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By: EFE
Monday, November 25
He bathed in glory! Kiko Martínez is the new IBF featherweight boxing world champion
The Spanish boxer Kiko Martínez was proclaimed world featherweight champion of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) this Sunday after knocking out Britain’s Kid Galahad in a fight in Sheffield, England.
‘La Sensacion’ silenced the Sheffield Arena in one fell swoop and lifted Spain at the same time. “Surprise for everyone except me” , Martinez said after the contest.
“I have trained the 365 days of the year and I have taken care of myself for this ”
Kiko Martínez
Martinez began working to the body and turning the waist knowing Galahad’s ability . The Briton focused his strategy on getting work done and connecting hands. ‘The Sensation’ based his boxing on order and forcefulness while Galahad set the pace.
Martinez looked for the counter-fight. He tried to close the gap with the British, who was getting more revenue using the left-handed guard and, above all, the hook and the direct left. The Spanish took a lot of work out of the body when he put pressure.
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‘The Sensation’ went from less to more and bothered the British. The pressure of Kiko and his striking power were the great assets of the Spanish, who was deciphering Galahad’s boxing. The champion was more and more uneasy and Martinez caught him in the fifth.
A volley from the Spanish sent the British to the canvas. Galahad did not fully recover and was saved by the bell. ‘The Sensation’ did it again and as soon as the lawsuit resumed, he sent Kid Galahad to sleep definitively to make history in Spanish boxing.
Spanish, at 35 years, he became champion eight years after his first World Cup.
Martínez becomes the second Spanish boxer to win the belt in two different divisions after Samuel Castillejo.
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