On September 7, 1968, a 29-year-old Leotis Martin (26-4, 16 KOs) and a 25-year-old Argentinian boxer Oscar Bonavena (36-4, 28 KOs) met in the ring.
Martin came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 10 days. Bonavena was on a 5-fight win streak with a 70% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 1 day.
Oscar Bonavena defeated Leotis Martin via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Bonavena improves his record to 37-4, while Martin adds a loss to his record at 26-5.
On April 27, 1968, a 29-year-old Leotis Martin (25-3, 15 KOs) and Henry Clark met in the ring.
Martin came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 22 days.
Leotis Martin lost to Henry Clark via majority decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 25-4.
On November 27, 1967, a 28-year-old Leotis Martin (24-2, 14 KOs) and Roger Russell met in the ring.
Martin came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 53% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 22 days.
Leotis Martin lost to Roger Russell via split decision in the 10-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 24-3.
On August 5, 1967, a 28-year-old Leotis Martin (24-1, 14 KOs) and a 27-year-old Jimmy Ellis (23-5, 11 KOs) met in the ring.
Martin came in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 30 days. Ellis was on a 8-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 14 days.
Jimmy Ellis stopped Leotis Martin via TKO in the 9th round. Ellis improves his record to 24-5 (12 KOs), while Martin adds a loss to his record at 24-2.
On September 30, 1963, a 24-year-old Leotis Martin (9-0, 5 KOs) and Floyd McCoy met in the ring.
Martin came in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 8 days.
Leotis Martin lost to Floyd McCoy via KO in the 2nd round, and adds a loss to his record at 9-1.