Martinez vs Cesar Jr

Who won Martinez vs Cesar Jr?

Sergio Martinez beat Julio Cesar Chavez Jr by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, September 15th, 2012, at Thomas & Mack Center, Nevada.

The scorecards were announced as 118-109, 117-110, 118-109 in favor of winner Sergio Martinez.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Middleweight division, which meant the weight limit was 160 pounds (11.4 stone or 72.6 kg).

This contest was for the WBC middleweight championship of the world.

Martinez vs Cesar Jr stats

Back in September 2012, Sergio Martinez stepped into the ring with a record of 49 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws, 28 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Julio Cesar Chavez Jr made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 46 wins and 1 draw, with 32 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Chavez Jr had an advantage in power over Martinez, with a 70% knockout percentage compared to Martinez's 57%.

Sergio Martinez was the older man by 11 years, at 37 years old.

Chavez Jr had a height advantage of 3 inches over Martinez. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Sergio Martinez fought out of the southpaw stance, while Julio Cesar Chavez Jr was an orthodox fighter.

Martinez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 6 more fights, and made his debut in 1997, 5 years and 8 months earlier than Chavez Jr, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 96 more professional rounds, totaling 440 compared to Chavez Jr's 344.

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Martinez's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 4 months and 29 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 2 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 23 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.5 rounds on average.

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