Via Dan Ambrose: Julio Cesar Martinez (18-1, 14 KOs) wants to get it out of the hands of the judges this Saturday night when he faces legendary Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez (50-3, 41 KOs) in the round of 12 awards. fight live on DAZN from Pechanga Arena, San Diego, California.
WBC flyweight champion Rey Martinez, 27, received a call from promoter Eddie Hearn for a replacement after Chocolatito’s originally scheduled opponent Juan Francisco Estrada was unable to make it to the match due to him We are recovering slowly from a COVID wave.
Martinez has never fought anyone like the good Chocolatito, so it is difficult to know how he will react to his skill and experience. What we do know is that Martinez is a combo boxer just like Gonzalez, but he has more power and is seven years younger.
Given Rey Martinez’s inexperience in fighting the opposition at the elite level, he has far fewer miles than Roman.
The toughest opponents Martinez has faced so far are Jay Harris, McWilliams Arroyo and Cristofer Rosales. None of those guys were in the same league as Chocolatito.
Rey Martinez wants to be famous
“The other boxers don’t want to fight, so think, ‘I’m going to go ahead and fight the winner of Chocolatito against Gallo Estrada or the winner of the battle of Rungvisai and Cuadras, that was the case back then,'” Julio Cesar Martinez said.
MATCH WEEKEND!!! The giant card in San Diego this Saturday is topped by an epic main event featuring the legendary P4P @chocolatitobox win the Mexican World Championship fearlessly @ CsarReyMartnez1 live on @daznboxing 🔥 pic.twitter.com/GkJ91qyEtr
– Eddie Hearn (@EddieHearn) February 28, 2022
“I want big fights, and I want to fight big boxers. Thank God this fight is a bit ahead, so I’m happy for it,” continued Rey Martinez.
Julio Cesar Martinez said: “I fought a legend before that was against Edgar Sosa, and I walked away with my hands up, and now I am fighting against Roman Gonzalez, another idol. , another great legend.
“We are looking forward to a great challenge, and we are both motivated and excited about the opportunity,” said Rey Martinez. “With Roman Gonzalez, after this, my name will really be confirmed.
“It is a great opportunity. Martinez said
“We’re really looking forward to that, and we’re also looking forward to entering the Hall of Fame when I finish my career and really leave my mark in the sport.
“I have a hunger and a thirst to really leave my mark in the sport, and we have barely started following his trajectory. I only have 18 matches, and Chocolatito has 50 games. So I still have a long time in boxing, but like I say, we come in with everything but fear,” Martinez said.
Martinez didn’t let the judge decide the outcome
Julio Cesar Martinez said: “I will fight anyone anywhere and leave everything in the ring and see who is the best.
“Sometimes they talk about my style and say I’m always moving forward, but my dad used to say to me, ‘Don’t leave it in the hands of the judges.’ That’s why I came up with everything.
“I have come to have no doubt, and I have come to clash. I don’t like to leave doubt and leave it in the hands of the judges. What happened to Jay Harris. I went in there without a doubt, to end the war, to go in there with everything.
“I really don’t like the judges deciding the fate of my fight. I want to decide. I came with not 100% but 1000%, to always keep it out of the hands of the judges.
“I’m going to go out there with everything, but I’m also going to try not to go crazy,” Rey Martinez said. Rey Martinez said: “Get in there with the technique, make sure I get in with everything, but we are human too and we also want to come out of this on a good footing from this fight.
Dream Unity for Rey
“Those are my dreams and my wish is to be united, take all the belts in my division,” Martinez said. “To get so many belts that I can’t carry them all.
“I want to be undisputed in my division in flyweight and superfly, and then we can talk about the upcoming weight class. But I definitely want to be the undisputed champion in my weight classes.
“I have learned that no fighter is invincible. Anyone can get hit, and I feel the fights are won in the gym. You must be dedicated; You must be disciplined. I learned that what you do in the gym may not bring you to fame, but it will give you the success to get those big wins.
“Commemorations are not made in combat, they are made in the gym during training. More than anything, I’m happy and motivated. I was expecting a united fight,” Martinez said.
Opportunity knocks on Martinez
“With my talk with Eddy Reynoso, I was expecting unity to wipe out the flyweight division and fight other champions, but it was very difficult to get those fights with two or three other fighters. ,” said Martinez.
“They keep changing things up, asking for training camps of three to five months. Looks like I won’t fight. I continue to protect my belt. I did it with honor but didn’t get the big fights.
“Again, I want those games against other undefeated champions. I want to go up. So I want to move up and fight Roman Gonzalez, Gallo Estrada, Rungvisai. I was going to fight the first person who raised his hand to face me, but this opportunity came.
“Eddy Reynoso talked to me about it, and he said, ‘Look, we’re going to fight.
“We are going to agree with Sunny Edwards, and it will probably be for the vacant world championship title. That will be my WBC title and his [IBF] Rey Martinez said.
