At 48 years old, Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez it will be a great pleasure: will fight for the first time at Luna Park. Within the framework of the presentation of the miniseries “Ringo: Glory and Death” about the life of Oscar Natalio Bonavena, the former super welterweight and middleweight world champion will go up to the legendary Corrientes and Bouchard ring this Tuesday to face Colombian tester Jhon Teherán in ten rounds. The evening that includes three preliminary fights will begin at 10 p.m. and will be broadcast on ESPN and Star+.
“I never came to believe that one day I was going to go up to the Luna Park ring, I take it as a gift of life. It fills me with joy, pride and emotion. Locche was consecrated at Luna Park, Monzón, Galíndez, the Coggi Whip, Castro, Narváez, Tigresa Acuña were consecrated… There is a brilliant record that gives me goosebumps,” Maravilla said recently in an interview. In his career that has 56 wins (31 before the limit), three losses and two draws, Martínez has never fought there.. In addition, he will perform again in the country almost ten years after his last performance.on April 27, 2013 when before a crowd at the Vélez stadium, he beat British Martin Murray on points and retained the Council’s middleweight crown.
The combat will also have an additional attraction. The Kazakh Gennady Golovkin returned to the World Association its title of super champion of the middleweights and the Cuban Erislandy Lara remained as the only champion. If, as is presumed, Martínez beats Tehran, he will climb to the top of the rankings and could become a mandatory challenger. of the elusive Cuban fighter.
Tehran is 38 years old, with a record of 18 wins (15 before the limit) and two losses and the two times he appeared in Argentina, he was knocked out in one round by César Barrionuevo (2014) and in five by Juan Manuel Taborda, the last year in Villa Maria. He doesn’t seem like a rival for Maravilla. But no fight was won on the eve.
