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Total Fights | 50 |
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Wins | 41 |
Losses | 9 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 3 |
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Title Defenses | 7 |
Title-Fight KOs | 7 |
KO Wins | 37 |
KO Losses | 7 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 17 years and 11 months, Rafael Márquez fought 50 times with 41 wins and 9 losses.
Márquez retired from professional boxing with a record of 41-9, which included three world-title wins and seven successful title defense fights at the bantamweight weight division. He had a 74% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 37 of his total 50 fights being knockout wins, seven of which were in title fights. Márquez suffered seven knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 9th round KO defeat to Efrain Esquivias on September 7, 2013.
Some of Márquez' best fights and notable victories include wins over Hall-of-Famer Mark Johnson, Israel Vázquez, Silence Mabuza, Heriberto Ruiz, and Peter Frissina.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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50 | Sep 7, 2013 | 38 | Efrain Esquivias | Loss | KO9 |
49 | Oct 27, 2012 | 37 | Cristian Mijares | Loss | TKO9 |
48 | May 5, 2012 | 37 | Eric Aiken | Win | KO1 |
47 | Oct 1, 2011 | 36 | Toshiaki Nishioka | Loss * | UD |
46 | Jul 16, 2011 | 36 | Eduardo Becerril | Win | RTD6 |
45 | Nov 6, 2010 | 35 | Juan Manuel López | Loss * | RTD8 |
44 | May 22, 2010 | 35 | Israel Vázquez | Win | KO3 |
43 | May 23, 2009 | 34 | Jose Francisco Mendoza | Win | TKO3 |
42 | Mar 1, 2008 | 32 | Israel Vázquez | Loss * | SD |
41 | Aug 4, 2007 | 32 | Israel Vázquez | Loss * | TKO6 |
40 | Mar 3, 2007 | 31 | Israel Vázquez | Win * | RTD7 |
39 | Aug 5, 2006 | 31 | Silence Mabuza | Win * | RTD9 |
38 | Nov 5, 2005 | 30 | Silence Mabuza | Win * | TKO4 |
37 | May 28, 2005 | 30 | Ricardo Vargas | Win * | UD |
36 | Nov 27, 2004 | 29 | Mauricio Pastrana | Win * | TKO8 |
35 | Jul 31, 2004 | 29 | Heriberto Ruiz | Win * | KO3 |
34 | Jan 31, 2004 | 28 | Peter Frissina | Win * | TKO2 |
33 | Oct 4, 2003 | 28 | Mauricio Pastrana | Win * | UD |
32 | Feb 15, 2003 | 27 | Tim Austin | Win * | TKO8 |
31 | Jul 12, 2002 | 27 | Jorge Otero | Win | RTD6 |
30 | Feb 23, 2002 | 26 | Mark Johnson | Win | TKO8 |
29 | Oct 6, 2001 | 26 | Mark Johnson | Win | SD |
28 | Jul 6, 2001 | 26 | Gerardo Espinoza | Win | TKO4 |
27 | Jun 1, 2001 | 26 | Miguel Ochoa | Win | TKO2 |
26 | Apr 1, 2001 | 26 | Jovy Chan | Win | KO3 |
25 | Dec 16, 2000 | 25 | Aquiles Guzman | Win | RTD7 |
24 | Nov 12, 2000 | 25 | Genaro Garcia | Loss | KO2 |
23 | Aug 20, 2000 | 25 | Tomas Rivera | Win | KO2 |
22 | Jun 23, 2000 | 25 | Arturo Estrada | Win | TKO2 |
21 | Apr 14, 2000 | 25 | Ricardo Barrera | Win | TKO1 |
20 | Aug 23, 1999 | 24 | Adrian Cristian Ochoa | Win | TKO4 |
19 | May 10, 1999 | 24 | Angel Almena | Win | KO1 |
18 | Mar 8, 1999 | 23 | Jose Guadalupe Gastelum | Win | RTD6 |
17 | Oct 24, 1998 | 23 | Ricardo Barrera | Win | KO1 |
16 | Aug 22, 1998 | 23 | Dario Diaz | Win | TKO2 |
15 | Jun 20, 1998 | 23 | Ivan Salazar | Win | KO3 |
14 | May 2, 1998 | 23 | Francisco Mateos | Loss | TKO3 |
13 | Apr 6, 1998 | 23 | Beldevear Meza | Win | KO3 |
12 | Mar 4, 1998 | 22 | Jose Felipe Garcia | Win | TKO1 |
11 | Jan 24, 1998 | 22 | Julian Mujica | Win | TKO1 |
10 | Oct 22, 1997 | 22 | Evaristo Primero | Win | TKO4 |
9 | Sep 27, 1997 | 22 | Jose Guillermo Sanchez | Win | TKO3 |
8 | Jul 14, 1997 | 22 | Gabriel Tinajero | Win | KO2 |
7 | Apr 21, 1997 | 22 | Juan Mendoza | Win | UD |
6 | Dec 9, 1996 | 21 | Oscar Zamora | Win | KO2 |
5 | Oct 28, 1996 | 21 | Robert Enriquez | Win | KO4 |
4 | May 15, 1996 | 21 | Mucio Castillo | Win | TKO1 |
3 | Mar 27, 1996 | 21 | Sergio Lopez | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Mar 3, 1996 | 20 | Jose Godinez | Win | TKO2 |
1 | Sep 14, 1995 | 20 | Victor Rabanales | Loss | KO8 |
* World-title fight
Rafael Márquez is a 49-year old retired Mexican professional boxer. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico on March 25, 1975. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. Márquez was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2023. His professional boxing career spanned more than 17 years — from 1995 to 2013.
