Sandor Martin: record, next fight and profile →
Mikey Garcia, Sandor Martin Scorecard BoxingScene Live - On Saturday, October 16, MIKEY GARCIA makes his highly anticipated return the ring after over a year out, facing off against European super lightweight champion SANDOR MARTIN live from Chukchansi Park, California. (photos by Ed Mulholland)
Nikita Ababiy entered uncharted territory in preserving his unblemished record. The unbeaten middleweight from Brooklyn returned to the ring for the first time in eleven months, soundly outpointing Sanny Duversonne over eight rounds. Judges Robert Byrd (80-72), Daniel Sandoval (79-73) and Steve Morrow (77-75) all scored in favor of Ababiy in their DAZN-streamed undercard bout Saturday from Chukchansi Park in Fresno, California.
Sandor Martin seemed eager, though in a good way ahead of the most difficult test of his pro career. The reigning European junior welterweight titlist steps up in weight—and well up in competition level—for his upcoming showdown with former four-division titlist Mikey Garcia. The bout will take place at a maximum catchweight of 145 pounds, to air live this Saturday from Chukchansi Park in Fresno, California.
Mikey Garcia, Sandor Martin Weights Photos Gallery - On Saturday, October 16, MIKEY GARCIA makes his highly anticipated return the ring after over a year out, facing off against European super lightweight champion SANDOR MARTIN live from Chukchansi Park, California. (photos by Ed Mulholland)
Mikey Garcia was at his lightest weight in more than three years ahead of his first fight since the pandemic. The former four-division titlist is poised for his ring return, as he faces Spain’s Sandor Martin in a scheduled 12-round bout. Both boxers came within the maximum contracted limit of 145 pounds for their DAZN main event, which takes place Saturday evening at Chukchansi Park in Fresno, California.
Sandor Martin doesn’t pretend to know why his name was chosen this weekend. Few people in the industry give the 28-year-old southpaw from Barcelona any chance of getting past former four-division titlist Mikey Garcia in their catchweight bout this weekend. BetMGM sportsbook has Garcia (40-1, 30KOs) as a -2000 favorite to prevail this Saturday on DAZN from Chukchansi Park in Fresno, while Martin enters as a +900 underdog to pull off the massive upset in his U.S. debut.
Mikey Garcia, Sandor Martin Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - On Saturday, October 16, MIKEY GARCIA makes his highly anticipated return the ring after over a year out, facing off against European super lightweight champion SANDOR MARTIN live from Chukchansi Park, California. ()
Mikey Garcia still intends to revisit a showdown with Regis Prograis. Fans hoped for that fight to headline this weekend’s show on DAZN, though the timing and allotted budget didn’t allow for the clash of former titlists. Instead, Garcia will face Spain’s Sandor Martin, with the intention of securing a win and hoping to pick up where he left off in talks for the fight that even the former four-division titlist preferred all along.
Mikey Garcia believes Sandor Martin stands in his way of World title action in 2022 as the four-weight World champion returns to action on Saturday night (October 16) at Chukchansi Park in Fresno, CA, live worldwide on DAZN.
Mikey Garcia will fight for the first time since February 2020 when he returns to face Sandor Martin on Oct. 16 for a 145-pound catchweight bout on DAZN.