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.
The odds of winning are at 98.1-1.9 in favor of Jermain Taylor. Raúl Márquez won't be able to do much 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.