Sergio Martinez vs. Sergiy Dzinziruk
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Sergio Martinez vs. Sergiy Dzindziruk is a 160-pound world title
Middleweight
Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...
title fight. 2010 Fighter of the Year and Pound for Pound
Ring Magazine pound for pound
The Ring Magazine Pound for Pound is the official list of the current pound for pound professional boxing rankings distributed by The Ring.-Top 10 rankings:-See also:* List of current world boxing champions* List of boxing weight classes...
contender Sergio Martinez takes on undefeated Ukrainian
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
Sergiy Dzindziruk for the vacant WBC Daimond
World Boxing Council
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belt. Martinez vacated the WBC
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
middleweight in order to face Sergiy.
The fight
Martinez stopped Sergiy Dzinziruk in the eighth round, knocking down the Ukrainian middleweight five times during the fight, and 3 times in the 8th/last round. In Round 5, Dzinziruk was knocked down again by a left hand just seconds before the bell rang. He got up smiling, but Martinez now firmly appeared to be in control of the fight. Referee Arthur Mercante Jr. stopped the bout at the eighth after Martinez of Oxnard, Calif., sent Dzinziruk down for the third time.Televised
- Middleweight bout:
Sergio MartinezSergio Gabriel MartínezSergio Gabriel Martínez is an Argentine professional boxer and the current The Ring middleweight champion....
vs.
Sergiy DzinzirukSergiy DzindzirukSergiy "Razor" Dzinziruk is a Ukrainian professional boxer in the junior middleweight division. He is the current WBO Super Welterweight Champion.- Amateur :...
- Martinez defeated Dzinziruk via technical knockout at 1:43 of eighth round.
- Middleweight bout: Andy LeeAndy Lee (boxer)Andy Lee , is an Irish professional boxer from Limerick, Ireland who fights in the Middleweight division.-Background:Lee was born in Bow, London, England to Irish parents...
vs.
Craig McEwan
- Lee defeated McEwan via knockout at 0:56 of tenth round.
Untelevised
- Featherweight bout:
Javier Fortuna vs. 
Derrick Wilson
- Fortuna defeated Wilson via knockout of at eighth round.
- Heavyweight bout:
Sonya Lamonakis vs. Tanzee Daniel
- Lamonakis defeated Daniel via unanimous decision.
- Welterweight bout: Abraham Lopez vs. Andrew Jones
- Lopez defeated Jones via unanimous decision.
- Light Heavyweight bout: Seanie Monaghan vs. Billy CunninghamBilly CunninghamWilliam John "Billy" Cunningham is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid.- Beginnings :...
- Monaghan defeated Cunningham via unanimous decision.
- Welterweight bout:
Thomas DulormeThomas DulormeThomas Dulorme is a professional boxer from Carolina, Puerto Rico. He is currently trained by Jose Bonilla and promoted by the trio of Javier Bustillo, Lou DiBella, and Gary Shaw- Early life and Amateur career :...
vs. Guillermo Valdes
- Dulorme defeated Valdes via technical knockout at 0:46 of second round.