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Most believe Sergio Martinez represents the best of the best in pro boxing and though he would probably beat Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao and give Bernard Hopkins a good rumble, very few know him on the streets of America.

He’s not a household name and it’s not financially rewarding enough for Mayweather, Pacquiao or even Hopkins to fight Martinez when they can get more fighting other more well-known prizefighters.

When Miguel Cotto came to Los Angeles for a recent press conference and a pesky reporter asked him if he would fight Martinez the Puerto Rican answered “is there big money to fight him?”

The answer is no.

That’s why the Argentine southpaw middleweight world champion Martinez (42-2-2, 26 KOs) with the lightning reflexes has been confined to title fights against Darren Barker (23-0, 14 KOs) on Saturday Oct. 1, at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. HBO is televising but they’re not offering big money to Martinez for the fight. Not Mayweather money or even Victor Ortiz kind of money.

Martinez can fight both Pacquiao and Mayweather who have both ventured into the 154-pound junior middleweight division but you will never hear those fighters mention the Argentine fighter’s name as a possible opponent. It’s one of the quirks in boxing that exists simply because of money.

“I would go down to 150 pounds to fight Manny Pacquiao,” said Martinez, adding that Pacquiao captured the world title at the 154 pound junior middleweight level. “I’d like to fight Mayweather or the winner of Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito fight because those are fights that boxing fans would love to see.”

But with Martinez fighting challengers like Barker, and Sergiy Dzinziruk, who are good fighters with even less recognition, how can his promoters expect him to raise his own drawing power?

What most fight fans fail to realize is name recognition has more value than skills or a fighter’s record. The boxer who can sell more tickets in an arena or pay-per-views on television has much more value than a fighter who is undefeated that nobody knows.
Talent only takes you so far.

That’s where challengers with more recognition like Marco Antonio Rubio, Sergio Mora, Danny Jacobs and even Shane Mosley can spark the attention of the general sports fan, not just the die hards.

One reason 35-year-old Martinez has remained one of the faceless is that he fought most of his career in Europe and South America. Another is he only speaks Spanish and that can be detrimental unless you have an engaging personality like a Roberto Duran or Alexis Arguello. Still, his knockout win over Paul Williams and overwhelming performance against Kelly Pavlik have quickly proven to boxing experts that the ultra quick southpaw Martinez is one of the very best prizefighters in the world pound for pound.

Martinez’s next opponent Barker hails from London, England and outside of the United Kingdom or possibly Europe, the middleweight known as “Dazzling” Barker has even less recognition. But he’s a middleweight contender and was deemed as a worthy opponent.

“You can never underestimate anyone,” Martinez warns.

What someone should warn Martinez’s promoters is that time is running out. No more Barkers please.

Two WBC titleholders

Martinez is the true WBC middleweight champion but that organization based in Mexico split the title by naming the Argentine the Diamond belt champion. Mexico’s Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. won the lesser and more ordinary title by beating Sebastian Zbik in June.
The WBC organization and most other sanctioning bodies such as the WBA, WBO and IBF do this to enable themselves to collect more fees by having more world titles. It’s one of the disturbing trends in boxing.

Other Fight Chatter

Lorenz “The Monsoon” Larkin (12-0) of Riverside defeated veteran Nick Rossborough (20-15) by decision after three rounds at Las Vegas on Friday Sept. 23. It was Larkin’s third consecutive win in a Strikeforce promoted mixed martial arts fight.

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones retained the title and Josh Koscheck knocked out former champion Matt Hughes on the UFC 135 mixed martial arts card on Saturday in Denver. Other winners were Nate Diaz, Mark Hunt, Travis Browne, Tim Boetsch, Tony Ferguson, Takeya Mizugaki and Junior Assuncao.

