Frank Martin KO4 Rances Barthelemy... On the PBC show in San Antonio, Texas, Frank Martin made a successful jump up to junior welterweight, putting former two-division champ Rances Barthelemy to sleep just before the bell sounded to end round four. The knockout was a beautiful straight left following a right-handed jab. Martin is now 19-1, winning his first ring appearance in nearly a year and a half. Martin had not fought since getting knocked out in a lightweight title challenge vs. Gervonta "Tank" Davis. After this loss, Barthelemy (30-4-1) seems unlikely to reach his goal of becoming a three-division champion.

 

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The streaming action also featured rising young Mexican Isaac “La Bestia” Lucero (18-0, 14 KOs) emerging victorious over Roberto Valenzuela (31-6, 29 KOs) via eighth-round stoppage. Lucero scored a first-round knockdown, and after engaging in numerous exciting back-and-forths, closed the show in round eight with an onslaught that forced referee Mark Nelson to halt the bout 2:59 into the round.

 

Opening the streaming action, Luis “The Twist” Nunez (22-0, 14 KOs) continued his ascent at 126-pounds with a unanimous decision (98-92, 97-93, 96-94) triumph over Argentina’s Hector Sosa (18-4, 9 KOs) after ten rounds of featherweight action.