Maravilla Dzyna/Razor 46-2-2 (25 KO's) 37-0-0 (23 KO's) Date 12 March 2011 | Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Brovari, Ukraine 5′ 10″ 6′ 0″ | |
Title(s) on the line vacant WBC Diamond Middleweight Title. Result Martinez defeats Dzinziruk via knockout of eighth round. | ||
Sergio Martinez vs. Sergiy Dzindziruk is a 160-pound world title title fight billed as The Threat Is Real. 2010 Fighter of the Year and Pound for Pound contender Sergio Martinez takes on undefeated Ukrainian Sergiy Dzindziruk for the vacant WBC Diamond belt. Martinez vacated the WBC middleweight in order to face Sergiy.
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The fight
Martinez stopped Sergiy Dzinziruk in the eighth round, knocking down the Ukrainian middleweight five times during the fight, and 3 times in the 8th/last round. In Round 5, Dzinziruk was knocked down again by a left hand just seconds before the bell rang. He got up smiling, but Martinez now firmly appeared to be in control of the fight. Referee Arthur Mercante Jr. stopped the bout at the eighth after Martinez of Oxnard, Calif., sent Dzinziruk down for the third time.