Spanish veteran Kiko ‘La Sensacion’ Martinez stunned the Sheffield Arena crowd with a pair of seismic right hooks on Saturday night, knocking out hometown hero Kid Galahad and becoming a two-weight world champion in the process.
So much for the critics who said Kiko Martinez was not a fit title challenger at age 35 and that last night’s fight against defending IBF featherweight champ Kid Gallahad was a terrible mismatch.
In a night of upsets, the heavy-handed Kiko Martinez 43-10-2, 30 KOs) dethroned IBF featherweight champion Kid Galahad (28-2, 17 KOs) by a sixth round knockout after dropping him twice on Saturday night at the Sheffield Arena in Sheffield, England.
Kid Galahad’s dream of becoming World Champion was finally realized as he produced a stunning effort to defeat Jazza Dickens and claim the IBF Featherweight crown at the top of the bill on Matchroom Fight Camp Week 2 in Brentwood, Essex, live worldwide on DAZN.
Kid Galahad (28-1, 17 KOs) was like a human buzzsaw in throwing 1000 punches to stop the game but limited James ‘Jazza’ Dickens (30-4, 11 KOs) at the end of the 11th round on Saturday night to win the vacant IBF World featherweight title at the Matchroom Headquarters in Brentwood, Essex, England.
Kell Brook returned from a 14 month hiatus from the ring to stop Mark DeLuca in seven rounds at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US.
Kell Brook (39-2, 27 KOs) looked as good as new on Saturday night in returning from a 14 month layoff to crush his over-matched opponent Mark DeLuca (24-2, 13 KOs) in stopping him in the 7th round at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield, England.
Kell Brook has admitted that nothing less than a “spectacular” win over Mark DeLuca at the FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield this Saturday will suffice as he looks to regain the attention of the World Champions at 147lbs and 154lbs after a lengthy hiatus from the ring.
Kid Galahad says he has unfinished business with reigning IBF World Champion Josh Warrington ahead of his Final Eliminator clash with Claudio Marrero on the undercard of Kell Brook vs.
IBF World featherweight champion Josh Warrington (29-0, 6 KOs) stayed unbeaten with a close 12 round split decision win over the defensive-minded Kid Galahad (26-115 KOs) on Saturday night at the First Direct Arena, in Leeds, UK.