After his successful comeback with a TKO win, former two division world champion Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez called his fight against Spaniard Jose Miguel Fandino "a rebirth" after six years of inactivity.
"It was a fantastic fight," summed up the 45-year-old boxer, who aspires to fight again before the end of 2020.
"This fight was a rebirth. A kind of debut. I was able to recover sensations and refresh my memory little by little. It was a fantastic fight," described Martinez to Boxeo desde Adentro.
Martínez, based in Spain, views it as a revival considering the time that passed since his professional debut, two and a half decades ago.
"So many years have passed since my first fight that there is little I remember. This fight was wonderful. I was able to position myself inside the ring and carry out a strategy," Martinez said, clarifying that he knew that Fandino was not a great threat, but he viewed him as a fair rival for this stage.
"The choice of the opponent was thought out. Fandino is not a boxer of extreme danger. Logically, after so many years without fighting, the idea was to go little by little and recover sensations. The first big fight to be faced is the emotional one. There is stage fright that you have to learn how to handle. I always say that emotions are the enemies of competition."
In that sense, the Argentine boxer was very satisfied with his performance.
"I felt that in this fight I was able to dominate my reflexes. It has been so long since my last official fight and still I responded well. I know what I can give, I know myself and understand myself," remarked Martínez, who plans to fight again before end the year.
