Hernán Márquez Beltrán (born September 4, 1988), commonly known by his nickname "

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" Márquez, is a Mexican

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. He held the WBA

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title from 2011 to 2012, and has challenged once for the WBA

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title in 2010. Márquez is known for his trilogy of fights against

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whom he defeated twice in 2011 and lost to in 2015.

Professional career

Nicknamed "

" due to his aggressive style, Márquez is a hard-hitting southpaw. Márquez began his professional career on October 21, 2005, with a unanimous decision win over Noe Acosta. On July 25, 2009, he also won the WBC USNBC title with a unanimous decision win against Juan Escuer. Márquez won his following two fights before losing to

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by a 10-round unanimous decision. In his next fight, he moved up to the super flyweight division in order to challenge

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for the interim WBA super flyweight title. He lost the bout by 8th round knock out.

WBA flyweight champion

After scoring two consecutive wins, he returned to the Flyweight division and faced WBA world champion

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title eliminator on June 14, 2014, but was dominated and knocked out in eleven rounds by

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. He was knocked down by the Puerto Rican boxer in the first, fourth, eighth and last rounds.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marquez, Hernan 1988 births Living people Boxers from Sonora Southpaw boxers People from Empalme, Sonora Mexican male boxers World flyweight boxing champions Super-flyweight boxers World Boxing Association champions