Sergio Martínez vs.

Sergiy Dzindziruk Sergiy Dzinziruk ( Ukrainian: Сергій Дзиндзирук; born 1 March 1976) is a Ukrainian professional boxer and a former WBO super welterweight champion. Amateur As an amateur he won a silver medal at the 1997 World Amateur Boxing Ch ...

, billed as ''The Threat Is Real''.was a professional boxing match contested on March 12, 2011, for the ''The Ring'' middleweight championship.

Background

Having stripped by the WBC after HBO declined to broadcast a bout between him and "Interim" champion

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, Sergio Martínez defended his Lineal and Ring titles on the line against WBO 154 champion,

The fight

Martínez stopped Sergiy Dzinziruk in the eighth round, knocking down the Ukrainian middleweight five times during the fight, and three times in the 8th/last round. In Round 5, Dzinziruk was knocked down again by a left hand just seconds before the bell rang. He got up smiling, but Martínez now firmly appeared to be in control of the fight. Referee Arthur Mercante Jr. stopped the bout at the eighth after Martínez of Oxnard, California, sent Dzinziruk down for the third time.

Aftermath

Martínez would next

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, after new WBC champ

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, Daniel Geale,

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, Andy Lee and Paul Williams, all refused to fight him.

Undercard

Confirmed bouts:

Televised

*Middleweight bout: Sergio Martínez vs. Sergiy Dzinziruk **Martínez defeated Dzinziruk via technical knockout at 1:43 of eighth round. *Middleweight bout: Andy Lee vs. Craig McEwan **Lee defeated McEwan via knockout at 0:56 of tenth round.

Untelevised

*Featherweight bout: Javier Fortuna vs. Derrick Wilson **Fortuna defeated Wilson via knockout of at eighth round. *Heavyweight bout: Sonya Lamonakis vs. Tanzee Daniel **Lamonakis defeated Daniel via unanimous decision. *Welterweight bout: Abraham Lopez vs. Andrew Jones **Lopez defeated Jones via unanimous decision. *Light Heavyweight bout: Seanie Monaghan vs.

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**Monaghan defeated Cunningham via unanimous decision. *Welterweight bout:

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vs. Guillermo Valdes **Dulorme defeated Valdes via technical knockout at 0:46 of second round.

Broadcasting

External links

HBO

References

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