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BOXNEWS Fight Sergio Gabriel Martinez W RTD 11 (12) Matthew Macklin

Fight Sergio Gabriel Martinez W RTD 11 (12) Matthew Macklin

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Boxers Argentina Sergio Gabriel Martinez [48-2-2, 27]
United Kingdom Matthew Macklin [28-3-0, 19]
Comment Martinez down once in rd 7; Macklin down twice in rd 11
Weight division Middleweight (160 lbs)
Date 17 March 2012, Sat
Location USA USA, New York, Madison Square Garden
Other fights of this evening Fight Magomed Abdusalamov W TKO 4 (10) Jason Pettaway
Fight Edwin Rodriguez W UD 10 (10) Don George
Fight Vitaliy Demyanenko W UD 8 (8) Ayi Bruce

News: Fight Sergio Gabriel Martinez -VS- Matthew Macklin

Macklin To Retain McGirt, Vows To Continue Title Journey 19 Mar 2012 13:49

Macklin To Retain McGirt, Vows To Continue Title Journey

Birmingham’s Matthew Macklin fell just short when challenging consensus middleweight king Sergio Martinez at New York’s Madison Square Garden last night when the 29-year-old’s trainer, Buddy McGirt, withdrew the challenger from the fight after two knockdowns late in the eleventh round. Macklin rose to his feet both times only for McGirt read more ...
CompuBox Stats: Martinez Came on Strong Down The Line 19 Mar 2012 12:18

CompuBox Stats: Martinez Came on Strong Down The Line

Sergio Martinez pulled away down the stretch, outlanding Matthew Macklin 56-30 in power shots over the last three rounds to secure a TKO victory at the end of the eleventh round read more ...
NYSAC Martinez-Macklin Official Scorecard 18 Mar 2012 13:34

NYSAC Martinez-Macklin Official Scorecard

NYSAC Martinez-Macklin Official Scorecard read more ...
Sergio: I knew he would fall 18 Mar 2012 12:39

Sergio: I knew he would fall

World middleweight champion Sergio «Maravilla» Martinez was losing on all three scorecards after a controversial knockdown in round seven before scoring a dramatic come-from-behind knockout of Matthew «Mack the Knife» Macklin Saturday night in the Theater at Madison Square Garden. «It was a complicated fight,» Martinez admitted. "He wasn’t open on defense. I knew it was a 12-round fight read more ...
Martinez TKOs Macklin in 11th 18 Mar 2012 12:25

Martinez TKOs Macklin in 11th

Middleweight champion Sergio Martinez (49-2-2, 28 KOs) scored a spectacular eleventh round TKO over Matthew Macklin (28-4, 19 KOs) on Saturday night before a sellout crowd inside The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In a much closer fight than people expected, Martinez recovered from a seventh round knockdown to outbox Macklin down the stretch before blasting Macklin to the deck twice in round eleven read more ...
MARTINEZ: «THE ONLY THING I’M THINKING ABOUT IS MACKLIN» 26 Jan 2012 22:04

MARTINEZ: «THE ONLY THING I’M THINKING ABOUT IS MACKLIN»

"It will be a great fight. I need eight weeks of training, which I just started, so I cannot tell you what I predict because I need to see how I do in the eight weeks...the only thing I’m thinking about is Macklin and I will not think about anybody else at this moment. I want to respect Macklin because he is a great fighter, and I need to train properly for that fight...I’m doing the same thing Macklin is doing for me read more ...
Andy Lee Ready, Willing To Fight Felix Sturm in Germany 19 Jan 2012 19:58

Andy Lee Ready, Willing To Fight Felix Sturm in Germany

Promoter Lou DiBella has advised BoxingScene.com that middleweight contender Andy Lee (27-1, 19KOs) is ready and willing to fight WBA champion Felix Sturm (36-2-2, 15KOs) - and the Irish boxer has no issue with traveling to Germany to make the fight happen read more ...
Sergio Martinez Drops WBC Belt: Chavez, Roach Cowards 30 Dec 2011 01:29

Sergio Martinez Drops WBC Belt: Chavez, Roach Cowards

Sergio Martinez held a press conference in Argentina to announce that he’s vacating the WBC Diamond title. Martinez expresed his anger over the WBC’s failure to honor their promise of a mandatory fight with their full middleweight champion, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. At the recent WBC convention at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, the organization ordered Chavez to defend the title against Martinez by the end of March read more ...