WBO junior featherweight titleholder Ana Julaton (9-2-1) fights Mexico’s Jessica Villafranca (12-3, 6 KOs) who just recently fought and loss to Moreno Valley’s WBO bantamweight titleholder Kaliesha West. Julaton will fight Villafranca on Friday in Yucatan, Mexico. Earlier in the year Julaton fought Angel Gladney who West knocked out to win the title last year.

Ontario’s Jonathan Arrellano (10-0-1) captured the WBC Youth title by decision over Michael Ruiz Jr. (8-1-1) after eight rounds on Friday Sept. 23. Other winners at the Doubletree Hotel were Riverside’s Alex Viramontes, Richard Contreras, Sindy Amador, and Fernando Rojas.

WBO junior featherweight titleholder Jorge “El Travieso” Arce (58-6-2, 45 KOs) knocked out South Africa’s Simphiwe Nongqayi (16-2-1) at 2:01 of round four on Saturday in Mexicali, Mexico. Arce had lost a decision to Nongqayi in their first meeting two years ago.

WBA junior welterweight titleholder Marcos Maidana (31-2, 28 KOs) retained the championship by stopping Petr Petrov (29-3-2, 13 KOs) at the end of round four. The title match took place in Argentina.

In Puerto Rico, two former world champions will try to get back on the win column as Juan Manuel Lopez (30-1, 27 KOs) fights Mike Oliver (25-2) and Roman Martinez (24-1-1, 15 KOs) clashes with Ramon Maas (25-1, 15 KOs) in a junior lightweight battle.

Undefeated Joan Guzman (30-0-1, 17 KOs) is scheduled to fight Armando Robles (17-1-1, 9 KOs) in a junior welterweight match in the Dominican Republic on Nov. 18. Guzman, 35, has a persistent problem making weight for his fights.

WIBA welterweight titleholder Anne Sophie Mathis (24-1, 21 KOs) defends against Cindy Serrano (15-3-2, 7 KOs) on Saturday Oct. 1 in France. Serrano fights out of Brooklyn, New York.

IBF cruiserweight titleholder Steve Cunningham (24-2, 12 KOs) defends against Yoan Hernandez (24-1, 13 KOs) on Saturday in Mecklenburg, Germany. Philadelphia’s Cunningham has made a successful career out of fighting in Europe.

Eden Sonsona (27-6, 7 KOs) meets Godwin Tubigon (7-3-1) in a 10 round featherweight bout on Saturday Oct. 1, in Cebu City, in the Philippines. Also on the card will be Dodie Boy Penalosa (6-0) fighting Donriel Marcos (10-13) in a junior featherweight match.

Gavin Rees (35-1, 16 KOs) defends the EBU lightweight title against Derry Mathews (29-5, 15 KOs) on Saturday in Wales, United Kingdom. Rees has an eight-fight winning streak including a win over formerly undefeated Andy Murray.

Karim Mayfield (14-0-1, 9 KOs) fights Patrick Lopez (20-4, 12 KOs) in a junior welterweight clash at Fitzgerald’s Casino in Tunica, Miss. The fight takes place on Saturday Oct. 1. Mayfield fights out of Northern California. Lopez, a Venezuelan, has fought numerous times in Ontario, Calif.

WBC junior featherweight titleholder Toshiaki Nishioka (38-4-3) makes his sixth title defense against former champion Rafael Marquez (40-6, 36 KOs) of Mexico City on Saturday in Las Vegas.

The city of Tianjin, China hosts a heavyweight fight pairing Chauncy Welliver (49-5-5, 19 KOs) of Washington against Rob Calloway (71-12-2, 57 KOs) on Monday Oct. 3. Calloway fights out of St. Joseph, Missouri.

WBO middleweight titleholder Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15 KOs) stopped Gennady Martirosyan (22-3, 11 KOs) at the end of round 10. The title fight took place in Krasnodar, Russia on Sunday. It was Pirog’s second title defense.

