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Sergio Martínez vs. Matthew Macklin

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Maravilla
  
Mack The Knife

5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
  
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)

48-2-2 (27 KO)
  
28-3-0 (19 KO)

Date
  
17 March 2012

Venue
  
Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, United States

Title(s) on the line
  
The Ring Middleweight Championship.

Result
  
Middleweight Championship: Sergio Martinez (c) def. Matthew Macklin by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at 3:00 of Round Eleven

Location
  
Madison Square Garden, New York, United States

Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin, billed as Get Your Irish Up, is a Boxing Middleweight bout for The Ring world title and universally recognized Middleweight Championship of the World. The bout was held on March 17, 2012, at the Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, United States.

Contents

The fight was televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing.

Dilemma

During a press conference in his native Argentina on Dec. 29, Martinez renounced his WBC "Diamond" belt and indicated that he might pursue a relationship with Showtime over HBO, which he feels has mistreated him.

Martinez was forced to give up his WBC belt for fighting Sergei Dzinziruk in March on HBO, a bout Martinez won by an eighth-round KO. The WBC then elevated Sebastian Zbik to the status of full champion and mandated that Zbik face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who dethroned Zbik in June.

Martinez

Martinez is rated No. 3 in THE RING's pound for pound list and is coming off an 11th-round knockout of Darren Barker in October.

Macklin

In his last fight in June, Macklin lost a controversial split-decision to RING No. 2-rated middleweight and WBA belt holder Felix Sturm, of Germany.

Sturm recently held on to his crown, yet again, with a split-draw against rated middleweight Martin Murray on Dec. 2.

Result

Middleweight Championship: Sergio Martinez (c) def. Matthew Macklin by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at 3:00 of Round Eleven

Main card

  • Middleweight Championship Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin
  • Super Middleweight bout Edwin Rodriguez vs. Don George
  • Preliminary card

  • Heavyweight Bout Magomed Abdusalamov vs. Raphael Zumbano Love
  • References

    Sergio Martínez vs. Matthew Macklin Wikipedia