Kiko Martinez KO Kid Gallahad – KO, Comeback and Upset Of The Year Contender!

11/14/2021 James Slater

So much for the critics who said Kiko Martinez was not a fit title challenger at age 35 and that last night’s fight against defending … continue

Seriously Bad Scoring Tainted A Dramatic Night At Wembley: How Are We Going To Bring Foreign Fighters To This Country?

07/10/202202/15/2021 James Slater

We saw the first big boxing upset of 2021 on Saturday night at Wembley, London, when young Mexican warrior Mauricio Lara ended Josh Warrington’s unbeaten … continue

Photos: Lara shocks Warrington in 9th round stoppage

02/14/202102/13/2021 Matchroom Boxing

Josh Warrington was floored and ruthlessly finished by Mexico’s Mauricio Lara in a sensational knockout loss that put a dent in the former IBF Featherweight … continue

Photos: Deontay Wilder Thrills Barclays Center Crowd With Scintillating First Round Knockout Of Dominic Breazeale

05/19/201905/19/2019 Showtime Boxing

WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder delivered the 40th knockout of his career in devastating fashion Saturday night, sending mandatory challenger Dominic … continue

Wilder vs Breazeale, Russell Jr vs Martinez Official Weights, Quotes & Photos

05/17/2019 Showtime Boxing

WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay Wilder scaled 223 ¼ pounds and mandatory challenger Dominic Breazeale tipped the scales at 255 ¼ pounds for their long-awaited … continue

Deontay Wilder – Dominic Breazeale final press conference quotes for Saturday

05/16/2019 Showtime Boxing

WBC Heavyweight World Champion Deontay “The Bronze Bomber” Wilder and mandatory challenger Dominic “Trouble” Breazeale continued their war of words and further escalated their longstanding … continue

Gary Russell Jr. vs. Kiko Martinez on Wilder-Breazeale card on May 18 on SHOWTIME

04/20/201904/18/2019 Showtime Boxing

WBC Featherweight World Champion Gary Russell Jr. To Defend Against Former Champion Kiko Martinez In Co-Feature To Wilder vs. Breazeale Saturday, May 18 Live on … continue

Leo Santa Cruz TKOs Kiko Martinez in 5th round

03/02/201602/28/2016 Showtime Boxing

(Photo Credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) ANAHEIM, Calif. (Feb. 27, 2016) – Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz defended his WBA Featherweight World Championship in convincing fashion on Saturday night, knocking down Kiko “Sensación” Martinez twice in the first round, then ending it on a barrage of punches as the fight was called at 2:09 in the fifth round in the main event of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING doubleheader at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.

In the co-feature on SHOWTIME, 29-year-old Hugo Ruiz (36-3, 31 KOs), Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, regained his WBC Super Bantamweight World Title with a devastating early knockdown with just 51 seconds into the 12-round fight against 23-year-old Julio Ceja (30-2, 27 KOs) of Atizapan De Zaragoza, Mexico, in a highly anticipated rematch of their August fight won by Ceja.

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Santa Cruz stops Martinez

03/02/201602/28/2016 Rob Smith

(Photo Credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) In easily the most exciting fight of this weekend’s fights, WBA featherweight champion Leo Santa Cruz (32-0-1, 18 KOs) stood in the trenches and slugged it out with the hard hitting Kiko Martinez (35-7, 26 KOs) in mowing him down in five thrilling rounds on Showtime Boxing on Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.

Santa Cruz put Martinez down on two separate occasions in the 2nd round of the 12 round fight. The end of the fight came in the 5th, when the 27-year-old Santa Cruz unloaded on Martinez with a nonstop storm of shots that resulted in referee Raul Caiz Jr. pulling the plug on the fight. Martinez, 29, was still on his feet, but he was near helpless if not for the referee stopping it. The official time of the stoppage was at 2:09 of the round.

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Kiko Martinez: I’ve faced stronger boxers than Leo Santa Cruz

02/25/2016 Showtime Boxing

(Photo credit: Stephanie Trapp/SHOWTIME) ANAHEIM, CALIF. (February 25, 2016) – Leo “El Terremoto” Santa Cruz and Kiko “Sensacion” Martinez went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before their featherweight world title showdown on Saturday, Feb. 27 live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT) from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.

Also in attendance Thursday were Julio Ceja and Hugo Ruiz, who will enter the ring in a super bantamweight world title rematch as part of the SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® telecast beginning at 10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

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