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Fernando Martinez’s father had one last wish before he passed away in 2016; for his son to become a world champion. Six years later on October 8, 2022, Fernando Martinez fulfilled his father’s wishes by becoming the new IBF Bantamweight Champion when he defeated Jerwin Ancajas by UD. Martinez went …

With his promoter, the former two-division champion Marcos Maidana urging him on from ringside, Argentina’s Fernando Martinez punished Jerwin Ancajas over 12 rounds to wrest away his IBF junior bantamweight title via a unanimous decision in a star-making performance in the SHOWTIME telecast opener. After exchanging hugs, handshakes and pleasantries …