Argentina’s Yessica Bopp (17-0, 7 KOs) retained the WBA junior flyweight world title by unanimous decision over Daniela Bermudez (5-2-2) after 10 rounds. The world championship fight took place on Saturday.

Diana Prozak (9-1, 7 KOs) retained the WIBA junior lightweight world title by technical knockout over Canada’s Lindsay Garbatt (7-4-1) at the end of round nine. On the same card Melissa Hernandez (16-2-3) stopped Christina Tai (4-11) 54 seconds into round four. The two fights took place in Victoria, Australia.

America’s Darnell “Ding-a-ling Man” Wilson (24-12-3) upset former heavyweight contender Juan Carlos Gomez (49-3, 27 KOs) of Cuba after 10 rounds by majority decision on Saturday in Germany. Wilson had lost seven of his last eight fights.

Mexico’s Adrian Gonzalez (22-1-1, 14 KOs) retained the WBA and IBO junior flyweight world titles by knocking out Gideon Buthelezi (12-3) at 2:20 of round two. The match took place in Mexico City on Saturday Sept. 24.

Former world champion Jelena Mrdjenovich (25-8-1) of Canada snapped a three-fight losing streak by beating Fujin Raika by decision on Thursday Sept. 22 in Tokyo, Japan. The fight was a WBC junior lightweight elimination bout.

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Sebastian Fundora TKOs Chordale Booker in Las Vegas

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Sebastian Fundora proved too tall and too powerful for challenger Chordale Booker in retaining the WBC and WBO super welterweight titles by TKO on Saturday in Las Vegas.

Despite a year off, Fundora (22-1-1, 14 KOs) showed the shorter fellow southpaw Booker (23-2) that rust would not be a factor in front of the crowd at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.

“I felt ready this whole time. I’ve been working very hard,” said Fundora.

Behind a massive height advantage Fundora jabbed away at Booker, the subject of an award-winning documentary called “The Boxer” in 2016. It portrayed his journey from nearly being imprisoned and having boxing as an outlet to success on the streets.

Booker tried to offset Fundora’s height but could not.

Fundora established his long spearing jab to maintain a zone of safety and when Booker ventured past the zone, he was met with uppercuts and lefts.

It was a puzzle Booker could not figure out.

Fundora won the WBO and WBC titles with an upset over Australia’s much heralded Tim Tszyu. Though accepting the fight within mere weeks of the fight to replace Keith Thurman, the fighter known as the “Towering Inferno” was able to out-fight the favored Aussie to win by split decision.

Nearly a year passed since winning the titles and the months without action did not deter him from stepping on the gas second round and overwhelming the shorter Booker with a blistering attack.

Booker tried to survive and counter but no such luck.

In the fourth round a right hook by Booker was met with a thunderous four-punch combination by Fundora. A left uppercut snapped the head back of Booker who was clearly dazed by the blow. Another three-punch combination and the fight was stopped at 2:51 of the fourth round.

Fundora retained the WBC and WBO titles by technical knockout.

“We were training to wear him down,” said Fundora. “I’m a powerful fighter. With this fight I guess it showed even more.”

The two-belt champion is now smack in the middle of one of the most talented weight division in men’s boxing.

“I would love to be undisputed like my sister,” said Fundora of his sister Gabriela Fundora the undisputed flyweight world champion. “

Other Bouts

Arizona’s Jesus Ramos Jr. (23-1, 19 KOs) knocked out Argentina’s Guido Schramm (16-4-2) in the seventh round of their super welterweight match. Ramos, a southpaw, caught Schramm with a left that paralyzed him along he ropes. The referee stopped the match at 1:38 of the seventh.

Arizona’s Elijah Garcia (17-1, 13 KOs) survived a knockdown by talented veteran Terrell Gausha (24-5-1) in the first round to mount a rally and win by split decision after 10 rounds in a middleweight match up.

