Warrington v Martinez 2

[Master]

Warrington moving and boxing in the 5th but also attacking at the right times. Kiko face is a mess with blood.

Josh hand speed is too good at the moment.

[Master]

Martinez getting caught constantly by Josh counterpunching and swarming. Kiko looks predictable and slow now.

6 nil Josh.

[Master]

Josh hand speed winning round 7 and stopping Kiko Martinez. Great performance from him.

Would love a unification fight between Warrington and Wood. The atmosphere would be amazing.

[Master]

Classy from Wood to shake hands with Josh Warrington and saying it is his day and he should enjoy it.

[Master]

Eddie Hearn reveals Josh Warrington BROKE his jaw as he beat Kiko Martinez to regain IBF featherweight world title

Josh Warrington broke his jaw before stopping Kiko Martinez on Saturday night, Eddie Hearn revealed.

Warrington produced a dominant performance at the First Direct Arena to reclaim his IBF featherweight world title.

He knocked out Martinez in the seventh round after a furious flurry of punches forced the referee to step in.

The new champion celebrated emphatically upon regaining his old belt as big featherweight fights now await him once more.

Leeds United star Luke Ayling celebrated with Warrington in the ring, while Kalvin Phillips was also in attendance.

It was a near-perfect night for Warrington, but Matchroom chief Eddie Hearn revealed it came at a cost.

He posted an x-ray on Instagram showing the Brit had in fact broken his jaw in the lead-up to the bout.

Hearn wrote: “Confirmed from the hospital @J_Warrington clean break of his jaw prior to stopping Kiko Martinez to in the World title tonight.”

Warrington’s father and trainer, Sean O’Hagan, believes the 31-year-old will now chase fights in America.

O’Hagan said: “I think what this does, it gives us options now doesn’t it?

“Josh has always expressed an interest in going abroad to fight in Las Vegas, or maybe New York.

“But there again, we’ve got (WBA champion) Leigh Wood in the equation haven’t we? We’ve got (WBC champion) Mark Magsayo, the possibilities now are numerous.”

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1...-hearn-boxing/

[TIC]

ebanie should have lost. shout out to skye. josh is a dirty fighter

[Master]

‘The price you pay for being a champion’ – Josh Warrington shows off swollen jaw and says he’s on liquid diet after Kiko Martinez victory

Josh Warrington showed off his swelling after breaking his jaw in his victory over Kiko Martinez on Saturday night.

Warrington produced a dominant performance in Leeds to reclaim his IBF featherweight world title.

He knocked out Martinez in the seventh round after a furious flurry of punches forced the referee to step in.

The new champion celebrated emphatically upon regaining his old belt as big featherweight fights now await him once more.

But the victory came at a cost as Matchroom chief Eddie Hearn revealed Warrington broke his jaw in the fight.

The 31-year-old took to Instagram to show off the damage from his jaw and revealed he will be on a liquid diet for the next couple of weeks.

“So, because of the old jaw, it’s looking quite a size now,” Warrington said. “I’m on a liquid diet all this week and next.

“No fry-ups on a Monday like normal. Instead, I’ve got porridge in a cup all liquid and watered down.

“Haha, the things you have to do and price you pay to be champion.”

Martinez also had some scars to show, posting on social media his badly cuts eyes and forehead wounds.

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1...rtinez-boxing/

[Memphis]

ebanie should have lost. shout out to skye. josh is a dirty fighter

You scored that to Roman?

To me that was a pretty clear cut case of close but clear win. Bridges got her nose in front early and kept it there. I'm not going to try and understand how a judge came up with 100-91. I'm not even sure how that's mathematically possible. One round scored even I assume.

I think scoring is under the microscope at the moment and a lot of otherwise good judges are finding fault where there isn't any. There also appears to be a need to have a close fight reflected on the score cards when that doesn't necessarily have to be the case. At the moment given the recent controversies, I don't think it's possible for someone to win clearly in a close fight without there being some level of outrage. It feels a little obligatory at the moment.