Photos: Marco Antonio Rubio Stops Jose Zertuche in Six

By Jhonny Gonzalez 

Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico - Marco Antonio Rubio had a repeat by stopping Jose Luis Zertuche by TKO in the sixth round of their middleweight bout. Rubio stopped Zertuche in seven rounds in a 2008 war of wills.

A full venue saw the audience respond as the fight lived up to the expectations. Zertuche was driven by his followers and from the opening bell he sought to penetrate his opponent's guard with combinations to the head.

The impacts of the punches were nullified by Rubio's guard, who responded with winging right-cross to stop his fierce rival.

The second round was exciting, with José Luis getting Rubio to retreat to the ropes and worked him with punches but Rubio responded with combinations to the head of Zertuche who backed off from his attack.

In the third, there were exchanges that Rubio was winning. He used his experience by blocking punches and answered with shots to the head and hooks to the body of Zertuche, who did not stop attacking with the cries of followers from ringside.

In the fourth Rubio took over by punishing Zertuche with combinations. The damage continued in the fifth as his solid blows inflcited a cut above the right eyebrow of Zertuche.

The outcome was clear in the sixth turn when Rubio put the heat on Zertuche with hard shots to get the TKO at 1:16 of the round. With this result, Marco Antonio Rubio improved to 48 wins with 41 knockouts and 5 losses, while kept Zertuche fell to 21 wins, with 17 before the limit and 7 defeats.