Martínez was born on 17 October 1995 in the municipality of Melchor de Mencos in
Petén Department
Petén (from the Itza' language, Itz'a, , 'Great Island') is a Departments of Guatemala, department of Guatemala. It is geographically the northernmost department of Guatemala, as well as the largest by area at it accounts for about one third o ...
boxing
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at the age of twelve and won the schoolboy national championship in 2009. He soon moved to the capital,
Guatemala City
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, to continue his development. He won his first international competition in 2011, earning a gold medal at that year's Central American Championships in
Managua
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. The following year, he repeated as Central American champion and won gold at the Panamerican School Games before taking home a silver at the Youth World Championships in
Yerevan
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2013
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2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
.
Amateur results
*2009 National Schoolboys Championships in Guatemala (bantamweight)
** Defeated Cristian Estrada PTS
** Defeated Dani Lopez PTS
*2011 Panamerican Junior Championships in Tena, Ecuador (light-welterweight)
** Lost to Miguel Ferrín (Ecuador)
*2011 Central American Championships in
Managua
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, Nicaragua (light-welterweight)
** Defeated Alfredo de Jesus Martinez (El Salvador) 19–11
** Defeated Álvaro Mercado (Nicaragua) 23–15
* 2012 American Olympic Qualification Tournament in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil (light-welterweight)
** Defeated Kendall Ebanks (Cayman Islands) WO
** Lost to Jamel Herring (United States) 9–15
*2012 Panamerican School Games in
Guatemala City
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, Guatemala (light-welterweight)
** Defeated Carlos Rosas (Venezuela) RSC1
*2012 Central American Championships in San José, Costa Rica (welterweight)
** Defeated David Lobo (Costa Rica) 28–10
** Defeated Roberto Arriaza (Nicaragua) 11–1
* 2012 Youth World Championships in
Yerevan
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, Armenia (light-welterweight)
** Defeated Naim Azizov (Tajikistan) 23–11
** Defeated Ricky Rowlands (Wales) 19–14
** Defeated Izatulla Shermakhamadov (Kyrgyzstan) 22–16
** Defeated Carlos Adames (Dominican Republic) 22–15
** Defeated Parviz Baghirov (Azerbaijan) 13–9
** Lost to Kevin Hayler Brown (Cuba) 14–17
* 2013 Central American Games in San José, Costa Rica (light-welterweight)
** Defeated Daniel Álvarez (Honduras) 21–7
** Defeated Omer Rodríguez (Panama) 26–9
** Defeated Julio Laguna (Nicaragua) 14–9
*2013 Jose Cheo Aponte Tournament in Caguas, Puerto Rico (light-welterweight)
** Elite bracket
*** Lost to Damian Giro (Puerto Rico) WO
** Youth bracket
*** Defeated Ángel López (Puerto Rico) PTS
*** Lost to Jonathan Santos (Brazil) PTS
*2014 Central American and Caribbean Games qualification in
Tijuana
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, Mexico (welterweight)
** Defeated Alberto Puello (Dominican Republic) 2–1
** Defeated Carl Hield (The Bahamas) 3–0
** Lost to Roniel Iglesias (Cuba) 0–3
*2014 Pacific Cup in
Guayaquil
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, Ecuador (welterweight)
** Defeated Abel Mina (Ecuador) 2–1
** Defeated Manuel Guzmán (Costa Rica) 3–0
** Lost to Alberto Puello (Dominican Republic) 1–2
*
Veracruz
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, Mexico (
welterweight
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)
** Lost to Carl Hield (The Bahamas) 0–3
*2015 Jose Cheo Aponte Tournament in Caguas, Puerto Rico (welterweight)
** Defeated Jose Peguero (U.S. Virgin Islands) 3–0
** Defeated Jose Roman (Puerto Rico) 3–0
** Lost to Joelvis Hernández (Venezuela) 1–2
* 2015 Pan American Games qualification in Tijuana, Mexico (welterweight)
** Lost to Juan Ramón Solano (Dominican Republic) 0–2
*2015 Panamerican Championships in Vargas, Venezuela (welterweight)
** Defeated Daniel Munoz (Chile) 3–0
** Lost to Roniel Iglesias (Cuba) 0–3
*2015 National Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala (welterweight)
** Defeated Luis Barillas
* 2015 World Championships in
Doha
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, Qatar (
welterweight
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Buenos Aires
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, Argentina (
welterweight
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Havana
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** Defeated Arisnoidys Despaigne (Cuba) 2–1
** Lost to Antonio Bicet (Cuba) 1–2
* 2016 World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in
Baku
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, Azerbaijan (
welterweight
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)
**Lost to Paul Kroll (United States) 0–3
*2016 Maiduvin Trujillo Cup in Antigua, Guatemala (middleweight)
** Defeated Isamary Lima (Guatemala) 3–0
** Defeated Jaime Lemus (El Salvador) 3–0
*2017 Panamerican Championships in Tegucigalpa, Honduras (middleweight)
** Defeated Joseph Cherkashyn (Chile) 3–0
** Defeated Hebert Conceição (Brazil) 4–1
** Lost to Arlen López (Cuba) 2–3
* 2017 World Championships in
Hamburg
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, Germany ( middleweight)
** Lost to Max van der Pas (Netherlands) 2–3
*2017 National Championships in Guatemala City, Guatemala (middleweight)
** Defeated Misael Cruz Barahona
** Defeated Luis Arturo García
* 2017 Central American Games in Managua, Nicaragua (middleweight)
** Defeated Jairo Luna (El Salvador) 5–0
** Defeated Lester Espino (Nicaragua) 5–0
*2018 Central American and Caribbean Games qualification in Tijuana, Mexico (middleweight)
** Lost to Arlen López (Cuba) 1–4
* 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games in
Barranquilla
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In January 2019 Martínez announced his decision to go pro by signing a deal with Latin ARMS Promotions and former referee Richard Steele as his manager. He trained with the legendary Ignacio Beristáin in
Mexico
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, and his first opponent was announced to be 46-year-old
Nicaragua
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n former world champion Ricardo Mayorga, who stated in an interview that he would retire if he lost to the 23-year-old. On 6 April 2019 he defeated Mayorga by technical knockout (TKO) in the main event of a card in Guatemala City, backing the ex-champ into the ropes with power shots until the referee waved it off in the final second of the second round. Two months later faced Daniel Montejo in
Tijuana
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, scoring three knockdowns en route to a first-round knockout (KO) victory. After a quick 4–0 start, he went through a long period of inactivity due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. He made his return on 27 August 2020, stopping Mexican rival Abraham Hernández in the second round of their Roy Jones Jr.-promoted fight in Guaymas.