Julio Cesar Martinez defended his WBC flyweight title with a sixth-round stoppage win over Joel Cordova in Guadalajara, Mexico, over the weekend. Martinez (18-1 14 KOs) said afterwards,  “I am grateful with the team and we’re aiming to stay at flyweight and unify the titles. I am so happy my family and my fans are here in Mexico for me and to support me this evening. He was as tough as I expected, a great fighter and we’re all here to win, so all respect to him. Now I want to unify next.”

 

“I believe JCM is the best 112-pound fighter in the world,” said promoter Eddie Hearn. “He’s certainly the most exciting, he just throws with you, he wants you to throw. You don’t see KOs in the lighter divisions, but you do with him. I think this kid is a superstar, [trainer] Eddy Reynoso is behind him, we’re behind him, this kid is going all the way. I think he should unify first at flyweight whether that’s Sunny Edwards, Artem Dalakian, Junto Nakatani, and then up to super flyweight and then up to bantamweight over time. A fight with [WBC 115-pound champion] Juan Francisco Estrada is a super-fight in Mexico, and we’ll see Martinez back out in September.”