Julio Cesar Martinez (El Rey) is a 29-year-old Mexican professional boxer. He is a former flyweight world champion. 8 years, 11 months, and 20 days into his career, Martinez' record stands at 21-2, which includes 15 wins via KO, 4 of which were in world-title fights.
Julio Cesar Martinez was born in Mexico City, Mexico on January 27, 1995. He made his professional debut at the age of 20 years on October 16, 2015 against Joaquin Cruz. Martinez lost to Cruz via 4-round split decision. Not a good start!
Martinez became a world champion at the age of 24 after 16 professional fights. He challenged Cristofer Rosales for the vacant WBC flyweight title and stopped Rosales in the 9th of the 12-round fight, winning his first world title.
Martinez' latest fight was a majority decision victory over Angelino Cordova at age 29, on March 30, 2024, in which he successfully defended his WBC flyweight championship.
Some of Julio Cesar Martinez' best fights so far have been against Cristofer Rosales, Samuel Carmona, Angelino Cordova, Ronal Batista, and Édgar Sosa. For a complete list of Martinez' best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Julio Cesar Martinez".
Martinez has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Julio Cesar Martinez Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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25 | Mar 30, 2024 | 29 |
Angelino Cordova 28 18-0-1 | win | MD 12 |
24 | May 06, 2023 | 28 |
Ronal Batista 26 15-2 | win | TKO 11 |
23 | Dec 03, 2022 | 27 |
Samuel Carmona 26 7-0 | win | MD 12 |
22 | Mar 05, 2022 | 27 |
Román González 34 50-3 | loss | UD 12 |
21 | Nov 19, 2021 | 26 |
McWilliams Arroyo 35 21-4 | nc | NA
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20 | Jun 26, 2021 | 26 | Joel Cordova | win | TKO 6 |
19 | Oct 23, 2020 | 25 | Moisés Calleros | win | TKO 2 |
18 | Feb 29, 2020 | 25 | Jay Harris | win | UD 12 |
17 | Dec 20, 2019 | 24 |
Cristofer Rosales 25 29-4 | win | TKO 9 |
16 | Aug 31, 2019 | 24 |
Charlie Edwards 26 15-1 | nc | NA
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15 | Mar 23, 2019 | 24 | Andrew Selby | win | KO 5 |
14 | Jan 26, 2019 | 23 | Irvin Ordaz | win | TKO 1 |
13 | Oct 06, 2018 | 23 | Victor Ruiz | win | KO 1 |
12 | Aug 11, 2018 | 23 | Juan Lopez Martinez | win | KO 1 |
11 | Jul 07, 2018 | 23 | Ivan Meneses Flores | win | TKO 2 |
10 | Feb 23, 2018 | 23 | Jose Armando Valdes | win | RTD 6 |
9 | Dec 16, 2017 | 22 | Martin Tecuapetla | win | TKO 4 |
8 | Oct 07, 2017 | 22 | Marvin Diaz | win | TKO 1 |
7 | Jun 17, 2017 | 22 |
Édgar Sosa 37 52-10 | win | UD 8 |
6 | Oct 01, 2016 | 21 | Hugo Hernandez Aguilar | win | UD 8 |
5 | Aug 13, 2016 | 21 | Joaquin Cruz | win | MD 8 |
4 | Jul 09, 2016 | 21 | Israel Izquierdo | win | TKO 1 |
3 | Apr 02, 2016 | 21 | Leonardo Baez | win | TKO 2 |
2 | Mar 03, 2016 | 21 | Sergio Granados | win | TKO 2 |
1 | Oct 16, 2015 | 20 | Joaquin Cruz | loss | SD 4 |