Christopher Joshua Martin Piña (born July 5, 1986) is an American

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

in the

Super Bantamweight Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to . There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or ...

division and is the current WBO NABO

Champion.

Professional career

In August 2010, Martin upset an undefeated Christopher Avalos at the Grand Casino in

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. The bout was televised on a

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undercard. In May 2011, Christopher again won an upset, this time over contender Charles Huerta to win the vacant WBO NABO

Championship. This bout was the main-event of a TeleFutura boxing card.

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* American boxers of Mexican descent Super-bantamweight boxers 1986 births Living people American male boxers Boxers from San Diego {{US-boxing-bio-stub