Ten years after his last fight in Argentina and for the first time at the legendary Luna Park stadium,
Sergio 'Maravilla' Martínez
needed just
90 seconds
to knock out the Colombian
Jhon Teherán
and sportingly claim his World Cup chance in the Association's middle division World Boxing Championships (WBA), on a special night that also included the presentation gala of a series dedicated to the life of
Ringo Bonavena
that will premiere this weekend on a streaming platform.
It was his sixth fight since coming out of retirement, with four KOs and two points wins.
"I know it's crazy, but I want my chance against Golovkin, I'm training with 18-year-old boys, I want to be stronger, tougher and I want to be champion again," said the 48-year-old former middleweight champion from Quilmes
. of the World Boxing Council (WBC).
In June 2014, Maravilla resigned his crown against Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden in New York and retired from professional boxing due to a knee injury.
However, six years later, he returned to the ring with the hope of fighting for a world title.
Since then he has won the five fights he has taken on: four in Spain and one in the United States.
The former middleweight champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC) will fight again in the country almost ten after his last performance at the Vélez Sarsfield stadium where, in full swing, he beat the British Martin Murray by points for that crown.
It was his first defense after winning the belt in 2012, when he beat Mexican Julio César Chávez Jr. in Las Vegas.
Martínez arrived at Luna Park with a professional record of 56 wins (31 before the limit), 3 falls and 2 no-decision fights.
In front of him was Teheran, 38, who made his third appearance in Argentina after being knocked out in the previous two.
The Colombian boxer (18-2-0, 15 KOs.) was defeated by the local César Barrionuevo in the search for the vacant WBC Latino welterweight title in Catamarca in 2014 and in his last performance he lost to Juan Manuel Taborda from Cordoba for the Latino title WBO middleweight in Villa María, on September 23, 2022.
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