Sergio Martinez Boxing News

By Jason Kim: Lou Dibella, the promoter for WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s), expects WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and his promoter Bob Arum to immediately start negotiations with them after Martinez first takes care of Matthew Macklin on March 17th at Madison Square Garden in New York.

New York, NY (Feb. 6, 2012) – Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. defended his version of the World Boxing Council (WBC) Middleweight Championship this past Saturday, February 4, and as long as Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez follows suit in his upcoming matchup against Matthew Macklin on March 17, promoter Lou DiBella expects the two to meet to [...]

By Allen Fox: WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez gave his two cents about the prospects of WBA junior middleweight champion Miguel Cotto and junior middleweight contender Antonio Margarito stepping up in weight to fight WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in the near future, and Martinez said this on his twitter page: “181 [...]

By Jason Kim: In an interview with Boxing Channel after Saturday’s night loss to WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s), the beaten Marco Antonio Rubio was asked if Chavez Jr. is afraid to fight his WBC ordered challenger former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez and Rubio answered “It’s obvious. Chavez Jr. [...]

By Dan Ambrose: In appraising the progress that WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. has made in the past year under the watchful eye of trainer Freddie Roach, I think Chavez’s promoter Bob Arum needs to wait a lot longer than the end of the year before he finally matched Chavez Jr. against the [...]

By Scott Gilfroid: If former WBC super middleweight champion Carl Froch is looking for a good opponent for his next fight in May then he needs to consider facing former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (37-2, 32 KO’s), who currently doesn’t have any fights scheduled.

By Sean McDaniel: WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) is having a hard time letting go of the fact that WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and his promoter Bob Arum want no part of him.

By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Matthew “Mack The Knife” Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) has a style of fighting where he loads up with everything and throws a lot of punches to try and take out his usually overmatched opposition.

Fitness guru and reality television star Marcelo Crudele has been named new camp coordinator for World Boxing Council (WBC) Diamond Middleweight Champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez.

By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KOs) will get a shot against the best middleweight in the division in WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) on March 17th at Madison Square Garden in New York.

By Chris Williams: Former two division world champion Sergio Martinez says he’s willing to fight Floyd MayweatherJr at 150 pound catchweight. However, Mayweather will have to wait until November before Martinez can fight him because he says he won’t be available until then, according to an interview at boxinginsider.com.

By Chris Williams: Unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s) is reportedly considering a bout against former two time world champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) next on May 5th if Manny Pacquiao doesn’t want to step up to the plate and fight him.

By Scott Gilfoid: It wasn’t bad enough that Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) got beaten in his last fight against WBA Super World middleweight champion Felix Sturm last June by a 12 round split decision, but now the 29-year-old Macklin is coming back for what stacks up to be another loss for the UK fighter [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) is facing an almost certain knockout loss coming up in his fight against former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) on March 17th at Madison Square Garden, in New York.

New York, NY – (1/13/2012) – Middleweight Champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez wrapped up his NYC trip on Thursday and headed back to his training camp in Oxnard, California, to begin the preparations for his middleweight title defense against Ireland’s Matthew Macklin at Madison Square Garden, on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17), live on HBO’s “World [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (44-0-1, 31 KO’s) is expected to ignore Sergio Martinez once again after Chavez Jr. gets through defending his belt for the second time against #1 ranked contender Marco Antonio Rubio (53-5-1, 46 KO’s) next month on February 4th in San Antonio, Texas.

(Photo by DiBella Entertainment/Ed Diller) By Allen Fox: Former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) and HBO apparently have settled whatever issues that were between them judging by some of the comments that Kery Davis, Senior Vice President of Programming at HBO Sports, had to say about Martinez during Wednesdays’ press conference to [...]

(Photo by DiBella Entertainment/Ed Diller) By Chris Williams: Former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez sees Manny Pacquiao and Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. as a couple of puppets, unable to make decisions on their own and just following along with whatever their promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank tells them to do.

New York, NY – (1/11/2012) – Earlier today, before a standing-room only crowd of media at Ainsworth Prime inside Madison Square Garden, Lou DiBella officially announced his St. Patrick’s Day card (Saturday, March 17th) that will take place at The Theater at Madison Square Garden. Headlining the show will be THE REAL Middleweight Champion “Maravilla” [...]

By William Mackay: For now, the March 17th fight between former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) and Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) will still be televised by HBO. It’s still unknown if that will change because Martinez recently lit into HBO about having his World Boxing Council stripped from him by the [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: If there was ever a fighter that was perfectly tailor made for Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) to knock cold it’s Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s). This guy is a knockout waiting to happen on March 17th at Madison Square Garden in New York.

By Eric Thomas: A fight between WBA/WBC super middleweight champion Andre Ward (25-0, 13 KO’s) and Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) is Martinez goes ahead and leaves HBO like he’s been talking about.

By Dan Ambrose: The World Boxing Council has given their vote of approval for a Sergio Martinez vs. WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. bout as long as the two fighters win their next fights. Chavez Jr. must mandatorily face Martinez next, the WBC says.

WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS January 5, 2012 – Mexico City. From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán: The WBC approved the Chavez-Martinez bout if both fighters win their respective bouts.

By Dan Ambrose: Irish middleweight contender Andy Lee (27-1, 19 KO’s) will be fighting on the Matthew Macklin vs. Sergio Martinez undercard against an opponent still to be determined on March 17th at Madison Square Garden, New York. Lee, 28, is hoping to face a high quality fighter so he can impress boxing fans at [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) just got beat in his last fight by WBA World middleweight champion Felix Sturm and now he’s back for a second helping of backside whipping in a different fight against an even better opponent in former two division world champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) on March [...]

By Allen Fox: Bob Arum has already made it clear that he’s not interested in matching his fighters against Sergio Martinez. The problem is Arum really doesn’t have much choice when it comes to his fighter WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

By Allen Fox: Lou Dibella, the promoter for former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez, is reportedly considering legal action against the World Boxing Council if his fighter Martinez doesn’t get a fight against WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. This comes after the WBC mandated that Chavez Jr. has to fight Martinez next.

By Sean McDaniel: Unbeaten middleweight contender Martin Murray (23-0-1, 10 KO’s) is interested in fighting Andy Lee (27-1, 19 KO’s) on March 17th on the undercard of the Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin bout at New York’s Madison Square Garden.

By Scott Gilfoid: No.3 ranked Ring Magazine middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) thinks former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) showed some flaws in his last fight against challenger Darren Barker last October and Macklin thinks he’s the one that can expose these vulnerabilities when they meet up on March 17th [...]