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Anthony Dirrell vs Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Anthony Dirrell

🇲🇽MEXICO

Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio

Anthony Dirrell (34-3-2) and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio (59-8-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Dirrell

34

Wins25 KO · 74%

3

Losses

2

Draws39 tracked bouts

Rubio

59

Wins51 KO · 86%

8

Losses

1

Draw68 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Dirrell leads 1–0

Anthony Dirrell and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio have met 1 time; Dirrell leads 1–0.

Anthony Dirrell and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio have met 1 time; Dirrell leads 1–0.
Met2015Sep 6Series
Anthony DirrellFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Marco Antonio "El Veneno" RubioFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Dirrell 4 · Rubio 4 of 8 measurable rows
DirrellRubio
Record
34-3-2 (edge)59-8-1
Win %0–100%
89.7% (edge)
87.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 51
25
51 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
73.53%
86.44% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
74%
86% (edge)
Times stopped†max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
1
Bouts per year‡max 4.4
2.2
4.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 68
39
68

† Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · ‡ Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Height+4″
Anthony Dirrell: 6′2″ (edge)
Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio: 5′10″
Reach+4″
Anthony Dirrell: 74″ (edge)
Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio: 70″
Age4 yrs apart
Anthony Dirrell: 42
Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio: 46
Stance
Anthony Dirrell: Orthodox
Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio: Orthodox

Anthony Dirrell left, Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Anthony Dirrell34 wins · from 39 tracked bouts

Anthony Dirrell: 34 tracked wins — 25 by KO/TKO (74%), 7 on the cards (21%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 39 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

25 by KO/TKO 74%7 on the cards 21%2 by another method or unrecorded 6%

Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio59 wins · from 68 tracked bouts

Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio: 59 tracked wins — 51 by KO/TKO (86%) and 8 on the cards (14%). Counted from 68 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

51 by KO/TKO 86%8 on the cards 14%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Anthony Dirrell 39, Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio 68 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Anthony Dirrell last boxed on Oct 15, 2022 — 1,470 days ago. Dirrell had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Caleb Plant.WLDWL

Yıldırım Feb 2019Benavidez Sep 2019Davis Feb 2021Hernandez Nov 2021Plant Oct 20222.2 tracked bouts per year

Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio last boxed on Sep 6, 2015 — 4,066 days ago. Rubio had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Upshaw Mar 2013Miranda Jul 2013Spada Apr 2014Golovkin Oct 2014Dirrell Sep 20154.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Anthony Dirrell and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio ever fought each other?
Yes. Anthony Dirrell and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio met once on September 6, 2015, and Anthony Dirrell won by UD.
The meeting

WSep 6, 2015 · Dirrell · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Dirrell or Rubio?
Anthony Dirrell is 34-3-2 and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio is 59-8-1. Anthony Dirrell has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Dirrell34–3–289.7%

Rubio59–8–187.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Dirrell or Rubio?
Anthony Dirrell has 25 knockout wins and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio has 51. Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Dirrell2573.5%

Rubio5186.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Dirrell and Rubio have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Anthony Dirrell and Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio have faced.
Who is bigger, Dirrell or Rubio?
Anthony Dirrell is the taller fighter at 187 cm, 9 cm above the other. Anthony Dirrell also has the longer reach, by 11 cm.
Height · reach

Dirrell187 cm189 cm reach

Rubio178 cm178 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dirrell and Rubio?
This comparison is drawn from 39 bouts tracked for Anthony Dirrell and 68 bouts tracked for Marco Antonio "El Veneno" Rubio. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Dirrell39bouts

Rubio68bouts

How They Win ↓

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