45-year-old former WBC middleweight champion Sergio Martinez returned on Saturday night at the Bolera Severino Prieto in Torrelavega, Spain. Martinez (53-3-2, 29 KOs) won by ninth round TKO over Jussi Koivula (24-8-1, 9 KOs) when the bout was stopped due to a cut over Koivula’s left eye. Honestly the cut didn’t look anywhere near bad enough to stop the fight. Martinez resumed his career in August after a six year retirement. He is 2-0 with 2 KOs on the comeback trail.
WBO #9 super welterweight Sergio “El Nino” Garcia (33-0, 14 KOs) won by sixth round referee’s stoppage against Gregory Trenel (12-6-2, 3 KOs).
I was more concerned about Sergio being stopped in this fight.
I knew he could outbox this guy, but at his age falling asleep between rounds is a real possibility.
BS stoppage. koivulas super stamina suprised martinez.
Martinez is playing with fire due to his advancing age in his return to the ring. The risk of injury only climbs higher with older fighters and Martinez has a lot of life to live ahead of himself.
Da man’s gotta do what da man’s gotta do. Lots of living includes climbing through the ropes again.
Sergio needs to hang them up