Sergio Martínez

Who is Sergio Martínez?

Sergio Gabriel Martínez is an Argentine professional boxer. He is the current Lineal, The Ring, and WBC middleweight champion.

Martinez was previously in the light-middleweight division, where he held the WBC light-middleweight title, as well as the WBC Latino title. Also, he has competed in the welterweight division, where he held the WBO Latino title.

Martínez is currently rated as the number five pound for pound best boxer in the world by most sporting news and boxing websites, including Sports Illustrated, ESPN and Yahoo! Sports. He is rated as the no.4 pound for pound boxer in the world by The Ring. In 2010 he received The Ring and BWAA "Fighter of the Year" and The Ring "Knockout of the Year" awards, resp. In 2012 he received World Boxing Council "Boxer of the Year" award. Martinez holds notable victories over former world champions Kelly Pavlik, Paul Williams, Sergiy Dzinziruk and Julio César Chávez, Jr..