Sergio Martinez Boxing News

By Jim Dower: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) doesn’t have the fastest hands or the best boxing skills in the division. There’s probably a ton of faster and better skilled fighters in the top 10 compared to Pavlik, but none of them have his power. It’s Pavlik’s power which enables him to [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) says he will be fighting two to three more times at middleweight and then moving up to the super middleweight division to compete at that weight class, according to Vindy.com. Pavlik points out that it’s harder and harder for him to make the middleweight [...]

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (March 14, 2010) – World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK returns to his old haunt, Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall, on Saturday, April 17, to defend his titles against World Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight champion SERGIO “Maravilla” MARTINEZ. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with DiBella Entertainment and Caesars [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) will be facing his toughest opponent since he was totally dominated by 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins when he steps in the ring with Sergio Martinez on April 17th, at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Pavlik, who has been a disappointment as a [...]

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ (February 20, 2010) – World Middleweight Champion KELLY “The Ghost” PAVLIK returns to Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall on Saturday, April 17 to defend his titles against World Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight champion SERGIO “Maravilla” MARTINEZ. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with DiBella Entertainment and Caesars Atlantic City, Pavlik vs. [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) faces easily his best opponent since winning his middleweight titles three years ago when he steps in the ring against junior middleweight Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) on April 17th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. This fight has a lot [...]

By Jason Kim: World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) and light middleweight Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) have come to terms for a fight on April 17th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. However, the contracts still have yet to be signed, but there isn’t anything expected to [...]

By Chris Williams: WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) will be facing light middleweight Sergio Martinez in middleweight action on April 17th at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The fight will be shown by HBO as a doubleheader with a fight against International Boxing Federation super middleweight champion Lucian Bute [...]

By William Mackay: Dan Rafael is reporting that WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) could be facing light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) on April 17th. If this fight happens, it would easily be the best opponent that Pavlik has faced since he was schooled by 44-year-old Bernard Hopkins in a [...]

By Dave Lahr: According to Dan Rafael of ESPN, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) could be facing light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KO’s) in a fight that would be taking place on April 17th. HBO could possibly have International Boxing Federation super middleweight Lucian Bute fighting in a double header. [...]

By Jim Dower: According to Cleveland.com, WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik’s co-manager Cameron Dunkin is saying that Pavlik (36-1, 32 KO’s) could be facing one of four possible opponents next, against either WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez, Anthony Mundine, WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm and a 4th fighter that is still yet to be [...]

(January 11, 2010) With rumors swirling about what will be happening with the WBC 154 lb. title, champion Sergio Martinez has come out to set the record straight. In short, despite the wishes of some to become champion without having to go through “Maravilla”, Martinez has no plans on relinquishing the belt anytime soon.
“Everyone who [...]

By Eamon McDonald: I will start off this article by saying I am not writing a report on either fight, I am merely going to be suggesting future opponents for last night’s winners: Paul Williams and Amir Khan. What a victory by Khan, Salita obviously isn’t a very good opponent but for him to get [...]

Photo credit: Naoki Fukuda – By Sam Gregory: In the main event at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City on December 5th Paul Williams and Sergio Martinez fought a 12 round non-title bout in the middleweight division that will surely be a candidate for “fight of the year”. This fight was non-stop action from the opening [...]

By Jim Dower: World Boxing Organization interim light middleweight champion Paul Williams (38-1, 27 KOs) defeated WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-2-2, 24 KOs) by a 12 round majority decision at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Martinez knocked Williams down in the 1st round, but Williams repaid the favor by knocking [...]

By Sean McDaniel: Light middleweight Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KO’s) weighed in at 157 for his bout tomorrow against Sergio Martinez (44-1-2, 24 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Martinez, 34, weighed 159. Williams was supposed to be fighting World Boxing Council/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavli. However, Pavlik had to back [...]

