Julio Cesar Martinez (21-2, 15) was born in Mexico City, Mexico on January 27, 1995. At the age of 20 years on October 16, 2015, he made his professional boxing debut against Joaquin Cruz, losing the fight via 4-round split decision.
On his 17th career fight at 24 years old, Martinez became a flyweight world champion on December 20, 2019 after defeating Cristofer Rosales via 9th-round TKO to win the vacant WBC title.
Martinez' last fight was a flyweight (WBC) world-title defense against Angelino Cordova on March 30, 2024. He won the fight via 12th-round majority decision and successfully defended the title. He is on a 3-fight winning streak.
Some of Julio Cesar Martinez' best fights have been against Édgar Sosa, Angelino Cordova, Cristofer Rosales, Ronal Batista, Román González, Samuel Carmona and Moisés Calleros. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Julio Cesar Martinez".
Martinez has 2 losses on his boxing record. For details about these losses refer to "Julio Cesar Martinez Losses".
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
25  | Mar 30, 2024 29 years, 2 months 21-2 (15) | 28 years, 5 months 18-0-1 (12) | FL | 12 | MD | WIN Defended WBC |
24  | May 6, 2023 28 years, 3 months 20-2 (15) | 26 years, 4 months 15-2 (9) | FL | 11 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
23  | Dec 3, 2022 27 years, 10 months 19-2 (14) | 26 years, 6 months 7-0 (4) | FL | 12 | MD | WIN Defended WBC |
22  | Mar 5, 2022 27 years, 1 months 18-2 (14) | 34 years, 8 months 50-3 (41) | 12 | UD | LOSS | |
21  | Nov 19, 2021 26 years, 9 months 18-1 (14) | 35 years, 11 months 21-4 (16) | FL | 3 | NC | NC Defended WBC |
20 | Jun 26, 2021 26 years, 4 months 18-1 (14) | Joel Cordova | FL | 6 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
19 | Oct 23, 2020 25 years, 8 months 17-1 (13) | Moisés Calleros | FL | 2 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
18 | Feb 29, 2020 25 years, 1 months 16-1 (12) | Jay Harris | FL | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBC |
17  | Dec 20, 2019 24 years, 10 months 15-1 (12) | 25 years, 2 months 29-4 (20) | FL | 9 | TKO | WIN Won WBC Vacant |
16  | Aug 31, 2019 24 years, 7 months 14-1 (11) | 26 years, 6 months 15-1 (6) | 3 | KO | NC | |
15 | Mar 23, 2019 24 years, 1 months 14-1 (11) | Andrew Selby | 5 | KO | WIN | |
14 | Jan 26, 2019 23 years, 11 months 13-1 (10) | Irvin Ordaz | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
13 | Oct 6, 2018 23 years, 8 months 12-1 (9) | Victor Ruiz | 1 | KO | WIN | |
12 | Aug 11, 2018 23 years, 6 months 11-1 (8) | Juan Lopez Martinez | 1 | KO | WIN | |
11 | Jul 7, 2018 23 years, 5 months 10-1 (7) | Ivan Meneses Flores | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
10 | Feb 23, 2018 23 years 9-1 (6) | Jose Armando Valdes | 6 | RTD | WIN | |
9 | Dec 16, 2017 22 years, 10 months 8-1 (5) | Martin Tecuapetla | 4 | TKO | WIN | |
8 | Oct 7, 2017 22 years, 8 months 7-1 (4) | Marvin Diaz | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
7  | Jun 17, 2017 22 years, 4 months 6-1 (3) | 37 years, 9 months 52-10 (30) | 8 | UD | WIN | |
6 | Oct 1, 2016 21 years, 8 months 5-1 (3) | Hugo Hernandez Aguilar | 8 | UD | WIN | |
5 | Aug 13, 2016 21 years, 6 months 4-1 (3) | Joaquin Cruz | 8 | MD | WIN | |
4 | Jul 9, 2016 21 years, 5 months 3-1 (3) | Israel Izquierdo | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
3 | Apr 2, 2016 21 years, 2 months 2-1 (2) | Leonardo Baez | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Mar 3, 2016 21 years, 1 months 1-1 (1) | Sergio Granados | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
1 | Oct 16, 2015 20 years, 8 months 0-1 (0) | Joaquin Cruz | 4 | SD | LOSS |
