Sergio Martinez Boxing News

By Jason Kim: Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KO’s) came on late to get a stoppage of Matthew Macklin on Saturday night in stopping him after the 11th round had ended at the Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. Martinez knocked Macklin down twice in the 11th round and had him on the verge [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KO’s) stopped Ireland’s Matthew Macklin (28-4, 19 KO’s) in the 11th round on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. Martinez, 37, knocked a tired and hurt Macklin down twice in the 11th round with big left hand shots. After [...]

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA (March 17, 2012) – Grind 2 Def Entertainment is proud to congratulate lightweight boxer Carl “Chi-Town Assassin” McNickles (8-3 6 KOs) on getting a big victory by 6 round majority decision over tough New Jersey based fighter Danny McDermott (9-4-2, 4 KOs) on the undercard tonight of Martinez vs Macklin at Madison [...]

By Jim Dower: WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KO’s) had a little bit harder than expected time in beating tough challenger Matthew Macklin (28-4, 19 KO’s) by an 11th round retirement on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. Indeed, it was a tough fight for the 37-year-old [...]

(Photo: Sumio Yamada) By Sean McDaniel: 28-year-old Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) sees himself as the bigger and stronger of the two in his fight against Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) on Saturday night. However, Macklin, 5’10″, is the exact same size as the 5’10″ Martinez and has a shorter reach at 72″ compared to [...]

NEW YORK (March 16, 2012) – The official weigh-in was held today in the Theater at Madison Square Garden for tomorrow night’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration — “THE REAL Middleweight Championship – Get Your Irish Up” — presented by DiBella Entertainment.

(Photo: Sumio Yamada) By William Mackay: WBA World middleweight champion Felix Sturm believes that middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) has a pretty good shot at beating Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) on Saturday night. Unlike most people, who see this as a fairly easy win for Martinez, Sturm believes that Macklin has the [...]

By John F. McKenna (McJack): The Ring and World Boxing Council (WBC) Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) is willing to do an 80 – 20 split with undefeated superstar WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (42-0, 26 KO’s). Sergio is willing to take only 1/5 of the revenue for the fight just [...]

Multi-award winning artist Richard Slone has revealed his latest work, a pre-fight canvas of Matthew Macklin and Sergio Martinez ahead of their eagerly anticipated clash in Madison Square Garden on Saturday. The piece depicting the St. Patrick’s Day clash was commissioned by Macklin’s manager Brian Peters and Slone relished the opportunity to depict the fight [...]

Quotes from yesterday’s final press conference ahead of Saturday’s St. Patricks Day World title clash between Matthew Macklin and Sergio Martinez at Madison Square Garden in New York.

(Photo Credit: DiBella Entertainment/Ed Diller) By Scott Gilfoid: At today’s final press conference between Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) and WBC middleweight Diamond champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) I couldn’t help but observe what appeared to be coming from Macklin when he had to turn and face the 37-year-old Martinez in an eye-to-eye stare [...]

NEW YORK (March 15, 2012) – The final press conference was held today at the famed Madison Square Garden for Saturday night’s “THE REAL Middleweight Championship – Get Your Irish Up” card, presented by DiBella Entertainment.

By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (38-3, 19 KO’s) sees himself as being as strong as an ox as he heads into his fight against WBC middleweight Diamond strap holder Sergio Martinez (48-2-2 27 KO’s) at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York. Macklin is what you’d call a long shot to [...]

(Photo by James Higgins) By Scott Gilfoid: Right now things are going swimmingly for Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) as he heads into this Saturday’s fight against WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Things are still full of promise for the 29-year-old Macklin as [...]

New York, NY (3/14/2012) – Things have been a bit hectic the past couple of days for middleweight champion Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez and challenger Matthew “Mack the Knife” Macklin. The two fighters will square off in the much-anticipated DiBella Entertainment-promoted St. Patrick’s Day card this Saturday, taking place at The Theater at Madison Square Garden, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: WBC President Jose Sulaiman says that WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. isn’t the one that doesn’t want the fight against former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez. Suliaman says that it’s Chavez’s promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank who doesn’t want that fight, according to The Record.

