Sergio Garcia’s 83rd participation in a row in a Major. Chávez Jr.'s godfather was the head of WBC and refused to allow the fight, even after a unanimous vote to allow the unbeaten champion to fight the current title holder. The fight took place in Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall on 17 April 2010. Though Chávez had his moments trapping Martínez in the corner on the ropes, Martínez fought Chávez and used his fast lateral movement to avoid and neutralize Chávez' offensive attack. His boxing career suffered a major setback in August 1996 when he broke his left hand, forcing him out of the sport for a year.
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"18: Madison Square Garden, New York City, Sergio Martinez beat Matthew Macklin by 11th-round KO (The Ring middleweight). The knockout was called by many as the knockout of the year. [3] A southpaw, Martínez was known as a fast and athletic fighter and his style has been described as "crowd-pleasing",[4] partly because of his tendency to fight with his hands down when out of his opponents' range.
©BoxRec : data may be incomplete/inaccurate His father worked as a construction worker and metal worker, a trade which Sergio Martínez joined along with his two brothers, Sebastian and Hugo Jr. Martínez was bullied as a child in his "dirt-poor rural village. This fight was notable in that the WBC did not initially want Chávez Jr. to fight Martinez. Martínez then fought undefeated EBU middleweight champion Darren Barker on 1 October at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. After an impressive performance against Paul Williams, Sergio Martínez stayed at middleweight and challenged WBC, WBO, The Ring and lineal middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik.
"[28], Following the bout, Martínez stated that he wanted to continue his boxing career, and expressed his desire to fight against Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. 10 bouts Sergio Martínez's next fight was against undefeated Sergiy Dzindziruk on 12 March 2011 at the Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, winning by TKO in 8 rounds. Dzindziruk, the WBO light middlweight champion, was knocked down five times in the fight. The first few rounds showed that Barker was actually able to make Martínez uncomfortable in the ring and give him more trouble than expected. [11], Martínez at the age of 22, had his first professional fight on 27 December 1997 in Ituzaingo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Despite being fatigued and clearly hurt, Sergio Martínez managed to survive the thrilling 12th round without holding. [15], On 21 May 2009, WBC light middleweight champion Vernon Forrest was stripped of his title due to a rib injury that would leave him out of action indefinitely. From April 2002 – May 2003 he fought four times in Spain, all eight-round fights that he won against weak opposition, two of his opponents had lost their last six fights. Although Martínez recovered and had some success in the early rounds, he was hurt by a number of punches in round seven leading to a stoppage by the referee, thus handing Martínez his first loss. 3 Ring Middleweight Matthew Macklin of Ireland on 17 March 2012 at the Madison Square Garden in New York City. Martínez fought Julio César Chávez Jr. on 15 September 2012, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada for Chávez Jr's WBC Middleweight title. Martínez won the fight by unanimous decision, by the scores of 117–110, 118–109, and 118–109. [18] The victory over Pavlik earned Martínez the WBC, WBO, Ring and lineal middleweight championships. However, on 13 June 2015, Martínez announced his retirement from boxing at the age of 40, stating that both aging and knee injuries were the causes for his decision. News agency Reuters reported that Martínez could make his first title defense against British fighter Martin Murray on 27 April 2013 in Argentina. I thought I could have the most impact by speaking out on the issue. MASTERS Champion . [27] Martínez defeated Ring Top 10 Middleweight Martin Murray by a controversial unanimous decision. Find out more about cookies [21]
Martinez was also awarded the WBC Diamond belt.
Although the organization also mandated that Martínez face Forrest, that bout would never happen. Martínez rematched Nieva four months later and won a six-round unanimous decision. Sergio Gabriel Martínez (born 21 February 1975) is an Argentine professional boxer. [20], On 20 November 2010, Sergio got a chance to avenge his loss to Williams. He continued to fight back until round nine when Martínez went down once again. Martínez won by unanimous decision after surviving a 12th round knock down following a dominant performance over the first 11 rounds. Rounds 8–10 then signified that the fight would be close on the score-cards when Martínez won those rounds by repeating what he did in rounds 2 and 3.
After being trained by his uncle, Ruben Paniagua, Martínez began boxing as an amateur and compiled a record of 39–2 (39 wins to 2 losses), the losses came by way of majority decision and knockout. scheduled bouts subject to change & commission approval. The opponent for his professional debut, Cristian Marcelo Vivas, was disqualified in the second round, giving Martínez his first win. [24] As a result, he received a fine of $20,000 and was indefinitely suspended by the World Boxing Council.[25]. Then in the final 2 rounds (11–12), both fighters began to fade although the exchanges remained very closely contested, although Williams was far more active and therefore would seemingly win those final 2 rounds based on the fact that he was far more active in the last 2 rounds of the fight. "[9] Before boxing, Martínez was a keen cyclist and football player and it was not until 1995 that he decided he would become a boxer. ©BoxRec : data may be incomplete/inaccurate : Editors About BoxRec Contact Us Terms & Conditions Widgets BoxRec.com uses cookies to make the site simpler. 7 years top 10 in OWGR. He held the WBC super welterweight title from 2009 to 2010, and the unified WBC, WBO, Ring magazine and lineal middleweight titles between 2010 and 2014. Sergio successfully defended his The Ring title against the No. He also managed to get Martínez's nose to bleed early in the rounds by an upper-cut.
[19] A week later, Martínez did inform the WBC that he was willing to vacate their Light Middleweight title and maintain his WBC Middleweight belt.
I'm gonna stop this one. After his final fight in Argentina, a February 2002 win over Francisco Mora, Martínez decided to relocate to Spain. Williams stated to Max Kellerman after the fight, "He caught me with a punch I did not see.". During this run of fights he won the Argentina welterweight title after outpointing Javier Alejandro Blanco. Martínez, who entered the ring as an underdog, having had only eight days preparation,[11][13] won a unanimous decision. This prohibition includes holding a title with one sanctioning organization while also holding a title in a different weight class with a different organization. "[9], For other people named Sergio Martinez, see. 2018-10-27: Asinia Byfield* 14 1 0: Copper Box Arena, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Hackney Wick W. UD vacant BBBofC British Super Welter Title . With six successful defenses of the Ring and lineal middleweight titles, Martínez's 50-month reign as champion ranks as one of the longest in the history of that weight class. Following the ninth round, trainer Pablo Sarmiento decided to call off the fight prior to the tenth round while still in the corner, against the urging of Martínez. 2018-06-06: Paul Upton: 15 0 0: York Hall, Bethnal Green W. TKO World Boxing Association International Super Welter Title.
[14] He defended the IBO title twice in the United Kingdom; a twelfth round knock-out victory of Adrian Stone in Bristol was followed by a rematch against Williams in Belfast, on this occasion Williams was stopped in the ninth round.
Macklin unexpectedly threw vigorous hooks and jabs that left Martínez behind on the scorecards and left Martínez in a sense of urgency.
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