On June 7, 2014, the 39-year-old WBC and The Ring middleweight world champion, Sergio Martínez (51-2-2, 28 KOs), faced a 33-year-old Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto (38-4, 31 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Martínez came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 1 month, and 11 days. Cotto was on a 1-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 2 days.
The champion refused to continue the fight in the 10th round, and Miguel Cotto is crowned the new WBC and The Ring middleweight world champion. Cotto improves his record to 39-4 (32 KOs), while Martínez adds a loss to his record at 51-3-2.
On December 5, 2009, a 34-year-old Sergio Martínez (44-1-2, 24 KOs) and a 28-year-old American boxer Paul Williams (37-1, 27 KOs) met in the ring.
Martínez came in to the fight after a draw in his last fight with a 51% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 9 months and 21 days. Williams was on a 4-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 24 days.
Paul Williams defeated Sergio Martínez via majority decision in the 12-round fight. Williams improves his record to 38-1, while Martínez adds a loss to his record at 44-2-2.
On February 19, 2000, a 24-year-old Sergio Martínez (16-0-1, 6 KOs) and a 21-year-old Mexican boxer Antonio Margarito (20-3, 12 KOs) met in the ring.
Martínez came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 28 days. Margarito was on a 11-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 4 days.
Antonio Margarito stopped Sergio Martínez via TKO in the 7th round. Margarito improves his record to 21-3 (13 KOs), while Martínez adds a loss to his record at 16-1-1.