HBO SPORTS® PRESENTS A ST. PATRICK’S DAY MIDDLEWEIGHT DOUBLEHEADER WHEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING®: SERGIO MARTINEZ VS. MATTHEW MACKLIN AND EDWIN RODRIGUEZ VS. DONOVAN GEORGE IS SEEN LIVE SATURDAY, MARCH 17 HBO Sports unleashes an explosive middleweight twin bill on St. Patrick’s Day when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: SERGIO MARTINEZ VS. MATTHEW MACKLIN AND EDWIN RODRIGUEZ VS. [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) believes he’s at the same level as WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. Macklin doesn’t have a lot of power and his stamina is also a big question mark going into this [...]

New York, NY (3/13/2012) – This Saturday, St. Patrick’s Day, middleweight kingpin Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez will look to defend his crown against Ireland’s top-rated contender Matthew “Mack The Knife” Macklin at the famed Theater at Madison Square Garden. Martinez-Macklin is scheduled for twelve rounds and will be for THE REAL Middleweight Championship of the world. [...]

By William Mackay: Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) thinks his youth, power and stamina will be too much for WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) in their important HBO televised bout on Saturday night at the Madison Square Garden, New York, New York. Macklin, 29, is the underdog in the [...]

By Frank Gaskins: Former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s), has become one of the more popular figures in the sport since knocking Paul Williams COLD in November of 2010. Since then Martinez has faced a couple of lesser known undefeated (at the time) fighters in Serhiy Dzinziruk and Darren Barker, not to [...]

By Allan Fox: Former WBC/WBO middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik is still talking about his loss to Sergio Martinez in April 2010, a fight in which Pavlik took a beating in losing his two titles by the scores of 116-111, 115-112 and 115-111 to the stronger, faster and better boxer in Martinez. Pavlik is now saying [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Middleweight Andy Lee believes that Ireland’s Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) has a decent chance of pulling off an upset against WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) on March 17th at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York.

By William Mackay: IBF middleweight champion Daniel Geale (27-1, 15 KO’s) got through his second defense with flying colors in beating #1 IBF challenger Osumanu Adama (20-3, 15 KO’s) by a 12 round unanimous decision on Wednesday night, winning by the scores of 118-110, 117-111 and 115-113 at the Derwent Entertainment Centre, in Hobart, Tasmania, [...]

By Scott Gilfoid: Irish middleweight Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) faces the best fighter in the middleweight division on March 17th in his fight against WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) at the Madison Square Garden, in New York, New York, U.S. You can forget about the other middleweight champions – Julio [...]

Get your Irish Up – Martinez V Macklin Matthew Macklin Training Diary Leading Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin in front of a billboard advertising his fight with Sergio Matinez in Times Square.

Martinez vs. Macklin, Rodriguez vs. George McGirt & Macklin Head trainer James “Buddy” McGirt & Mathew Macklin

By Scott Gilfoid: Irish middleweight Matthew Macklin (28-3, 19 KO’s) has gained confidence going into his fight against WBC Diamond middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) after watching Martinez struggle to stop Darren Barker by an 11th round TKO win last October. Martinez didn’t dominate that fight the way he normally wins his fights, [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (48-2-2, 27 KO’s) no longer cares to fight WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. (45-0-1, 31 KO’s) after being ignored for the past year in his attempts to get a fight against him so that Martinez can get his WBC title back.

New York, NY (2/29/12) – Earlier today, Matthew Macklin participated in an open workout before a packed house of media at the Trinity Boxing Club in New York City. Macklin is being trained by world-class trainer Buddy McGirt for his upcoming middleweight championship bout live on HBO’s “World Championship Boxing” against Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez on [...]