On May 6, 2023, Julio Cesar Martinez (19-2, 14 KOs), the flyweight WBC champion, defends his title against Panamanian challenger, Ronal Batista (15-2, 9 KOs).
Julio Cesar Martinez is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Samuel Carmona, 5 months and 3 days ago. Ronal Batista is on a 3-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round RTD win over Jose Cordero, 4 months and 19 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Julio Cesar Martinez at 99-1 winning odds. Ronal Batista really doesn't have much to present against Martinez.
Julio Cesar Martinez stopped Ronal Batista via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC flyweight title. Martinez improves his record to 20-2 (15 KOs), while Batista adds a loss to his record at 15-3.