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Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez captured the WBC and WBO Middleweight Championship with a brilliant performance against Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik. Official scores were 115-111, 116-111 and 115-112 all in favor of Martinez. Martinez, 35, attended the post fight press conference, although Pavlik, 28, was taken to a nearby hospital due to the severe cuts he suffered in the bout. Unofficially, Martinez entered the ring at 167 lbs., while Pavlik entered at 178 lbs. Previously, both men weighed 159 1/2 lbs. at Friday’s weigh-in.

“It’s always very bad to lose a lot of weight,” said Martinez.

The weight factor was not an issue tonight; The fighter that won displayed the superior skills.

Martinez started boxing at a fast pace in round one, striking Pavlik with a solid right jab. Pavlik sustained a cut above his left eye, and only landed one clean right hand in the round. Pavlik pressed the action in round two, but Martinez kept hitting him with flush left hands and was beating him to the punch consistently with an accurate right jab.

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