Márquez made his professional boxing debut against Victor Rabanales at the age of 20 on September 14, 1995, losing to Rabanales via 8th round KO. He went on to win 12 consecutive fights after this loss, which included 11 wins via stoppage.
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. He defeated Austin via 8th round TKO to become the bantamweight champion of the world.
Márquez has won three world titles at two weight classes. For all the details about Márquez' world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Márquez had a total of nine losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Efrain Esquivias on September 7, 2013. Márquez lost the fight via 9th round KO. It's been 10 years, 7 months, and 22 days since this fight.
Márquez had a total of 13 world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and seven successful title defenses. He won nine of these fights and lost four.
Rafael Márquez fought for world titles in five fights and won two of these fights, both of them via stoppage. In total, he won three belts across two weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Mar 3, 2007 | Israel Vázquez | Super-bantamweight | WBC, The Ring | RTD |
Feb 15, 2003 | Tim Austin | Bantamweight | IBF | TKO |
Rafael Márquez had eight world-title defense fights across two weight classes — bantamweight (x7) and super-bantamweight. He won seven of them and lost only once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Aug 5, 2006 | Silence Mabuza | Bantamweight | IBF | RTD |
Nov 5, 2005 | Silence Mabuza | Bantamweight | IBF | TKO |
May 28, 2005 | Ricardo Vargas | Bantamweight | IBF | UD |
Nov 27, 2004 | Mauricio Pastrana | Bantamweight | IBF | TKO |
Jul 31, 2004 | Heriberto Ruiz | Bantamweight | IBF | KO |
Jan 31, 2004 | Peter Frissina | Bantamweight | IBF | TKO |
Oct 4, 2003 | Mauricio Pastrana | Bantamweight | IBF | UD |
Rafael Márquez lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Aug 4, 2007 | Israel Vázquez | Super-bantamweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Márquez fought a total of 50 times during his professional career, which includes 13 world-title fights at three weight divisions. He put on some great performances in these fights. These eight fights are the highlight of his career.
February 23, 2002: Rafael Márquez puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Mark Johnson via 8th round TKO.
February 15, 2003: Márquez wins his first world title by defeating Tim Austin via 8th round TKO. He is now the IBF bantamweight world champion.
January 31, 2004: Márquez successfully defends the IBF bantamweight title against Peter Frissina, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
July 31, 2004: Márquez successfully defends the IBF bantamweight title against Heriberto Ruiz, winning the fight via 3rd round KO.
November 5, 2005: Márquez wins the bantamweight title from Silence Mabuza, by beating Mabuza via 4th round TKO.
August 5, 2006: Márquez successfully defends the IBF bantamweight title against Silence Mabuza, winning the fight via 9th round RTD.
March 3, 2007: Márquez wins the WBC and The Ring super-bantamweight titles from Israel Vázquez, by beating Vázquez via 7th round RTD.
May 22, 2010: Rafael Márquez beats Israel Vázquez via 3rd round KO.
Márquez knocked out 37 of his 50 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 74%. Of his total 41 wins, 37 of them were via KO (90.2%).
Márquez' first world-title win was the IBF belt at bantamweight. He defeated Tim Austin via 8 round TKO to win the title.
Márquez won three world titles at two weight classes.
Márquez had a total of eight title defense fights. He was successful seven times and lost one time.