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After winning the middleweight championship against Kelly Pavlik in April 2010, Sergio Martínez made one defence of the WBC belt before he was stripped for not facing "Interim" champion Sebastian Zbik. Zbik would be promoted to full champion but would lose the belt in his first defence to Julio César Chávez Jr.. [2]
Sergio Gabriel Martínez (born 21 February 1975) is an Argentine professional boxer.He has held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC super welterweight title from 2009 to 2010; and the unified WBC, WBO, Ring magazine and lineal middleweight titles between 2010 and 2014.
In front of 21,090 at the Garden, Cotto would knock Martínez down 3 times in the first round, with Martinez's legs having knee braces on and clearly visible. After the first round however, the champion began to make the fight more competitive with Cotto. He continued to fight back until round nine when Martínez went down once again.
Kelly Robert Pavlik (born April 5, 1982) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2012. He won the unified WBC, WBO, Ring magazine and lineal middleweight titles by defeating Jermain Taylor in 2007, and made three successful defenses before losing them to Sergio Martínez in 2010.
Cotto was born in Providence, Rhode Island, to Puerto Rican parents, and relocated to Caguas, Puerto Rico, with his family before he turned two. [5] There are several figures linked to boxing in his family, including his late father Miguel Cotto Sr., his brother José Miguel Cotto, his second cousin Abner Cotto, and his uncle and former boxing trainer Evangelista Cotto.
The International Boxing Union (IBU), formed in Paris in 1910. Changed name to European Boxing Union in 1946. It organised world title fights from 1913 to 1963 after which it was incorporated into the World Boxing Council (WBC).
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Sergio Martínez vs. Matthew Macklin, billed as Get Your Irish Up, is a boxing middleweight bout for The Ring world title and universally recognized middleweight championship of the world. [2] The bout was held on March 17, 2012, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York , United States.