Kiko Martínez
Kiko Martínez | |
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Born | Francisco Martínez Sánchez 7 March 1986 |
Nationality | Spanish |
Other names | La Sensación ("The Sensation") |
Statistics | |
Weight(s) | |
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Reach | 168 cm (66 in) |
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 52 |
Wins | 41 |
Wins by KO | 29 |
Losses | 9 |
Draws | 2 |
Francisco "Kiko" Martínez Sánchez (born 7 March 1986) is a Spanish professional boxer.[1] He held the IBF super-bantamweight title from 2013 to 2014, and the European super-bantamweight title three times between 2007 and 2013.
Amateur career
Martínez fought extensively as an amateur. He fought 40 amateur bouts and never lost, with 38 of those victories being by knockout. Martinez stated that he "could have gone to the Olympics – the Spanish amateur boxing association wanted me to sign a four-year contract but I wanted to turn professional".[2]
Professional career
Martínez turned professional on 11 June 2004, defeating David Casero by knockout in the third round on a card that included Javier Castillejo.[1]
Martínez went on to win all of his first 11 fights with each victory coming via a knockout within four rounds.[1]
European super-bantamweight champion
On 10 March 2006, Martínez faced Frenchman Salem Bouaita for his EBU European Union super bantamweight title at Pabellón de Elche in Spain. This was Martinez's first fight which went past four rounds and the fight went the full scheduled 10 rounds. Martínez was given a unanimous points win and won the title.
Martínez won a further four fights and became the mandatory challenger European super bantamweight title.[1]
Martínez vs. Dunne
The EBU made Martinez the mandatory challenger for Irish fighter, Bernard Dunne's European super bantamweight title.
Martínez and Dunne clashed on 25 August 2007 at the Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. This was Martinez's first fight outside of Spain and despite being the challenger he was confident of victory. Martinez stated before the fight that he "might be a little shorter than Bernard bit I'm 5 foot 4 inches of a headache for him".[1][2]
On the night of the fight the Point Depot filled with expectant Irish boxing fans and the fight was beamed live on RTÉ, the Irish national television broadcaster. The fight started with Dunne keeping his guard low and circling Martínez. However, Martínez quickly had Dunne on the canvas with an overhand right. Dunne appeared stunned and unaware of what had happened. Dunne beat the count but was floored twice more before the referee stopped the fight within only 90 seconds of round one.[3][4][5][6]
The Martínez camp stated that they knew there would be a first round victory and that many of them had placed bets worth thousands of pounds with Irish bookmakers at odds of 66/1 that Martínez would win in the first round.[4][5][6][7][8]
Controversy
Martínez had signed to fight another Irishman, the Las Vegas-based former WBC bantamweight champion, Wayne McCullough at Belfast's Kings Hall on 1 December 2007.[8]
McCullough had not fought for over two years and the Kings Hall venue was sold out for the fight. It was agreed that the non-title fight would take place at 8 st 12 lb mark. However, on the day before the fight there was uproar during the weigh-in and the fight was cancelled amid chaotic scenes.[9] McCullough had already contracted to fight at 2 lb over the 8 st 10 lb championship weight and he weighed in at 8 st 9 lb. However, Martínez failed to make the agreed weight and was 1.75 lb over the agreed weight.[9]
Martínez was given a couple of hours to shed the excess weight, but did not return to weigh in again and the scales were closed by a BBBofC official. A furious McCullough stated "I couldn't believe it. He comes in over the weight and then after being asked to take it off he just sits there and does nothing. I just can't believe what has happened. I was ready to fight and ready to win and he comes in that much over the weight.".[9][10]
First loss
Kiko Martínez made his first defence of the EBU super bantamweight title against Rendall Munroe; a title he had successfully taken from Bernard Dunne in August 2007. The fight against Munroe took place at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre, Nottingham on 7 March 2008.[11]
The fight turned out to be fairly uneventful as Munroe countered Martínez by blocking and counterpunching, without ever troubling the champion. Meanwhile, Martinez failed to land the big shots that had seen him stop Bernard Dunne. The fight went the full 12 rounds, with Munroe winning by a majority points decision.
