Martinez vs Batista

Who won Martinez vs Batista?

Julio Cesar Martinez beat Ronal Batista by technical knockout in the 11th round on Saturday, May 6th, 2023, at Estadio Akron, Zapopan.

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 Canelo Alvarez beating John Ryder for the IBF World Super Middleweight, WBA Super World Super Middleweight, WBC World Super Middleweight and WBO World Super Middleweight championship. Also on the undercard Gabriel Gollaz Valenzuela defeated Steve Spark, and Oleksandr Gvozdyk was victorious over Ricards Bolotniks.

Martinez vs Batista stats

Back in May 2023, Julio Cesar Martinez stepped into the ring with a record of 19 wins, 2 losses, and 0 draws.

Ronal Batista made his way to the ring with a record of 15 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws.

Julio Cesar Martinez was the older man by 2 years, at 28 years old.

Batista had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Julio Cesar Martinez and Ronal Batista fought out of an orthodox stance.

Martinez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 8 months earlier than Batista, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought 26 more professional rounds, totaling 137 compared to Batista's 111.

Martinez vs Batista 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 defeated Samuel Carmona on December 3, 2022, by majority decision in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Gila River Arena, Glendale, United States.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez on March 5, 2022, by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Pechanga Arena, California.

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

Before that, 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.

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.

Activity check

Martinez's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 6 months and 13 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 4 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 Batista start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 2:00 AM UTC at Estadio Akron, Zapopan, Mexico, which was 10:00 PM EST or 7:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 3:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Martinez vs Batista?

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

What were the odds on Martinez vs Batista?

Julio Cesar Martinez was a 1/14 (-1400) favorite going into the contest, while Ronal Batista made his way into the ring at 7/1 (+700) with oddsmakers.