Martinez vs Carmona

Who won Martinez vs Carmona?

Julio Cesar Martinez beat Samuel Carmona by majority decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, December 3rd, 2022, at Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale.

The scorecards were announced as 117-111, 116-112, 114-114 in favor of winner Julio Cesar Martinez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 kg).

This contest was for the vacant WBC flyweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Juan Francisco Estrada beating Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez for the The Ring Junior Bantamweight and WBC World Super Flyweight championship. Also on the undercard Diego Pacheco defeated Timur Kerefov, and Joselito Velasquez was defeated by Cristofer Rosales.

Martinez vs Carmona stats

Back in December 2022, Julio Cesar Martinez stepped into the ring with a record of 18 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws.

Samuel Carmona made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 8 wins and 0 draws.

Julio Cesar Martinez was the older man by 1 year, at 28 years old.

Both Julio Cesar Martinez and Samuel Carmona fought out of an orthodox stance.

Martinez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 12 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 3 years and 10 months earlier than Carmona, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 60 more professional rounds, totaling 137 compared to Carmona's 77.

Martinez vs Carmona form

Martinez had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez on March 5, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Pechanga Arena, California, United States.

Prior to that, his contest against McWilliams Arroyo on November 19, 2021 ended in a no contest at SNHU Arena, New Hampshire.

Going into that contest, he had defeated Joel Cordova on June 26, 2021, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

Before that, he had beaten Moises Calleros on October 23, 2020, by technical knockout in the 2nd round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Gimnasio TV Azteca, Distrito Federal.

He had won against Jay Harris on February 29, 2020, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at The Ford Center at The Star, Texas, United States.

Activity check

Martinez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 9 months and 4 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 35 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7 rounds on average.

What time did Martinez vs Carmona start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST at Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, United States, which was around 3:00 AM GMT in the UK.

Who broadcast Martinez vs Carmona?

Martinez vs Carmona was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Martinez vs Carmona?

Julio Cesar Martinez was a 1/8 (-770) favorite going into the contest, while Samuel Carmona made his way into the ring at 5/1 (+510) with oddsmakers.