Rafael Marquez Record

In a career spanning 17 years and 11 months, Rafael Marquez fought 50 bouts.

Rafael Marquez Stats

Rafael Marquez is 166 cm tall (5' 5.35") with a reach of 173 cm (5' 8.11"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 7cm (2.76"). Marquez has a 88% KO rate.

Career Summary

Rafael Marquez was active form 1995 to 2013. He started boxing professionally at 20 years of age; Marquez debuted against Victor Rabanales on September 14,1995, and lost to Rabanales via 8th round KO.

He had his first world title fight at the age of 27 on February 15, 2003 after 31 professional fights against Tim Austin for the bantamweight IBF title. Marquez defeated Austin via 8th round TKO to become the new bantamweight champion of the world.

Marquez was a world champion in two different weight classed. His notable victories include wins over Israel Vazquez, Silence Mabuza, Heriberto Ruiz, Peter Frissina, Jose Francisco Mendoza, and Mark Johnson. For a complete list of Marquez' best performances refer to Rafael Marquez' best fights.

His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Efrain Esqivias on September 7, 2013. Marquez lost the fight via 9th round KO. It's been 9 years, 1 month, and 24 days since this fight.

Return to super bantamweight

On 16 July 2011, Marquez made his comeback in Cancun on the same card as his brother, Juan Manuel against Eduardo Becerril. Both fights were tune-ups and the younger Marquez brother comfortably dealt with his opponent, knocking him down once on the way to a 6th round TKO.

Marquez fought against WBC super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka on 1 October at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Marquez lost by unanimous decision.