Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-04-08, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the boxing match Kiko Martinez vs Reiya Abe gets two.
Abe vs Martinez is scheduled to take place Saturday, April 8th, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo (Japan), in a 12-round featherweight (126 lbs, 57.2 kg) bout; it is on the undercard of Kenshiro Teraji vs Anthony Olascuaga. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-10-29, good boxing match: Kiko Martinez vs Jordan Gill gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
Gill vs Martinez is scheduled to take place Saturday, October 29th, at the Wembley Arena in London (United Kingdom), in a 12-round featherweight (126 lbs, 57.2 kg) bout; it is valid for the EBU European featherweight title and it is on the undercard of Katie Taylor vs Karen Carabajal. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-03-26, pretty good boxing fight: Kiko Martinez vs Josh Warrington 2 gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
In their first fight Warrington beat Martinez via majority decision, in 2017 (Josh Warrington vs Kiko Martinez I); this second match is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the IBF World featherweight title (Martinez’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-11-13, good boxing fight: Kid Galahad vs Kiko Martinez gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2021).
Martinez vs Galahad is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the IBF World featherweight title (Galahad’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-02-13, some good exchanges but it is not enough to get three stars: the boxing fight Zelfa Barrett vs Kiko Martinez gets two. Martinez vs Barrett is valid for the IBF Inter-Continental super-featherweight title; undercard of Josh Warrington vs Mauricio Lara. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-05-18, one sided fight between Gary Russell Jr and Kiko Martinez: it gets two stars.The former Olympian and Wbc Fw champion Gary Russell Jr entered this fight with a record of 29-1-0 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 featherweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Leo Santa Cruz). He suffered his only loss when he faced Vasyl Lomachenko in 2014 (via majority decision, Lomachenko vs Russell), after this fight he has won five consecutive bouts beating Oscar Escandon (Gary Russell Jr vs Oscar Escandon) and Joseph Diaz in his last two (Gary Russell Jr vs Joseph Diaz).
His opponent, the former IBF super-Bw champ Kiko Martinez, has a boxing record of 39-8-2 (28 knockouts) and he entered as the No.26 in the same weight class. He lost to Josh Warrington in 2017 (Josh Warrington vs Kiko Martinez) but since then he has collected three victories and one technical draw beating Marc Vidal in his last one. Russell vs Martinez is valid for the WBC World featherweight title; undercard of Deontay Wilder vs Dominic Breazeale. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-05-13, close and tough fight between Josh Warrington and Kiko Martinez: it gets three stars.The undefeated Josh Warrington entered this fight with a perfect record of 24-0-0 (5 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.8 featherweight in the world. He fought twice in 2016 beating Hisashi Amagasa (=Warrington vs Amagasa) and Patrick Hyland (=Warrington vs Hyland).
His opponent, the former Ibf super-Bw champion Kiko Martinez, has an official record of 36-7-1 (26 knockouts) and he entered as the No.18 in the same weight class. He fought three times last year losing to current #1 Fw Leo Santa Cruz (2016 Fight of the Year candidate, Santa Cruz vs Martinez), drawing with Eusebio Osejo and winning over Leonel Hernandez. Josh Warrington vs Kiko Martinez is valid for the WBC International featherweight title; they also faced each other a second time on March 26, 2022 (Kiko Martinez vs Josh Warrington 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2016-02-27, fast and furious start, high pace and spectacular exchanges: Leo Santa Cruz vs Kiko Martinez was an authentic war and it gets five stars; this is the first candidate for the boxing Fight of the Year 2016!The undefeated world champion in three different weight classes Leo Santa Cruz entered this fight with a professional record of 31-0-1 (17 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 featherweight in the world. He fought three times last year beating Jesus Ruiz (=Santa Cruz vs Ruiz), Jose Cayetano (=Santa Cruz vs Cayetano) and Abner Mares (=Santa Cruz vs Mares).
His opponent, the former Ibf super-Bw champion Kiko Martinez, has a boxing record of 35-6-0 (26 knockouts) and he entered as the No.16 in the same weight class. He fought four times in 2015 losing to Scott Quigg (=Quigg vs Martinez) but then he won three consecutive bouts. Santa Cruz vs Martinez is valid for the WBA Super World featherweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2015-07-18, pretty good fight between Scott Quigg and Kiko Martinez: it gets three stars.The undefeated Scott Quigg entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 30-0-2 (22 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Carl Frampton). He fought three times last year winning over Tshifhiwa Munyai (=Quigg vs Munyai), Stephane Jamoye (=Quigg vs Jamoye) and Hidenori Otake (=Quigg vs Otake).
His opponent, Kiko Martinez, has an official record of 32-5-0 (24 KOs=75%) and he entered as the No.3 bantamweight. He suffered his last defeat in 2014 when he faced Carl Frampton losing his Ibf super-Bw title (=Martinez vs Frampton 2), after this bout he came back to win beating George Gachechiladze. Quigg vs Martinez is valid for the WBA World super bantamweight title (held by Quigg). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review: 2014-09-06, pretty good fight between Kiko Martinez and Carl Frampton: their second fight gets three stars. Kiko Martinez entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 31-4-0 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super bantamweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Guillermo Rigondeaux); he suffered his last defeat at the beginning of 2013 when he faced Frampton for the first time (=Frampton vs Martinez I), since then he won four consecutive bouts winning the Ibf super-Bw belt against then-undefeated Jhonatan Romero (=Romero vs Martinez). Martinez has already fought once in 2014 beating Hozumi Hasegawa in one of the best boxing fights of the year (4-stars-fight Martinez vs Hasegawa).
His opponent, the undefeated Carl Frampton, has a perfect record of 18-0-0 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 in the same weight class, he has fought once in 2014 as well, beating Hugo Fidel Cazares in two rounds (=Frampton vs Cazares). Martinez vs Frampton 2 is valid for the IBF super bantamweight title (Martinez’s third defense), first world title shot for Frampton. Watch the video and rate this fight!
