Kiko Martinez: record, next fight and profile →
WBC Featherweight World Champion Gary Russell Jr. will defend his title against former world champion Kiko Martinez in the co-feature to Wilder vs. Breazeale on Saturday, May 18 live on SHOWTIME from Barclays Center, the home of BROOKLYN BOXING™, and presented by Premier Boxing Champions.
Spanish veteran and former IBF super bantamweight champ Kiko Martinez (39-8-2) has relinquished the EBU featherweight title he won last year from Marc Vidal. As to why, well, word from Maravilla Box is there is quote a "very big fight in the US" waiting. More to come!
Former IBF champion Kiko Martinez, 39-8-2, won the EBU featherweight title last night in Fuenlabrada (Spain) with a unanimous decision over reigning champ Marc Vidal, 11-2-5. Martinez dominated the fight and won on scores of 118-110, 118-111 and 117-111 after twelve.
The fight between super middleweights Yavni Yildirim and Lolenga Mock will still go ahead September 15 but has been moved to Ludwigshafen, Germany, and will be promoted by Team Sauerland and not by Arena Box Promotion. The fight is billed as a WBC eliminator and is also a defence of the WBC International title held by Yildirim.
World Factory Event came in with the only bid today in Rome - and Ronny Landeata and none other than Juergen Braehmer will go for the vacant EU super middleweight title on August 25 in Malaga. There? no word on if the former world champ actually will go through with the fight.
A fight between super middleweights Lolenga Mock, 42-14-1, and Yavni Yildirim, 19-1, is on for September 15 in Hurth, Germany. The 46-year old Mock informed his fans about the fight on social media and since then Yildirim's promoter Ahmet Oener has confirmed the fight.
Maravilla Box plans to stage the all-Spanish fight between EBU 126 lb title holder Marc Vidal, 11-1-4, and former world champ Kiko Martinez, 38-8-1, in the second or third week of May in Elche where Martinez resides, writes Espabox. Martinez got the chance when Sergio Blanco suddenly re-retired and Maravill Box won the purse bids for the right to stage the fight.
Erik Skoglund Promotion - the company - have reported Erik Skoglund´s injury to the Swedish Work Environment Authority. Skoglund was injured in sparring December 8 of last year and had to have surgery due to bleeding on the brain. He is now back home and in rehab. This report might have consequences for professional boxing in Sweden - already under strict supervision through the Martial Arts Law - and in theory and in a worst case scenario the SWEA could prohibit professional boxing if they reach the conclusion that pro boxing is too dangerous for its participants.
Several mid-sized but well-packed events have taken its place across Europe this past weekend, some of them being held in Eastern European countries. There were several minor title fights among them but the focus was also set at three members of locally well-known Baysangurov boxing family.
First Direct Arena in Leeds - In a battle for the WBC International featherweight title, Josh Warrington (24-0, 5 KOs) had to go through a very grueling fight to win a twelve round majority decision over former IBF super bantamweight world champion Kiko Martinez (36-7-1, 26 KOs).