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Press Release: By Probellum – SHEFFIELD, NOVEMBER  7 – Sunny Edwards insists Julio Cesar Martinez deserved to be stripped of his WBC title the second he walked away from their unification fight.  Credit: Probellum  Edwards and Martinez were deep into negotiations to stage a blockbuster fight in Mexico last month, for the IBF and WBC world flyweight titles.  Britain’s Edwards had been pushing to make the fight happen for months, but Martinez turned his back on the showdown and, instead, agreed to face his mandatory challenger McWilliams Arroyo in December.  Edwards had to quickly put the disappointment of Martinez’s withdrawal behind him and, on Friday, night at Probellum Sheffield, the man known as ‘Showtime’ defends his belt against the extremely dangerous Felix Alvarado.  But the 26-year-old is adamant there should be more than his IBF crown on the line at the Utilita Arena this week.  “Martinez is not a rival of mine, he’s a muppet,” sa...

  For many years and with rare exceptions Boxing’s lower weight divisions received sporadic television exposure here in the United States. Of course, the rare exceptions include fighters like Michael Carbajai, Jorge Arce, and Ricardo Lopez to name three notable exceptions were able to break through what some would call a glass ceiling and receive valuable television exposure due largely to their crowd pleasing styles, which resonated as much here in the U.S. as it did internationally where consistent television exposure for the sport’s lowest weight divisions is more consistent. There is no dispute that all three men had legendary careers and are regarded as three of the best fighters throughout the entire sport’s history.   In more recent years thanks largely to the advent of digital streaming networks and a gradual decrease of Boxing programming on traditional television platforms, fighters in the lower weight divisions have been able to take advantage of the increased expos...

  Press Release: January 25, 2022 By DAZN – World Flyweight ruler moves up in weight against Super-Fly legend on March 05   Julio Cesar Martinez will face Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez at the Pechanga Arena San Diego in San Diego, California on Saturday, March 5, live worldwide on DAZN.  Credit:DAZN   Martinez (18-1 14 KOs) fights at 115lbs for the first time and does so against a legend of the weight in Chocolatito (50-3 41 KOs), with the Mexican stepping in to replace Juan Francisco Estrada, who has been forced out of his trilogy clash with Chocolatito with COVID.   Martinez’s last action was a trademark all-action shootout with McWilliams Arroyo in New Hampshire in November, with both men hitting the canvas in the opening round and Martinez flooring Arroyo in the second before the contest was stopped with Arroyo suffering a cut.   The exciting Mexican has spoken freely of his desire to move up in weight and challenge himself against the cr...

  Undefeated WBO Middleweight world champion Demetrius Andrade scored a statement-making second round knockout of WBO number ten rated Middleweight contender Jason Quigley on Friday night at the SNHU Arena in Manchester, NH. Andrade, who is a two-division world champion having previously held the WBO Jr. Middleweight crown, was making the fifth defense of his WBO Middleweight world championship. An extremely talented boxer with an impressive skillset, Andrade has faced struggles in securing lucrative fights in and around the 160lb. Middleweight division due to his Boxing style that while dominant does not always result in entertaining knockouts the generate interest to secure some of those lucrative fights. Andrade was not interested in going twelve rounds in this title defense as he patiently waited for his opening and then landed a short left hook to the head that sent Quigley down. In round two, Andrade did not allow Quigley time to recover dropping him a second time with a left...