Record details

Raul MARQUEZ

"El Diamante"

Middleweight

Male

USA, Houston, Texas
Born: August 28, 1971, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico
(some sources report: Valle Hermoso, Mexico)
Height 5ft 8in, mt 1,72
southpaw

Mexican-American

as an amateur:

1987 United States Jr. Olympic welterweight champion
1989 United States welterweight champion
1991 United States super-welterweight champion
1991 AIBF super-welterweight amateur champion
1991 Italy-USA, Napoli, Wpt Antonio Di Maso (Ita)
1992 West Palm Beach, USA-Germany, Wpt Torsten Schmitz (Ger)
1991 Sydney World Sr. Championships Super-Welter
Lpt Ole Klemetsen (Nor)
1992 Tampa World Champs Challenger super-welterweight
Wpt Juan Lemus (Cuba) 24-19
1992 U.S. Olympic Trials super-welterweight gold medal
Wstpd2 Robert Allen, Wpt Lonnie Bradley 32-25
Wpt Antwun Echols 71-18
1992 U.S. Olympic Box-Offs: Wpt Antwun Echols 78-43
1992 Barcelona Olympic Games super-welterweight
Wpt David Defiagbon (Nig), Wpt Rival Cadeau (Sey)
Quarters: Lpt Orhan Delibas (Nth)

amateur record: 128-11-0

Amateur Results


1990
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
West Berlin, West Germany, AIBA Challenge Matches, 67 kg
- Mar. 4	Francisc Vastag (OMA)	West Berlin, West Germany	LPTS 45:41
Salt Lake City, Utah, Dual Match North America vs Europe, 67 Kg
+ June 23	Andrey Trotsenko (RUS)	Salt Lake City, Utah	WPTS 2:1

1991
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Sydney, Australia, World Championships preliminaries, 71 kg
- Nov. 17	Ole Klemetsen (NOR)	Sydney, Australia	LPTS 27:17

1992
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
Tampa, Florida, AIBA Challenge, 71 Kg
+ Mar. 14	Juan Carlos Lemus (CUB)	Tampa, Florida	WPTS 24:19
Barcelona, Spain, Olympic Games quarter-finals, 71 kg
+ July 27	David Defiagbon (CAN)	Barcelona, Spain	WPTS 8;7
+ Aug. 2	Rival Cadeau	Barcelona, Spain	WPTS 20:3
- Aug. 4	Orhan Delibas (NED)	Barcelona, Spain	LPTS 16:12

Professional record


1992
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 3	Rafael Rezzaq	San Antonio, Texas	KO 4
+ Oct. 24	Andre Watkins	Portland, Maine	KO 1
+ Nov. 13	José Gonzalez	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 1
+ Dec. 1	Ivory Teague	Virginia Beach, Virginia	TKO 2

1993
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 8	Andre Brown	Houston, Texas	KO 1
+ Feb. 6	Tyrone Heyward	New York City, New York	KO 1
+ Feb. 27	Leo Edwards	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO 3
+ Mar. 23	José Garcia	San Antonio, Texas	TKO 4
+ May 28	Mark Allman	Houston, Texas	TKO 1
+ June 26	Tommy Small	Atlantic City, New Jersey	W 8
+ July 24	Eduardo Ayala	Houston, Texas	W 8

1994
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 14	Jerry Strickland	Mundelein, Illinois	TKO 1
+ Feb. 22	John Jeter	Houston, Texas	W 8
+ Apr. 16	Patrick Swann	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 9
+ July 27	Jacobo Garcia	Tijuana/Mexico	TKO 1
+ Aug. 23	Alex Rios	Fort Worth, Texas	KO 1
+ Oct. 1	Darryl Cherry	Norfolk, Virginia	TKO 6
+ Nov. 5	Jorge Vaca	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 10

1995
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 10	Alain Bonnamie	Kenner, Louisiana	W 10
+ Apr. 11	Floyd Williams	Chicago, Illinois	W 10
+ July 9	Ernie Houser	Reno, Nevada	TKO 4

1996
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 30	James McCray	Lyndhurst, New Jersey	KO 6
+ Mar. 5	Skipper Kelp	Norfolk, Virginia	W 12
(Won vacant USBA Super-Welterweight Title)
+ Dec. 6	Scotty Smith	Las Vegas, Nevada	KO 2

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 10	Rafael Williams	Uncasville, Connecticut	TKO 5
(Retained USBA Super-Welterweight Title)
+ Apr. 12	Anthony Stephens	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 9
(Won vacant IBF Super-Welterweight Title)
+ July 5	Romallis Ellis	Lake Charles, Louisiana	TKO 4
(Retained IBF Super-Welterweight Title)
+ Sept. 13	Keith Mullings	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 12
(Retained IBF Super-Welterweight Title)
- Dec. 6	Luis Ramon Campas	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO by 8
(Lost IBF Super-Welterweight Title)

1998
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 25	Jose Alfredo Flores	Ledyard, Connecticut	W 10

1999
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 19	Michael Lerma	Houston, Texas	W 10
- July 17	Fernando Vargas	Stateline, Nevada	TKO by 11
(For IBF Super-Welterweight Title)


2000 Inactive

2001
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 15	Rob Bleakley	Houston, Texas	TKO 5
+ May 18	Tony Menefee	McAllen, Texas	TKO 4
+ Aug. 23	Roberto Baro	Houston, Texas	KO 7

2002
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 8	Anthony Brooks	Kissimmee, Florida	W 8

2003
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
* Feb. 8	Shane Mosley	Las Vegas, Nevada	NC 3
+ Oct. 23	Humberto Aranda	Houston, Texas	KO 4

2004
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- June 19	Jermain Taylor	Carson, California	TKO by 9
(For WBC Cont’l Americas Middleweight Title)


2005 Inactive

2006
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 29	Miguel Hernandez	Kinder, Louisiana	TKO 9
+ July 8	Sergio Rios	Kinder, Louisiana	KO 5
+ Sept. 22	Elco Garcia	Pasadena, Texas	KO 7

2007
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 16	Jonathan Corn	Hollywood, Florida	TKO 1
+ Aug. 8	Jay Pina	Hollywood, Florida	TKO 2

2008
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 29	Bronco McKart	Mt Pleasant, Michigan	W 10
+ June 21	Giovanni Lorenzo	Hollywood, Florida	W 12
(Won IBF Middleweight Title Eliminator)
- Nov. 8	Arthur Abraham	Bamberg, Germany	TKO by 6
(For IBF Middleweight Title)

Summary