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CompuBox Stats: Martinez Came on Strong Down The Line

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:18:00 +0300

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

Macklin To Retain McGirt, Vows To Continue Title Journey

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:49:00 +0300

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

Martinez TKOs Macklin in 11th

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:25:00 +0300

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

Sergio: I knew he would fall

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:39:00 +0300

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

NYSAC Martinez-Macklin Official Scorecard

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:34:00 +0300

NYSAC Martinez-Macklin Official Scorecard

MARTINEZ: «THE ONLY THING I’M THINKING ABOUT ...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:04:00 +0300

"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

Andy Lee Ready, Willing To Fight Felix Sturm in Germany

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:58:00 +0300

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

Sergio Martinez Drops WBC Belt: Chavez, Roach Cowards

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:29:00 +0300

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

Team Pirog Respond To Lara, Jab DiBella, Talk Geale

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 06:15:00 +0300

After reading several of the pieces involving the verbal battle between Lou DiBella, promoter of top middleweight star Sergio Martinez, and Russias Kirill Pchelnikov, the co-promoter and financial supporter of WBO middleweight beltholder Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15 KOs), BoxingScene.com reached out to another member of Team Pirog to get his opinion on several topics

Sturm retains WBA title

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:03:00 +0300

The challenger got off to�a�great start, pushing Sturm back with an�enormous offensive workrate in�the first three rounds. The champion, however, picked up�the pace in�the fourth and slowly gained control of�the action with his quick and accurate combinations. Macklin never backed�up, though, thus making it�a�toe-to-toe battle with him being the agressor while Sturm landed the cleaner punches

Macklin: Sturm is Embarrassed, He Offered a Rematch

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:58:00 +0300

Middleweight contender Matthew Macklin is ready for a second opportunity to face WBA champion Felix Sturm. On Saturday in Cologne, Germany, Macklin lost a controversial twelve round split decision to the champion. There were two scores of 116-112 for Sturm, and a score of 115-113 for Macklin. The fan favorite of England and Ireland, said the German television broadcasters had him winning the fight by four points

Sturm, Macklin make weight

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:50:00 +0300

WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm and challenger Matthew Macklin both made weight at today’s official weigh-in for their world title showdown tomorrow night at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne, Germany. Sturm easily made the 160 pound limit, tipping the scale at 158lbs/72.1kg. Macklin weighed in at 159lbs/72.4kg. Both fighters looked to be in tremendous physical shape and ready to go

Sturm-Macklin Final Presser

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:59:00 +0300

WBA middleweight kingpin Felix Sturm and former European champion Matthew Macklin came face-to-face for the first time since announcing their world title clash on Saturday today at the final press conference at the luxury Wasserturm hotel in Cologne, Germany. The championship bout will draw an 18.000 plus crowd at the Lanxess Arena in Cologne

Golovkin vs N’Dam Has Been Ordered By The WBA

Thu, 12 May 2011 19:47:00 +0300

WBA interim middleweight champ Hassan N´Dam has received a letter from the WBA where he is instructed to take on WBA regular ruler Gennady Golovkin next. However, Golovkin is still defend his portion of the title June 17 in Panama City against Kassim Ouma

Sturm vs Macklin Clash Confirmed For July 2 in Cologne

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:45:00 +0300

Sapa-AFP is reporting that Felix Sturm (35-2, 15KOs) has set down his next defense of the WBA middleweight title. Sturm will face British boxer Matthew Macklin (28-2, 19KOs) in Cologne on July 2

Golovkin vs Ouma Set For June Showdown in Panama

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 22:00:00 +0300

WBA "regular" middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin (20-0, 17KOs) will defend the title on either June 2 or June 4 in Panama against Kassim Ouma (27-7-1, 17KOs) on a show staged by promoter Rogelio Espino. Contracts were signed today reports matchmaker Mario Pokowietz

Cleverly wins WBO interim belt

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:35:00 +0300

In a clash for the vacant WBO interim light heavyweight championship, unbeaten Nathan Cleverly (21-0, 10 KOs) won a lackluster twelve round unanimous decison over late sub Nadjib Mohammedi (23-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday night at the Liverpool Echo Arena in Liverpool, England. Cleverly pressed the action early. Mohammadi picked up the pace in rounds six and seven. Cleverly was deducted a point in round seven for holding

Now it�s Promoter Hatton!

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:27:00 +0300

Ricky Hatton is very busy nowadays thinking as a promoter rather than a boxer and Ricky is thoroughly taken up with his new endeavor. �I�ve had my share of titles in the ring, but now I want to start producing world champions as a promoter,� says Ricky. One such young man that Hatton sees as a promising addition to his new promotional company is British middleweight champion Matthew Macklin (24-2, 17 KOs), a former sparring partner