# Fernando Martínez (boxer)

Fernando Daniel Martínez (born 18 July 1991) is an Argentine professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight title since July 2024. He also previously held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super flyweight title from 2022 to 2024.

## Amateur career

He competed in the men's flyweight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

## Professional career
### Early career

Martínez made his professional debut against Juan Ignacio Haran on 25 August 2017. He won the fight by a fourth-round stoppage. Martínez amassed a 10–0 record during the next two years, with six victories coming by way of stoppage.
Martínez had his first step-up fight on 16 December 2019, as he was scheduled to challenge the reigning WBC Silver super flyweight champion Athenkosi Dumezweni. The bout took place in East London, Eastern Cape in South Africa, and was Martínez's first outside of Argentina. He won the fight by an upset eleventh-round technical knockout, stopping Dumezweni with a flurry of punches at the 0:23 minute mark.
Martínez next faced Angel Nicolas Aquino on 11 December 2020, at the Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He won the closely contested bout by split decision, with scores of 95–94, 97–92 and 94–95.
Martínez faced Gonzalo Garcia Duran in a stay-busy fight on 13 August 2021, at the Hotel Atlantis The Palm in Dubai. He won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout, stopping Duran with eight seconds left in the round.

### IBF super flyweight champion
#### Martínez vs Ancajas

Martínez was booked to challenge the reigning IBF super flyweight champion Jerwin Ancajas on 26 February 2022, in what was Ancajas' tenth title defense. The title fight was scheduled for the undercard of the Chris Colbert and Hector Garcia WBA super featherweight bout, which took place at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. Despite entering the fight as the underdog, Martínez captured the title by an upset unanimous decision. One judge scored the fight 117–111 in his favor, while the remaining two judges awarded him a 118–110 scorecard. Martínez landed 427 out of 1046 total punches thrown, while Ancajas landed 192 out of 816 total punches.

#### Martínez vs Ancajas II

On 22 July 2022, it was revealed that Ancajas had invoked his rematch clause. As such, Martínez was booked to face Jerwin Ancajas in an immediate rematch in his first championship defense, which took place on 8 October 2022, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California. The bout was scheduled for the undercard of the Sebastian Fundora and Carlos Ocampo interim WBC middleweight title bout. He retained the title by unanimous decision, with two scorecards of 118–110 and one scorecard of 119–109.

#### Martínez vs Bornea

On 16 December 2022, the IBF formally ordered Martínez to make a mandatory title defense against Jade Bornea. As the pair failed to reach terms, a purse bid was called for 17 January 2023, which was postponed to allow for further negotiations, but eventually rescheduled for 14 February and won by TGB Promotions with a bid of $25,000. The championship bout took place on 24 June 2023, at the Minneapolis Armory in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Martínez won the fight by an eleventh-round technical knockout.

#### Martínez vs Ioka

Martínez beat the WBA flyweight champion Kazuto Ioka by unanimous decision in a title unification bout on 7 July 2024. The contest took place at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan.

## Professional boxing record

| 17 fights | 17 wins | 0 losses |
| By knockout | 9 | 0 |
| By decision | 8 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Kazuto Ioka | UD | 12 | 7 Jul 2024 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan | Retained IBF super-flyweight title; Won WBA super-flyweight title |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Jade Bornea | TKO | 11 (12), 0:29 | 24 Jun 2023 | Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | Retained IBF super-flyweight title |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Jerwin Ancajas | UD | 12 | 8 Oct 2022 | Dignity Health Sports Park, Carson, California, U.S. | Retained IBF super-flyweight title |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Jerwin Ancajas | UD | 12 | 26 Feb 2022 | Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | Won IBF super-flyweight title |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Gonzalo Garcia Duran | TKO | 4 (8), 2:52 | 13 Aug 2021 | Hotel Atlantis The Palm, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Angel Nicolas Aquino | SD | 10 | 11 Dec 2020 | Estadio Mary Terán de Weiss, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Athenkosi Dumezweni | TKO | 11 (12), 0:23 | 16 Dec 2019 | International Convention Centre, East London, South Africa | Won WBC Silver super-flyweight title |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Abel Leandro Silva | UD | 10 | 7 Jun 2019 | Club Social y Deportivo El Porvenir, Quilmes, Argentina | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Carlos Ariel Farias | KO | 7 (10) | 29 Mar 2019 | Club Social y Deportivo El Porvenir, Quilmes, Argentina | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Abel Leandro Silva | UD | 6 | 12 Jan 2019 | Estadio Polideportivo, Mar del Plata, Argentina | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Matias Emanuel Iriarte Monserrat | TKO | 1 (10), 2:33 | 7 Dec 2018 | Club Social y Deportivo El Porvenir, Quilmes, Argentina | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Carlos Ruben Dario Ruiz | KO | 1 (10), 0:57 | 26 Oct 2018 | Club Social y Deportivo El Porvenir, Quilmes, Argentina | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Marcos Emilio Villafane | KO | 2 (6), 3:00 | 31 Aug 2018 | Club Social y Deportivo El Porvenir, Quilmes, Argentina | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Fabian Hernan Claro | KO | 2 (10), 2:55 | 18 May 2018 | Club Social y Deportivo El Porvenir, Quilmes, Argentina | Won vacant Argentine super-flyweight title |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Nicolas Nahuel Botelli | UD | 6 | 6 Apr 2018 | Club Social y Deportivo El Porvenir, Quilmes, Argentina | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Santiago Jesus Priotti | UD | 4 | 22 Dec 2017 | Club Social y Deportivo El Porvenir, Quilmes, Argentina | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Juan Ignacio Haran | RTD | 4 (4), 3:00 | 25 Aug 2017 | Club Social y Deportivo El Porvenir, Quilmes, Argentina | |