Martinez vs Cordova

Who won Martinez vs Cordova?

Julio Cesar Martinez beat Angelino Cordova by majority decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 30th March 2024 at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.

The scorecards were announced as 113-113, 114-112, 114-112 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 Tim Tszyu losing to Sebastian Fundora for the WBO World Junior Middleweight and WBC World Super Welterweight championship. Also, on the undercard Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero lost to Isaac ‘Pitbull’ Cruz for the WBA World Super Lightweight belt, Erislandy Lara defeated Michael Zerafa for the WBA World Middleweight title, Brian Mendoza was defeated by Serhii Bohachuk for the WBC Interim World Super Welterweight championship and Curmel Moton beat Anthony Cuba.

Martinez vs Cordova stats

Julio Cesar Martinez stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws.

Angelino Cordova made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 18 wins and 1 draw.

Julio Cesar Martinez was the older man by 1 year, at 29 years old.

Cordova had 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Julio Cesar Martinez & Angelino Cordova fought out of an orthodox stance.

Martinez was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 4 more fights, and made his debut in 2015, 1 year and 8 months earlier than Cordova, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 40 more professional rounds, 137 to Cordova's 97.

Angelino Cordova was ranked number 14 by the WBC and 6 by the WBO in the 112lb division.

Martinez vs Cordova form

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

In his last fight before this contest, he had beat Ronal Batista on 6th May 2023 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Estadio Akron, Zapopan, Mexico.

Previous to that, he had beat Samuel Carmona on 3rd December 2022 by majority decision in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Gila River Arena, Glendale, United States.

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

Before that, he had been beaten by 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.

He had won against Joel Cordova on 26th June 2021 by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.

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 44 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.8 rounds on average.

What time did Martinez vs Cordova start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM EST / 6:00 PM PST at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, United States, which was around 2:00 AM BST in the UK.

Who broadcast Martinez vs Cordova?

Martinez vs Cordova was broadcast on Amazon Prime PPV in the US, while the fight was broadcast in the United Kingdom by Triller TV.

What were the odds on Martinez vs Cordova?

Julio Cesar Martinez was a 2/7 (-340) favourite going into the contest, while Angelino Cordova made his way into the ring at 5/2 (+250) with oddsmakers.