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Bernard Fernandez Reflects on His Special Bond with George Foreman

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Bernard Fernandez Reflects on His Special Bond with George Foreman

For pretty much the entirety of my career as a sportswriter, I have doggedly adhered to the principle that there is a line separating professional integrity from unabashed fandom, and for me to cross it would be a violation of everything I believed in as a representative of whatever media outlet I was writing for at the time. In 50-plus years, only once did I cross that line. It was when I was in Canastota, N.Y., for an International Boxing Hall of Fame induction weekend and I had submitted the winning bid in a silent auction for an autographed photo of the great Carmen Basilio, being hoisted onto the shoulders of trainer Angelo Dundee and another cornerman after winning a title bout. I have that photo, which also was signed by Angelo, hanging on the wall of my apartment.

I broke my self-imposed rule by asking Carmen to pose with me holding the photo because he was my father’s favorite fighter, and thus mine when I was a little kid watching the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports Friday Night Fights with my dad, a former pro welterweight and Navy veteran of World War II in the Pacific before he became a much-decorated police officer. Anyway, Carmen was long-since retired and I chose to believe that on the grand scale of professional propriety, my posing with him was nothing more than a small blip on a very large radar screen.

But with the shocking news that George Foreman had passed away on March 21, at the age of 76, it suddenly occurred to me that my idealistic principles have forever prevented me from having an autographed photo of Big George hanging on the same wall with the one of Basilio, which I no doubt will regret to my dying day. If I had bent my own standards of how a sportswriter should act in his dealings with one of his interview subjects, I might even have had one of George and I together, side by side, as is the case with any number of my colleagues who asked for and were granted photo op access to the famous athletes they covered.

Why do I now place George Foreman in a separate category from so many other elite fighters I have covered during my career? Had I not rigidly held to my belief that it was unprofessional and maybe even a bit unethical to cross that inviolable line, I might now have photos of myself standing alongside Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Lennox Lewis, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hearns, Bernard Hopkins, Oscar De La Hoya, Roy Jones Jr. and Felix Trinidad, not to mention such legends of other sports as Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, Walter Payton, Wayne Gretzky, Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving and the quarterbacking family of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning.

I had, of course, covered a number of Big George’s fights, but although he knew of me, it was not to the extent that he considered me to be a friend. All that changed, however, through the intercession of a mutual friend, boxing publicist Bill Caplan, whose relationship with George was longstanding and so deeply ingrained as to be almost familial.

My newspaper, the Philadelphia Daily News, had sent me to Los Angeles to cover a bout in which Julio Cesar Chavez was to fight Philly’s Ivan Robinson. Despite increasing pain, I somehow managed to file features on both main-event participants in the days before fight night prior to my arrival at the Staples Center in a condition that had gone from bad to worse. Bill noticed my distress in the press room and said he was going to get a ringside physician to check me out. “Maybe after the fight I came here to cover is over,” I told him, grimacing through gritted teeth. But Bill insisted that I get a medical opinion, and quickly, and the doctor who took my blood pressure said it was at a near-stroke level and that I needed to be transported by ambulance to a hospital ASAP. In the emergency room, it was determined that I was suffering from an unpassed kidney stone, a problem I had had several times previously, but not to this extent. I did not cover the fight I had come to see, of course, but I was able to make it back home alive and reasonably well before receiving additional treatment.

George Foreman did the foreword for my first boxing anthology, Championship Rounds, but he consented to do so only after he consulted with Bill Caplan to inquire if I was a writer who could be trusted not to twist his words to fit my own narrative. Bill told him I was a fair guy and that he should do the foreword once he had read the manuscript and deemed it worthy of an endorsement. It didn’t hurt that when I spoke with George by telephone, I remarked that he “owed” me. “Why do I owe you?” he asked, seemingly amused. “Because I bought two of your grills,” I replied, which drew the chuckle from him I had hoped to get.