Martínez vs. Frampton
On February 9, 2013, Martínez faced Carl Frampton in front of Frampton's home fans in the Odyssey Arena in Belfast. Martinez lost by TKO in Round 9 losing the European Super-bantamweight title.[12] Carl Frampton and Kiko fought again in September 2014 in Northern Ireland.
“Since the 9th of February 2013, when I get up at five in the morning to go training, I remember him. For me, to defeat him is a greater motivation than the chance to unify the belts," said Martinez.
"I will never forget that night and I will prove that it was just a bad day for me. I am world champion now and my legacy will be bigger for facing Carl Frampton.”
IBF super-bantamweight champion
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On 17 August 2013 in New Jersey, Martínez beat Jonatan Romero by TKO to win the IBF Super Bantamweight title.
Professional boxing record
52 fights | 41 wins | 9 losses |
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By knockout | 29 | 4 |
By decision | 12 | 5 |
Draws | 2 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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53 | — | — | ![]() |
— | – (10) | 13 Feb 2021 | ![]() |
For IBF Inter-Continental junior-lightweight title |
52 | Win | 41–9–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (8) | 21 Aug 2020 | ![]() |
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51 | Win | 40–9–2 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 7 Dec 2019 | ![]() |
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50 | Loss | 39–9–2 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (12), 2:52 | 18 May 2019 | ![]() |
For WBC featherweight title |
49 | Win | 39–8–2 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 27 Oct 2018 | ![]() |
Won European featherweight title |
48 | Draw | 38–8–2 | ![]() |
TD | 3 (12), 3:00 | 19 May 2018 | ![]() |
For European featherweight title; TD after Vidal was cut |
47 | Win | 38–8–1 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (8) | 26 Aug 2017 | ![]() |
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46 | Win | 37–8–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (8) | 14 Jul 2017 | ![]() |
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45 | Loss | 36–8–1 | ![]() |
MD | 12 | 13 May 2017 | ![]() |
For WBC International featherweight title |
44 | Win | 36–7–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | 25 Nov 2016 | ![]() |
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43 | Draw | 35–7–1 | ![]() |
SD | 8 | 23 Jul 2016 | ![]() |
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42 | Loss | 35–7 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (12), 2:09 | 27 Feb 2016 | ![]() |
For WBA (Super) featherweight title |
41 | Win | 35–6 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (8) | 12 Dec 2015 | ![]() |
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40 | Win | 34–6 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 14 Nov 2015 | ![]() |
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39 | Win | 33–6 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (8) | 23 Oct 2015 | ![]() |
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38 | Loss | 32–6 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (12), 1:02 | 18 Jul 2015 | ![]() |
For WBA (Regular) super-bantamweight title |
37 | Win | 32–5 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8) | 12 Dec 2014 | ![]() |
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36 | Loss | 31–5 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 6 Sep 2014 | ![]() |
Lost IBF super-bantamweight title |
35 | Win | 31–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 7 (12), 1:20 | 23 Apr 2014 | ![]() |
Retained IBF super-bantamweight title |
34 | Win | 30–4 | ![]() |
KO | 9 (12), 2:05 | 21 Dec 2013 | ![]() |
Retained IBF super-bantamweight title |
33 | Win | 29–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (12), 2:40 | 17 Aug 2013 | ![]() |
Won IBF super-bantamweight title |
32 | Win | 28–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8), 1:41 | 27 Apr 2013 | ![]() |
Won vacant WBC Latino super-bantamweight title |
31 | Loss | 27–4 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (12), 2:46 | 9 Feb 2013 | ![]() |
Lost European super-bantamweight title; For IBF Inter-Continental super-bantamweight title |
30 | Win | 27–3 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 21 Jul 2012 | ![]() |
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29 | Win | 26–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 12 (12) | 9 Mar 2012 | ![]() |
Retained European super-bantamweight title |
28 | Win | 25–3 | ![]() |
KO | 10 (12) | 15 Apr 2011 | ![]() |
Won vacant European super-bantamweight title |
27 | Win | 24–3 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | 18 Feb 2011 | ![]() |
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26 | Win | 23–3 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 11 Sep 2010 | ![]() |
Won vacant European super-bantamweight title |
25 | Win | 22–3 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (12) | 16 Apr 2010 | ![]() |
Won vacant WBO Latino interim super-bantamweight title |
24 | Win | 21–3 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (6) | 11 Dec 2009 | ![]() |
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23 | Loss | 20–3 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 25 Sep 2009 | ![]() |
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22 | Loss | 20–2 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 27 Feb 2009 | ![]() |
For European super-bantamweight title |
21 | Win | 20–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 18 Dec 2008 | ![]() |
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20 | Win | 19–1 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (10), 1:10 | 12 Aug 2008 | ![]() |
