Julio Cesar Martinez: record, next fight and profile →
Puerto Rican boxer McWilliams Arroyo was shocked when Mexico's Julio Cesar Martinez withdrew for a third time from their scheduled battle for the World Boxing Council flyweight title.
Robert Garcia, the head trainer of WBC super flyweight champion Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez, would still like to see his charge drop down a division to face some of the biggest names in the 112-pound weight class.
The World Boxing Council (WBC) granted the representatives of boxers Julio Cesar Martinez and McWilliams Arroyo additional time to negotiate the details so that a fight between them can take place.
Sunny Edwards hopes the collapse of Julio Cesar Martinez’s latest title defense does not prevent the “biggest fight in the flyweight division” from happening.
Julio Cesar Martinez and McWilliams Arroyo have arrived at a familiar place – with their fight once again postponed. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Martinez was once again forced to withdraw from a scheduled WBC flyweight title defense versus Arroyo. The Mexico City native has reportedly fallen ill and will not be able to proceed with his scheduled rematch with Arroyo which was due to take place Saturday at Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, Texas.
Julio Cesar Martinez Training Camp Photos Gallery - On June 25, Julio Cesar Martinez (18-2 14 KOs) and McWilliams Arroyo (21-4 16 KOs) pick up where they left off from their curtailed firefight for Martinez’s WBC World Flyweight title, where both men hit the canvas in the opening round and Arroyo touched down again in the second, before the action in New Hampshire in November had to be halted after Arroyo suffered a nasty cut from an accidental head clash. (photos by Melina Pizano)
Angel ‘Tito’ Acosta is not leaving the flyweight division without a major title around his waist. The former WBO junior flyweight titlist punched his way back into the win column with a first-round knockout of fellow Puerto Rican flyweight Janiel Rivera in their Golden Boy Fight Night in a DAZN main event earlier this month at Fantasy Springs Special Events Center in Indio, California. A series of power shot—27-of-45 (60%), to be exact—proved Rivera’s downfall, ending the fight in just 79 seconds.
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez will defend his WBC World Super-Flyweight title against Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on Saturday June 25 at the Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, live worldwide on DAZN (except Uzbekistan & Thailand) and leading a stacked quadrupleheader of world title action.
Junto Nakatani hopes to accomplish as much as possible for however long he plans to remain at flyweight. Next up for the reigning WBO flyweight titlist is a return home, where Nakatani will face countryman Ryota Yamauchi (8-1, 7KOs) in a voluntary title defense. The bout takes place Saturday evening (local time) at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, roughly an hour from Nakatani’s hometown in Sagamihara.
Promoters Richard Schaefer and Eddie Hearn agreed during a radio show that the flyweight unification clash between Sunny Edwards and Julio Cesar Martinez must be made.