He was a title challenger, a former British champion, he has a good career and he is not someone who will be easily impressed by my experience. And I like that. After retiring in mostly due to a severe knee injury that would not heal properly, Martinez is very aware of the fact that the way he feels during training will determine the approach he will use in the fight, but he claims he feels strong and fast for his age — and most importantly, as mobile as he was in his heyday.
Martinez sure does look good physically. In the sixth week I was already weighing 85 kg pounds , all muscle and no fat. I wanted to feel strong and well. I made a few changes in my diet and in my physical training to find the right balance between strength and weight.
Today I find myself very fast, very strong and with great reflexes. He has good technique, and he is a veteran but not so much due to his age, but rather for the amount of fights that he has. He has almost 40 fights and he is very motivated, which is great for me because I want to beat the best version of Brian Rose.
A lofty goal, especially during times like these when boxing itself is not showing its best possible version. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. Skip to content September 25, Usyk dethrones Joshua by unanimous decision.
Okolie smashes Prasovic in three. Keep comments related to boxing. Be respectful, polite and keep it clean. Personal attacks will not be tolerated. Offending posts will be removed. Repeat offenders will be put on moderation. In my opinion now he has nothing to do except to finish in the hospital against any of the current top 20 middleweights… Loading Stop hating he still got it Loading I don,t hate him, I love him. In an exclusive interview from Madrid after a long day of training, Martinez, now 46, claims that this string of bouts is far from a farewell tour, although one bad result could easily turn it into just that.
I either win, or I retire for good. And I have to do it right. I have to box well, I have to feel good in the ring, I have to handle the fight well. Because if I want to fight for a title at the end of this road, Rose cannot be a difficult opponent to me. The fight is tentatively scheduled for 10 rounds at pounds, and there may be a regional or minor belt at play from either the WBA which ranks him at No.
If that were to happen, it would be the ninth title fight for Martinez, who made six defenses of the Ring middleweight championship he acquired when he defeated Kelly Pavlik in He would later climb to the podium of the pound-for-pound rankings behind only Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, among other accolades.
The man known as Maravilla became the leading middleweight in the world before age and injuries took their toll on his body and forced him to quit at the age of He also beat a trio of British boxers during that same period—Darren Barker, Matthew Macklin and Martin Murray all tried and failed to get the better of him.
During his early years when he campaigned down at super welterweight, he travelled to Bristol and Manchester in England, as well as Belfast in Northern Ireland, for bouts. No, honestly. Martinez used to appear on cards in Great Britain—and he wasn't even the main attraction. As Martinez turns 41 on Sunday, Bleacher Report has looked back at the five Brits who faced him in the paid ranks.
Richard Williams was nicknamed The Secret, but Martinez knew all about him after the pair met twice in the ring in the space of 10 months.
Williams had won the Commonwealth super welterweight title in his 12th fight, which suggested he could go on and make an impact at the world level. However, he came up against Martinez—who had moved to Spain from his native Argentina to further his career—for the first time in June , at the M.
Arena in Manchester, England. The visiting fighter picked up the lightly regarded IBO title with a unanimous points win, although Martinez later admitted the result was about much more than any belt.
I am a different person after that fight.
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