Fernando Martínez | Knuckle Up with Mike and Cedric | Talkin Fight

Mike and Cedric discuss Fernando Daniel Martínez, an Argentine boxer who has held the IBF super flyweight title since February 2022.

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Transcribed:

Up s: [ Music ].

What up talking face fans since you’re tuning in to today’s episode of knuckle up with yours, tribute like or, and my man, Cedric Ben, who will be joining me in a minute.

I think he’s having a little bit of a problem.

Logging in, but we’ll get right to it anyway, guys.

You know what it is uh today’s Prospect we’re talking about.

Well, not even a prospect man, this guy’s more of a contender, Fernando Daniel Martinez, is going to be fighting on the Fedora Campbell card this weekend.

Coming up he’s 14-0 right now, eight Knockouts, and he is in that secret flight division.

Uh right now he’s ranked number one out of 24 in Argentina, six out of 727 in the world, and you know what sporting that uh almost 60 KO rating uh Senator.

I know we know this guy we’ve talked about him before um.

Definitely uh great great skill in this game.

Man uh, you know, he’s fighting German uh a Content.

I think it is uh.

This is so going back from a fight back in February of 20 uh February.

This one will.

You know this is a rematch.

This is gon na, be a good one.

He did come through with the unanimous when over 12 in their last upcoming or sorry, their Audi uh yeah said: let’s talk about what’s good, you said that they already have a rematch.

This is a rematch between him and Gerwin and Kaza, or I can’t even pronounce his name properly and um yeah.

That was the first time they fought.

No now they’re gon na be fighting coming up this weekend on the uh Fedora Ocampo card, yeah, okay, [, Music, ] um – that one no it’s been.

This is an American card.

It’S gon na be held a Dignity, Health Sports Center at Carson uh.

This one.

This one is going to be a good one.

Man make sure that I just want to make sure.

We know what time to pay attention for sure the way that these guys um, you know, shouldn’t wait.

Um yeah, he really likes to beg he has banging and it worked out from the first time, but it still was close um.

You know this is a rematch German.

I don’t know it’s an anacasia or, and I don’t know how to pronouncement.

Sorry guys it’s such a bastardized, seeing this guy’s last name, but just know that, yes, they did fight.

This is a rematch.

You know, for Fernando Martinez is one of these complete.

You know he’s one of the complete boxers in the sports today, man um, you know continuing that proud, Rich history in Argentina boxing.

You know his father um, Fernando Martinez.

You know he was seventh born of 12 Brothers growing up in Buenos Aires, Argentina and cokes by their father, uh, Abel uh.

You know they first entered the boxing gym at age.

Six and later began his amateur career at the age of 11.

and then Martinez’s regimen began with breakfast a 90 minute workout lunch, a nap, followed by a two-hour workout next was a snack, then a dinner before going to bed.

That was my Geniuses routine.

Six days.

A week leading to a successful amateur career right, his dad was a big fan of boxing everyone in his family loved boxing Martina said.

You know they would watch it all the time they watch Mike Tyson.

He wanted to be like him.

You know a lifelong boxing fan.

Abel Martinez died in 2016.

, several months prior to Fernando’s representation at the Argentina 2016.

You know like at for Argentina in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics uh, you know Abel’s death sent Fernando into a downward spiral of depression and alcohol abuse for a short period of time, but he rebounded to participate on the Condors boxing team, the Argentina franchise which Competed in the Abus World, boxing team um, you know the pose after is you know to do after this thing you know his father died this and to come back into boxing uh.

You know, after abusing alcohol and all that and finding your way back is a great story.

Man and I’m glad find his way back.

It definitely shows that the mental strength versus just because even which is dealing with the stress, because you know, there’s almost nothing very much and that translates yeah.

You know any professionally.

You was a fourth round stoppage um back in August of 2017 and uh.

He preceded his four-rounding M’s decision over Santiago Jesus pierogi uh that December and then you know he stopped all four opponents in 2018.

Martinez, with four and over 2kos of 2019, comprising six and ten round unanimous decisions over Abel uh Silva in January in June and uh.

Seventh and 11th round Knockouts of Carlos, Ariel uh, Ferris uh March and Southpaw uh and then a southbound in December.

You know his victory.

His victory in December Martinez earned the WBC summer Superfly crowd, while fighting in East London outside of Argentina.

For the first time in his career Martinez improved to 11-0, with seven kills with a tryout.

You know with a try outfit that was considered an upset of a fighter who entered at 12-2 with akos martinez won once each in 2020 and 29.

Everyone and it’s a good decision over Angel Nicholas Aquino in December of the former and scoring a fourth round TKO over uh, Gonzalo Duran at the Palm in Dubai in August of that later, uh that setup Martina’s biggest career, uh Victory, which was this one that we Were talking about on February 26 2022, he dethroned long reigning Filipino ibf 115 pound World Champ Gerwin in a dominant fashion becoming the new Champion by unanimous decision, and that was 117.

111.

118.

110 twice so you know he’s making.

You know his opponent was attempting to make his tenth defense of his title and unfortunately, our man here Fernando came through and uh.

You know the throne him so we’re going to get to see a rematch of this big.

This big, you know, loss that uh.

The Filipino champ is, when you know, is wanting to uh avenge.

Definitely it’s going to be a great fight, though man this weekend on this card man so guys be on the lookout for it.

Fedoro Campo card predicted.

My prediction is going to be uh.

He’S gon na hurt him he’s gon na hurt him with the left hook like finish him off, because he’s um, I think, he’s gon na finish it man, because, honestly in the first match between these guys, you know uh and Kaja Break by more than that.

He outlanded him by more than two to one in both overall punches and power shots in their last like, according to you know, according to statsman, it was 427 to 192 and then his power shots were 421 to 170.

, both in the 400 range for punches man And that’s a division record so and he is yet to follow.

You see you know he’s yet to come.

You know you dropped or hurt by anybody that he’s been facing.

So I think this is gon na be a good one, guys it’s a no-brainer you’re going to want to watch this check it out the Argentinian.

We got him Fernando Daniel Martinez, guys be on the lookout for this guy man.

This weekend, he’s gon na be definitely um coming through.

With this, I think it’s going to be a great stoppage Victory.

That’S what I’m predicting Cedric anything you want to say before we get out of here to name it.

I don’t like that, all right guys.

You know what it is saying we’ll see you tomorrow, at the same time same channel New Prospect.

You know what it is Knuckle Up.