On June 19, 2004, Jermain Taylor (20-0, 15 KOs) and Raúl Márquez (35-2, 24 KOs) meet in the ring in a 12-round middleweight bout.
Jermain Taylor is coming in to the fight on a 20-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round TKO victory over Alex Bunema, 2 months and 23 days ago. Raúl Márquez is on a 5-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round KO win over Humberto Aranda, 7 months and 27 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Jermain Taylor at 99-1 winning odds. Raúl Márquez really doesn't have much to present against Taylor.
Jermain Taylor stopped Raúl Márquez via RTD in the 9th round. Taylor improves his record to 21-0 (16 KOs), while Márquez adds a loss to his record at 35-3.