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19 | Win | 18–1 | ![]() |
PTS | 8 | 5 Jul 2008 | ![]() |
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18 | Loss | 17–1 | ![]() |
MD | 12 | 7 Mar 2008 | ![]() |
Lost European super-bantamweight title |
17 | Win | 17–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (12), 1:26 | 25 Aug 2007 | ![]() |
Won European super-bantamweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (8) | 18 Mar 2007 | ![]() |
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15 | Win | 15–0 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 15 Dec 2006 | ![]() |
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14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 12 | 14 Jul 2006 | ![]() |
Retained European Union super-bantamweight title |
13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (6) | 26 May 2006 | ![]() |
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12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 10 Mar 2006 | ![]() |
Won European Union super-bantamweight title |
11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (6) | 25 Nov 2005 | ![]() |
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10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() |
KO | 2 (6) | 14 Oct 2005 | ![]() |
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9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (12) | 15 Jul 2005 | ![]() |
Won Transcontinental World Boxing Association super-bantamweight title |
8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8) | 6 May 2005 | ![]() |
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7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (8) | 4 Mar 2005 | ![]() |
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6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6) | 4 Feb 2005 | ![]() |
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5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6) | 19 Nov 2004 | ![]() |
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4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (6) | 15 Oct 2004 | ![]() |
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3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
KO | 1 (4) | 10 Sep 2004 | ![]() |
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2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (4) | 24 Jul 2004 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 3 (4) | 11 Jun 2004 | ![]() |
References
- ^ a b c d e Boxing record for Kiko Martínez from BoxRec (registration required). Retrieved 10 December 2016.
- ^ a b Boxrec. "Martinez confident of upsetting Dunne". RTÉ. Archived from the original on 11 January 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
- ^ Terry Dooley. "Bernard Dunne done over in a single round by Kiko Martinez". British Boxing News. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ a b "Dunne Demolished by Martinez". British Boxing News. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ a b Steve Bunce (27 August 2007). "Martinez cashes in with rapid win". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 24 December 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ a b Kevin Reardon. "Kiko Stuns Dublin Crowd". Costa Blanca Leader. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ Graham Houston. "KIKO MARTINEZ KO1 BERNARD DUNNE". Fight Righter. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ a b Derek Bilton. "WADE INTO WAYNE'S WORLD". Betting Zone. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ a b c "Wayne blows his top". Belfast Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ "McCullough's comeback bout is off". BBC. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2008.
- ^ "Classy Munroe holds off Martínez". BBC. 8 March 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
- ^ GMT (9 February 2013). "Carl Frampton stops Kiko Martínez to win European title". BBC. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
External links
- Boxing record for Kiko Martínez from BoxRec (registration required)
Sporting positions | ||||
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Regional boxing titles | ||||
Preceded by Salem Bouaita
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European Union super-bantamweight champion 10 March 2006 – March 2007 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Salem Bouaita
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Preceded by | European super-bantamweight champion 25 August 2007 – 7 March 2008 |
Succeeded by | ||
Vacant Title last held by Wilfredo Vázquez Jr.
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WBO Latino super-bantamweight champion Interim title 16 April 2010 – September 2010 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Alex De Oliveira
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Vacant Title last held by Rendall Munroe
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European super-bantamweight champion 11 September 2010 – November 2010 Vacated |
Vacant Title next held by Willie Casey
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Vacant Title last held by Willie Casey
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European super-bantamweight champion 15 April 2011 – 9 February 2013 |
Succeeded by | ||
Vacant Title last held by Lucas Antonio Carranza
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WBC Latino super-bantamweight champion 27 April 2013 – August 2013 Vacated |
Succeeded by Luis Emanuel Cusolito
promoted from interim status | ||
World boxing titles | ||||
Preceded by | IBF super-bantamweight champion 17 August 2013 – 6 September 2014 |
Succeeded by Carl Frampton
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