On September 6, 2014, Kiko Martínez (31-4, 23 KOs), the super-bantamweight IBF champion, defends his title against Irish challenger, Carl Frampton (18-0, 13 KOs).
Kiko Martínez is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round TKO victory over Hozumi Hasegawa, 4 months and 14 days ago. Carl Frampton is on a 18-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Hugo Cázares, 5 months and 2 days ago.
The winning odds are at 90.7-9.3 in favor of Carl Frampton. It is going to be very difficult for Kiko Martínez to win this fight.
Carl Frampton defeated Kiko Martínez via unanimous decision in the rematch and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Frampton improves his record to 19-0, while Martínez adds a loss to his record at 31-5.