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Mexican power-puncher Marco
Antonio Rubio has decided to
relinquish the World Boxing
Federation World Super
Middleweight title, in order to
return to the middleweight
division and focus on getting
another shot at a world title in
what is one of the sport’s most
prestigious weight classes.
Rubio fought his fellow
countryman Julio Cesar Chavez
Jr. for a middleweight world
championship last year, but lost
on points and moved up in weight
to capture the WBF crown by
stopping Argentinean Carlos
Manuel Baldomir in four rounds.
He made one defense of the
title, this past December, when
he stopped another Mexican,
Michel Rosales, in round eleven
of an all-out war to bring his
professional ledger to 56-6-1
(49), before deciding to return
to his natural weight class.
“Personally, I felt very
comfortable being the WBF World
Champion, because the WBF is a
real sanctioning body and I am
very grateful towards the
organization”, said Rubio.
“Hopefully in the future I will
come back to the WBF.”
Despite having sixty-three
professional fights under his
belt, Rubio is only 32 years old
and has plenty of time to
achieve his middleweight-goals.
Prior to the Chavez defeat he
also came in second in a world
middleweight title challenge
against Kelly Pavlik, so he is
now aiming for third time lucky
in the near future.
A possible fight with undefeated
WBF World Middleweight Champion
Vitalyi Kopylenko could be an
interesting option for Rubio
later this year. |
