Sergio Martínez vs. Sergiy Dzinziruk explained

Fight Name:	The Threat Is Real
Fight Date:	March 12, 2011
Location:	Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Connecticut, U.S.
Titles:	The Ring middleweight championship
Fighter1:	Sergio Martínez
Nickname1:	"Maravilla"
Hometown1:	Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Purse1:	$1,200,000
Record1:	46–2–2 (25 KO's)
Height1:	5 ft 10 in
Weight1:	159 lb
Style1:	Southpaw
Recognition1:	The Ring Middleweight Champion The Ring No. 4 ranked pound-for-pound fighter 2-division world champion
Fighter2:	Sergiy Dzinziruk
Nickname2:	"Dzyna"
Hometown2:	Brovari, Ukraine
Purse2:	$850,000
Record2:	37–0 (23 KO's)
Height2:	6 ft 0 in
Weight2:	159 lb
Style2:	Orthodox
Recognition2:	WBO Junior Middleweight Champion The Ring No. 8 Ranked Junior Middleweight
Result:	Martínez defeats Dzinziruk via 8th round knockout.

Sergio Martínez vs. Sergiy Dzindziruk, billed as The Threat Is Real.was a professional boxing match contested on March 12, 2011, for The Ring middleweight championship.^[1]

Background

Having stripped by the WBC after HBO declined to broadcast a bout between him and "Interim" champion Sebastian Zbik,^[2] Sergio Martínez defended his Lineal and Ring titles on the line against WBO 154 champion, Sergiy Dzindziruk.

The fight

Martínez stopped Sergiy Dzinziruk in the eighth round, knocking down the Ukrainian middleweight five times during the fight, and three 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 Martínez now firmly appeared to be in control of the fight. Referee Arthur Mercante Jr. stopped the bout at the eighth after Martínez of Oxnard, California, sent Dzinziruk down for the third time.^{[3] [4]}

Aftermath

Martínez would next Darren Barker, after new WBC champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., Daniel Geale, Miguel Cotto, Andy Lee and Paul Williams, all refused to fight him.^[5]

Undercard

Confirmed bouts:^[6]

Televised

• Middleweight bout: Sergio Martínez vs. Sergiy Dzinziruk
  • Martínez defeated Dzinziruk via technical knockout at 1:43 of eighth round.
• Middleweight bout: Andy Lee 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 Cunningham
  • Monaghan defeated Cunningham via unanimous decision.
• Welterweight bout: Thomas Dulorme vs. Guillermo Valdes
  • Dulorme defeated Valdes via technical knockout at 0:46 of second round.

Broadcasting

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	HBO

External links

• HBO

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sergio Gabriel Martinez vs. Serhiy Dzinziruk . boxrec.com . BoxRec . 7 March 2024.
2. Web site: CHRIS MANNIX . WBC embarrasses itself with treatment of Sergio Martinez . si.com . Sports Illustrated . 7 March 2024 . 12 January 2012.
3. Sergio Martinez drops Sergiy Dzinziruk. ESPN. March 13, 2011 . Dan. Rafael. March 13, 2011.
4. Martinez stops Dzinziruk in eighth round . ESPN . March 13, 2011 . Dan . Rafael. March 13, 2011.
5. Rafael, Dan. (July 14, 2011) Sergio Martinez to fight Darren Barker. ESPN. Retrieved on August 2, 2011.
6. Web site: BoxRec - event.