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Marco Antonio Rubio versus Jorge Cota IBF International Middleweight Title

Rubio cutting off the ring during this bout and landing many left hooks on the 12-0 Cota, also from Mexico. Fought in front of a local crowd in Rubio's home town of Torreon, Mexico.
Several left hooks in a flurry sent Cota face first to the canvas for good in the seventh round.
Cota did beat the count at 8 but was out on his feet, with the referee removing Cota's gumshield and waving off the count. Time: 1:33 of round 7. Rubio appeared NOT in a neutral corner.
Rubio, 54-6-1 57 kayos, made a bid for a rematch with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. with this win. Rubio suing the WBC at this time for failing to force contractual mandatory drug testing on Chavez Jr.
Third win over an unbeaten middleweight fighter in 18 months for Rubio. His previous unbeaten victims were David Lemieux and Wilson Santana.
Boxing Scene online account of the Rubio-Cota bout [[1]]
Daily Motion video of the bout online in its entirety (in Spanish only, in public domain, NOT an American telecast) [[2]]