | 2 (12) | Oct 25, 2002 | Ciudad Acuña, Mexico | Retained Mexico light middleweight title |
| 16 | Win | 14–1–1 | Javier Santibanez | TKO | 2 (12) | Sep 6, 2002 | Ciudad Acuña, Mexico | Won vacant Mexico light middleweight title |
| 15 | Win | 13–1–1 | Luis Enrique Delgado | KO | 1 (10) | Jul 19, 2002 | Ciudad Acuña, Mexico | Won vacant Coahuila light middleweight title |
| 14 | Win | 12–1–1 | Jorge Vaca | TKO | 4 | May 17, 2002 | Auditorio Benito Juarez, Los Mochis, Mexico | |
| 13 | Draw | 11–1–1 | Julio César de la Cruz | PTS | 8 | Mar 22, 2002 | Mazatlán, Mexico | |
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Roberto Urias | KO | 2 | Jan 1, 2002 | Mexico | |
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Richard Ruiz | PTS | 4 | Nov 9, 2001 | Mexico | |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | Antonio Garcia | TKO | 1 | Sep 21, 2001 | Mexico | |
| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Eduardo Jacques | PTS | 10 | Sep 18, 2001 | Gómez Palacio, Mexico | |
| 8 | Win | 7–1 | Ismael Diaz | KO | 4 | Jul 13, 2001 | Mexico | |
| 7 | Loss | 6–1 | Saúl Román | TKO | 2 | Jun 1, 2001 | Mexico | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Raul Martinez | KO | 1 | May 1, 2001 | Mexico | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Antonio Mora | KO | 3 | Jan 1, 2001 | Mexico | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Jorge Sandoval | KO | 4 | Nov 20, 2000 | Mexico | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Lino Torres | KO | 3 | Sep 15, 2000 | Mexico | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Gonzalo Bonilla | KO | 2 | Aug 4, 2000 | Mexico | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Alberto Juarez | PTS | 4 | May 17, 2000 | Monterrey, Mexico | |