More than a few of my colleagues at various media outlets can accurately say that George considered them to be his friends, but my relationship with him continued to grow. It didn’t hurt that I was on very amicable terms with his younger brother Roy Foreman, who lives just outside Atlantic City, and whenever I needed to speak to George directly he either answered right away or returned my call at his earliest convenience. I also don’t think it hurt that my father had once appeared in a primary undercard bout of a show in San Diego in the 1940s that was headlined by the great Archie Moore, who would later serve as one of George’s most trusted advisers. Before George’s very respectable but losing performance against heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, the challenger confided that “Archie is the only one who can tell me anything. When Archie Moore takes you to the side to tell you something, you can’t argue because he knows. I can’t argue with Archie Moore. When he tells me something, I have to say, `Yes, sir, that’s right.’”

Maybe the only person George trusted as much as the “Old Mongoose” was Bill Caplan, and it was Bill who told his dear friend of the abject grief my family and I were enduring after my wife, who had been battling stage 4 pancreatic cancer, passed away on May 5 of last year. I would prefer not to divulge any details of something that shall forever remain private, but what George did in support of me and mine, and to honor the memory of a great lady who he never met, went above and beyond.

I included stories I did on George in three of my five boxing anthologies that already are in print (a sixth likely will come out this June), and I’d like to believe that our connection was solid enough that he shared the sort of insights that revealed him to be so much more than a devastating puncher inside the ropes. He was a quality human being in his everyday life, an individual who was widely admired and deserved to be recognized as such. But even if that were not the case, he would stand nearly alone for his ability to hit as hard as any heavyweight who ever lived. In recalling what it was like to share the ring with Big George in the epic “Rumble in the Jungle,” which Ali won by eighth-round knockout on Oct. 30, 1974, the victor said, “If you take any two heavyweights you can think of, and multiply (their punching power) by two, that’s George Foreman.”

Maybe Foreman might have fared better in that much-hyped bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, had he paced himself a bit more, but then that would not have been in keeping with his long-held belief that it did not pay for a powerful puncher to parcel his energy in measured doses.

“When you’re a puncher, it’s a real mysterious, almost magical thing,” he told me. “Guys who can’t punch, one thing they got to have is a lot of bravery because they knew they had to go 10 rounds, 12 rounds, 15 rounds almost every time. Punchers live with the fear if a fight keeps going another round, another round, they’re somehow going to lose. Every fight I ever had, I went for the knockout and nothing else. I didn’t really think I could win a decision. Even when I won on points, I felt like I failed.”

But even Big George didn’t have enough power to kayo the Grim Reaper indefinitely, although he might have dared to believe he could make that happen by dint of his indomitable will. After he won his first heavyweight championship, dethroning Joe Frazier by registering six knockdowns in less than two rounds on Jan. 22, 1973, in Kingston, Jamaica, the new king of the big men said, “All of a sudden I’m beating a guy like Joe Frazier, who could punch like he could and never stop coming at you? I left there thinking, `Nobody can stand up to me.’ I just believed that if I caught anybody with a right uppercut or a left hook, he’s gone. I could knock anybody out with either hand. It seemed impossible to me that I could lose.”

In posting a 76-5 career record with 68 victories inside the distance, Big George didn’t lose often. Now that he’s taken his earthly leave, I can only regret the fact that I didn’t cross that line and ask him to pose for a picture with me. I hope he somehow knows that I shall forever be in debt for the graciousness he exhibited toward my wife and my family when we needed just such a gesture not only from a legendary fighter, but a true friend.

Editor’s note: Bernard Fernandez entered the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the Observer category with the class of 2020. The greatly-admired publicist Bill Caplan, now in his late 80’s, entered the Hall in 2022.

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Results and Recaps from Sydney where George Kambosos Upended Late Sub Jake Wyllie

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In his first fight at 140 pounds and his first fight in Sydney, his hometown, in more than eight years, George Kambosos Jr scored a unanimous decision over late sub Jake Wyllie, a fellow Aussie who took the fight on five days’ notice. Kambosos won by scores of 115-113 and 117-111 twice.

