Martinez hangs on and defends Middleweight crown against Murray

Sergio Martinez scored a close twelve round unanimous decision over Martin Murray to defend the WBC Middleweight title in front of 45,000 in Buenos Aeries, Argentina.

Martinez boxed well early but started eating some hard right hands from Murray. Murray boxed and moved and focused on the body of Murray. In round eight another hard right hand put Martinez on the deck which quieted the partisan crowd. Murray kept coming on with the right hand and sent the champion to the canvas but the punch was ruled a slip. Martinez did enough to win the final rounds to hold on to the decision which read 115-112 on all cards.

Martinez, 159.4 lbs of Argentina is now 51-2-2. Murray, 159.g lbs of St. Helens, UK is now 25-1-1.