Julio César Chávez Jr. vs. Sergio Martínez was a professional boxing match contested on September 15, 2012, for the WBC and The Ring Middleweight championship.[1]
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| Date | September 15, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBC/The Ring middleweight titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Martínez defeated Martínez by unanimous decision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
editAfter winning the middleweight championship against Kelly Pavlik in April 2010, Sergio Martínez made one defence of the WBC belt before he was stripped for not facing "Interim" champion Sebastian Zbik. Zbik would be promoted to full champion but would lose the belt in his first defence to Julio César Chávez Jr..[2] Nevertheless, despite Chávez's godfather Jose Sulaiman attempting to block the bout, Chávez agreed to challenge Martínez.[3][4]
Martínez trained for the fight in Oxnard, California under his career long time coach, Gabriel Sarmiento.[5]
The fight
editMartínez out worked and out landed Chávez throughout the first 11 rounds of the fight, in dominate fashion. Though Chávez had his moments, Martínez used his fast lateral movement to avoid and neutralize Chávez' offensive attack. Chávez hurt Martinez in the 12th round, sending him to the canvas halfway through the round. Martínez got up with a little over one minute left in the fight, and rather than clinch or hold on to Chávez, Martínez continued to throw and trade blows with the Mexican. Despite being fatigued and clearly hurt, Martínez managed to survive the 12th round without holding. Martínez won the fight by unanimous decision, by the scores of 117–110, 118–109, and 118–109.[6]
Aftermath
editAfter the fight, it was revealed that Martínez had broken his left hand (as early as the 4th round) and torn his right meniscus, the latter of which would require surgery.[7][8] Shortly afterwards, Chávez tested positive for cannabis.[9] As a result, he received a fine of $20,000 and was indefinitely suspended by the World Boxing Council.[10]
A total of 16,939 tickets were sold to generate a live gate of $3,052,475. HBO reported the fight generated 475,000 pay-per-view buys and close to $25 million in revenue.[11]
Undercard
editConfirmed bouts:[12]
Broadcasting
edit| Country | Broadcaster |
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 Argentina |
TyC Sports |
 Australia |
Main Event |
 Denmark |
TV2 Sport |
 Hungary |
Sport 1 |
 Poland |
Polsat Sport |
 United Kingdom |
Primetime[13] |
 United States |
HBO |
References
edit- ^ "Sergio Gabriel Martinez vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ CHRIS MANNIX (January 12, 2012). "WBC embarrasses itself with treatment of Sergio Martinez". si.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 7, 2024.
- ^ Justin Tate (December 17, 2011). "Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. vs. Rubio Signed, Winner Faces Sergio Martinez Next". bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ Powell, Richard V. "Sergio Martinez vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr: Blockbuster Deal Finalized?". Retrieved September 19, 2017.
- ^ "Middlewight madness: Martinez vows to shatter Chavez". mirror.co.uk. The Daily Mirror. September 6, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ Dan Rafael (September 16, 2012). "Martinez survives late scare to outclass Chavez". espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ Rafael, Dan (19 September 2012). Multiple injuries idle Sergio Martinez , ESPN.com. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ Rafael, Dan (17 October 2012). Sergio Martinez to Have Knee Surgery , ESPN.com. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ ESPN staff (20 September 2012). Chavez fails drug test after Martinez defeat Archived 21 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, ESPN.co.uk. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
- ^ Bob Velin (5 October 2012). "Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. fined $20K, suspended by WBC". TheNewsStar. 2012 www.thenewsstar.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ Dan Rafael (September 21, 2012). "Viewers flock to Martinez-Chavez". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ "BoxRec - event".
- ^ David Cushnan (August 30, 2012). "Chavez v Martinez grudge match goes Primetime". sportspromedia.com. SportsPro. Retrieved August 1, 2024.