Martinez vs Carmona

Who won Martinez vs Carmona?

Julio Cesar Martinez beat Samuel Carmona by majority decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 3rd December 2022 at Desert Diamond Arena in 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 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 loses 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 2 years, at 28 years old.

Both Julio Cesar Martinez & 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 71 more professional rounds, 137 to Carmona's 66.

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 5th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest at Pechanga Arena, California, United States.

Previous to that, he had lost to McWilliams Arroyo on 19th November 2021 by unanimous decision in the 3rd round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at SNHU Arena, New Hampshire.

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

Before that, he had beat Moises Calleros on 23rd October 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 29th February 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, meaning he had been fighting on average 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 the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by DAZN Global.

What were the odds on Martinez vs Carmona?

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