Spanish warrior, two-time world champion Kiko Martinez has officially announced his retirement from the sport. Via a video release, the 37 year old who thrilled fans during his all-action, up and down ring career, said “the time has come to say goodbye.”
Kiko Martinez entered tonight’s fight with defending European featherweight champ Jordan Gill saying he was going to fire his “last bullet.”
In a dazzling performance, Josh Warrington (31-1-1, 8 KOs) obliterated the overmatched IBF featherweight champion Kiko Martinez (43-11-2, 30 KOs) in blasting him out in the seventh round in a one-sided fight from start to finish on Saturday night in their rematch at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England.
Josh Warrington (31-1-1, 8 KOs) looked like a man possessed with the way he broke down and overwhelmed IBF featherweight champion Kiko Martinez (43-11-2, 30 KOs) to win a seventh-round knockout on Saturday night in front of a huge crowd at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England.
Ricky Hatton is predicting a victory for former 126-lb champion Josh Warrington in his title challenge tonight against IBF featherweight champion Kiko Martinez (43-10-2, 30 KOs) in their rematch at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England.
It could be argued that the featherweight division is the hottest weight class in the sport right now. We’re still getting over the sheer and raw excitement of the instant classic Leigh Wood and Michael Conlan put on, and it wasn’t too long ago when Kiko Martinez smashed Kid Galahad in a fight that was also crammed full of action along with unpredictability.
World title stunners, thrilling rematches and crossroad clashes highlight schedule so far for the first three months alone – Even more fights and full undercard details to be announced shortly
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Kiko Martinez scored, for many folks, 2021’s Comeback of the Year with his shock KO over Kid Galahad in Sheffield, UK on November 13th.
Kiko Martinez had lost two of his last five fights (although the most recent defeat, against Zelfa Barrett in the UK, was largely seen as a robbery), he was 35 years of age and considered close to the end, if not already there, and the Spanish ring vet had been a better operator down at super-bantamweight.
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.