Wyllie, a massive underdog, had his moments, particularly in round eight, and scored a moral victory by lasting the distance. At the final bell, it was Kambosos that looked the worse for wear after suffering a bad gash above his left eye from an accidental head butt in round nine, but most observers were in accord with the two judges that gave him nine of the 12 rounds.

Kambosos, who improved to 22-3 (10), scored his signature win in November of 2021 at Madison Square Garden with a narrow decision over lightweight belts holder Teofimo Lopez. Heading in, the Sydneysider, a longtime Manny Pacquiao sparring partner, was considered nothing more than a high-class journeyman and, notwithstanding that well-earned upset, the shoe still fits.

Astutely managed, Kambosos parlayed that triumph into several lucrative paydays with another forthcoming as he is slated to meet IBF 140-pound belt-holder Richardson Hitchins in June providing that the cut is fully healed. Hitchins captured the title in December in San Juan with a split decision over another Aussie, Liam Paro.

A 24-year-old Queenslander, Jake Wyllie had won 16 of his previous 18 fights with one no-contest. He was a step-up from Kambosos’ original opponent, 37-year-old Indonesian Daud Yordan who pulled out with an injury. After the match, Wyllie said, “I fought my heart out tonight and I feel like I am destined for great things.” With his gutsy effort, he earned a contract from Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn.

Co-feature

Queensland southpaw Skye Nicolson, one of Eddie Hearn’s favorite fighters, suffered her first pro defeat in the semi-wind-up, losing a split decision to U.S. import Tiara Brown who came in undefeated (18-0, 11 KOs) but hadn’t defeated anyone of note and was lightly-regarded. The popular Nicolson, making the third defense of the WBC featherweight title she won in Las Vegas with a wide decision over Denmark’s Sarah Mahfoud, was a consensus 8/1 favorite.

This was an entertaining affair. The scores were 97-93 and 96-94 for Brown with the dissenter favoring Nicholson (12-1) by a 96-94 tally. Tiara Brown, a 36-year-old Floridian, is one of several top-tier female boxers represented by Philadelphia booking agent Brian Cohen.

Other Bouts of Note

In a WBA bantamweight title fight, Cherneka Johnson successfully defended her title with a seventh-round stoppage of Nina Hughes. The one-sided affair was stopped by the referee at the 46-second mark of round seven with the assent of Hughes’ corner. A 30-year-old Australia-based New Zealander of Maori stock, Johnson advanced to 17-2 (7 KOs).

This was a rematch. They fought last year in Perth and Johnson won a majority decision that was somewhat controversial when Hughes was originally, but erroneously, identified as the winner. A 42-year-old Englishwoman, Hughes declined to 6-2.

Teremoana Junior, one of the newest members of the Matchroom stable, blasted out James Singh in the opening round. A six-foot-six heavyweight from Brisbane with a Cook Islands lineage, Teremoana came out with guns blazing and Singh, a burly but fragile Fijian, lasted only 132 seconds before he was rescued by the referee.

Teremoana, who turned pro after losing to the formidable Bakhodir Jalolov in the Paris Olympics, has won all seven of his pro fights by knockout. None of his opponents has lasted beyond the second round.

In a 10-round light heavyweight contest, Imam Khataev (10-0, 9 KOs) was extended the distance for the first time in his career by Durval Elias Palacio, but won comfortably on the cards (98-90, 99-89, 99-89).

Despite the wide scores, this was a hard fight for the Australia-based Russian, an Olympic bronze medalist whose physique is sculpted from the same mold as Mike Tyson (relatively short of stature with a thick neck hinged to a thick torso). Khataev had a point deducted for a low blow in round five and ended the bout with a swollen left eye. A 34-year-old Argentine, Palacio proved to be better than his record, currently 14-4.

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