Sergio Martínez vs. Matthew Macklin

Get Your Irish Up
Date March 17, 2012
Location New York (state) Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, United States
Title(s) on the line The Ring Middleweight Championship.
Tale of the tape
Argentina Sergio Martinez United Kingdom Matthew Macklin
Nickname Maravilla Mack The Knife
Hometown Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Pre-fight record 48-2-2 (27 KO) 28-3-0 (19 KO)
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Recognition The Ring Middleweight Champion. European Middleweight Champion.
Result
Middleweight Championship: Sergio Martinez (c) def. Matthew Macklin by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at 3:00 of Round Eleven

Sergio Martinez vs. Matthew Macklin, billed as Get Your Irish Up, is a Boxing Middleweight bout for The Ring world title and universally recognized Middleweight Championship of the World. The bout was held on March 17, 2012, at the Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, United States.[1]

The fight was televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing.[2]

Dilemma

During a press conference in his native Argentina on Dec. 29, Martinez renounced his WBC "Diamond" belt and indicated that he might pursue a relationship with Showtime over HBO, which he feels has mistreated him.

Martinez was forced to give up his WBC belt for fighting Sergei Dzinziruk in March on HBO, a bout Martinez won by an eighth-round KO. The WBC then elevated Sebastian Zbik to the status of full champion and mandated that Zbik face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who dethroned Zbik in June.

Background

Martinez

Martinez is rated No. 3 in THE RING's pound for pound list and is coming off an 11th-round knockout of Darren Barker in October.[3]

Macklin

In his last fight in June, Macklin lost a controversial split-decision to RING No. 2-rated middleweight and WBA belt holder Felix Sturm, of Germany.

Sturm recently held on to his crown, yet again, with a split-draw against rated middleweight Martin Murray on Dec. 2.[4]

Result

Middleweight Championship: Sergio Martinez (c) def. Matthew Macklin by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at 3:00 of Round Eleven

Main card

Preliminary card

International Broadcasting

Notes

Preceded by
L12 Felix Sturm		 Matthew Macklin's bouts
March 17, 2012 		Succeeded by
KO1 Joachim Alcine
Preceded by
KO11 Darren Barker		 Sergio Martínez' bouts
March 17, 2012 		Succeeded by
W12 J.C. Chavez, Jr.
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