Fernando Daniel Martínez (born 18 July 1991) is an Argentine

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who has held the

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title since 2022.

Amateur career

He competed in the men's flyweight event at the

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Professional career

Early career

Martínez made his professional debut against Juan Ignacio Haran on 25 August 2017. He won the fight by a fourth-round stoppage. Martínez amassed a 10–0 record during the next two years, with six victories coming by way of stoppage. Martínez had his first step-up fight on 16 December 2019, as he was scheduled to challenge the reigning WBC Silver

champion Athenkosi Dumezweni. The bout took place in

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in South Africa, and was as such Martínez's first outside of Argentina. He won the fight by an upset eleventh-round technical knockout, stopping Dumezweni with a flurry of punches at the 0:23 minute mark. Martínez next faced Angel Nicolas Aquino on 11 December 2020, at the

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. He won the closely contested bout by split decision, with scores of 95–94, 97–92 and 94–95. Martínez faced Gonzalo Garcia Duran in a stay-busy fight on 13 August 2021, at the Hotel Atlantis The Palm in

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. He won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout, stopping Duran with eight seconds left in the round.

IBF super flyweight champion

Martínez vs Ancajas

Martínez was booked to challenge the reigning

champion

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on 26 February 2022, in what was Ancajas' tenth title defense. The title fight was scheduled for the undercard of the

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and Hector Garcia WBA super featherweight bout, which took place at the Cosmopolitan in

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. Despite entering the fight as the underdog, Martínez captured the title by an upset unanimous decision. One judge scored the fight 117–111 in his favor, while the remaining two judges awarded him a 118–110 scorecard. Martínez landed 427 out of 1046 total punches thrown, while Ancajas landed 192 out of 816 total punches.

Martínez vs Ancajas II

On 22 July 2022, it was revealed that Ancajas had invoked his rematch clause. As such, Martínez was booked to face

in an immediate rematch in his first championship defense, which took place on 8 October 2022, at the Home Depot Center in

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. The bout was scheduled for the undercard of the

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and Carlos Ocampo interim WBC middleweight title bout. He retained the title by unanimous decision, with two scorecards of 118–110 and one scorecard of 119–109.

Martínez vs Bornea

On December 16, 2022, the

formally ordered Martínez to make a mandatory title defense against Jade Bornea. As the pair failed to reach terms, a purse bid was called for January 17, 2023, which was eventually postponed to allow for further negotiations.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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Fernando Martínez - Profile, News Archive & Current Rankings
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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Martinez, Fernando 1991 births Living people Argentine male boxers Olympic boxers of Argentina Boxers at the 2016 Summer Olympics South American Games bronze medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in boxing Competitors at the 2010 South American Games World super-flyweight boxing champions International Boxing Federation champions Sportspeople from Avellaneda