By Eamon McDonald: With all the talk these days about Manny Pacquaio and Floyd Mayweather Jr. meeting next year, i for one am extremely excited about that matchup. But there’s another fighter on my radar who could also become the top pound for pound fighter on the planet….Paul Williams. Everyone is aware of [...]

By Eric Thomas: With WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik pulling out of a bout with Paul Williams for the second time due to a staph infection on his left hand, it left the 28-year-old Williams in need of a replacement opponent for his December 5th date. It appears that Williams, the interim World Boxing Organization [...]

By Eric Thomas: Unbeaten junior middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (40-0-1, 30 KO’s) will keep moving ahead in 2010, with potential decent money bouts against once beaten middleweight contender John Duddy and if successful against him, Chavez Jr. would then likely be facing World Boxing Council junior middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-1-2, 24 KO’s) [...]

By Jim Dower: WBA featherweight champion Chris John (42-0-1, 22 KOs) will be facing Rocky Juarez (28-4-1, 20 KOs) in a much needed rematch next month on June 27th. This time, the bout will take place on neutral territory at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles, California. Their previous fight in February 2009 ended up [...]

By Sean McDaniel: While watching interim WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-1-2, 24 KOs) get royally shafted last week against Kermit Cintron, I couldn’t help but notice that Martinez’s fighting style was remarkably similar to former super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe, and maybe a little better than Joe in many ways. Martinez looked sensational [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Once again, Kermit Cintron (30-2-1, 27 KOs) blows a fight that he easily has the skills to win with his latest flub up, a 12-round draw with Sergio Martinez this past weekend. I don’t know what Cintron’s problem is but whatever it is, I thinking it’s beyond fixing at this point. It [...]

By Manuel Perez: With the dust still settling out from the deeply controversial 12-round majority draw between Kermit Cintron and Sergio Martinez on Saturday night, a fight in which Cintron appeared for all practical purposes counted out in the 7th after running into a hard left hand from Martinez, only to be allowed to continue [...]

By Manuel Perez: Welterweight Kermit Cintron (30-2-1, 27 KOs) lucked out on Saturday night in surviving what probably should have been a 7th round knockout to stick around long enough to be rewarded with a 12-round majority draw with light middleweight Sergio Martinez at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. Judging from the way that [...]

By Chris Williams: Interim WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-1-2, 24 KOs) got a bad break in his fight with Kermit Cintron (30-2-1, 27 KOs) on Saturday night, when referee Frank Santore Jr. appeared to count out Cintron in the 7th after Martinez had knocked Cintron down with a hard left hand. However, [...]

Photo credit: Naoki Fukuda – By Sam Gregory: In a Jr middleweight face-off between Sergio Martinez who went into this fight with a record of 44 wins with 1 lose, 24 of his wins by KO and Kermit Cintron who was 30-2 with 27 KO’s. The first 2 rounds started out relatively slow and uneventful [...]

By Chris Williams: Interim WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-1-1, 24 KOs) hopes to put on a good display of his talent tomorrow night when he faces the powerful former IBF welterweight champion Kermit Cintron at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. Martinez, 33, despite being a little older than most of the top [...]

Integrated Sports will distribute a world-class pay-per-view card, headlined by Amir Khan versus “The Baby Faced Assassin” Marco Antonio Barrera, Saturday, March 14 live from The M.E.N. Arena in Manchester, United Kingdom.

By Jim Dower: Former welterweight champion Kermit Cintron (30-2, 27 KOs) take a big step up against interim WBC light middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (44-1-1, 24 KOs) at the BankAtlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida. In typical fashion, Cintron, 29, doesn’t believe in taking things slowly against lesser competition to build up to a top fighter [...]

By Jim Dower: Unbeaten light middleweight contender Alfredo Angulo (14-0, 11 KOs) will be facing his third opponent this Saturday, February 14th, when he takes on welterweight journeyman Cosme Rivera (31-11-2, 22 KOs) at the BankAtlantic Center, in Sunrise, Florida. Angulo, 26, a former 2004 Olympian for the Mexican team, was initially set to meet [...]