Francisco "Kiko" Martinez Sanchez was born on 7 March 1986 and is a Spanish professional boxer.
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18 Facts About Kiko Martinez
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Kiko Martinez is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the IBF featherweight title from 2021 to 2022, and the IBF super-bantamweight title from 2013 to 2014.
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Kiko Martinez fought 40 amateur bouts and never lost, with 38 of those victories being by knockout.
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Kiko Martinez turned professional on 11 June 2004, defeating David Casero by knockout in the third round on a card that included Javier Castillejo.
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Kiko Martinez went on to win all of his first 11 fights with each victory coming via a knockout within four rounds.
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On 10 March 2006, Kiko Martinez faced Frenchman Salem Bouaita for his EBU European Union super bantamweight title at Pabellon de Elche in Spain.
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Kiko Martinez was given a unanimous points win and won the title.
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Kiko Martinez won a further four fights and became the mandatory challenger European super bantamweight title.
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Kiko Martinez stated before the fight that he "might be a little shorter than Bernard but I'm 5 foot 4 inches of a headache for him".
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However, Kiko Martinez quickly had Dunne on the canvas with an overhand right.
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Kiko Martinez had signed to fight another Irishman, the Las Vegas-based former WBC bantamweight champion, Wayne McCullough at Belfast's Kings Hall on 1 December 2007.
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Kiko Martinez comes in over the weight and then after being asked to take it off he just sits there and does nothing.
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Kiko Martinez made his first defence of the EBU super bantamweight title against Rendall Munroe; a title he had successfully taken from Bernard Dunne in August 2007.
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Meanwhile, Kiko Martinez failed to land the big shots that had seen him stop Bernard Dunne.
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On February 9,2013, Kiko Martinez faced Carl Frampton in front of Frampton's home fans in the Odyssey Arena in Belfast.
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Kiko Martinez lost by TKO in Round 9 losing the European Super-bantamweight title.
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Carl Frampton and Kiko Martinez fought again in September 2014 in Northern Ireland.
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On 17 August 2013 in New Jersey, Kiko Martinez beat Jonatan Romero by TKO to win the IBF Super Bantamweight title.
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