All the alarms went off when The Ring revealed that Julius Caesar The king Martínez (21-3-0, 15 KO) had tested positive for doping. The Mexican had faced Samuel Carmona (10-1-0, 4 KO) in December 2022, a fight in which he put his World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight title at stake, which marked the Spaniard’s first defeat. After the positive, the canary exploded. “I think all this is shameful,” he tells AS after hearing the news.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) found in samples of the Mexican diuretic S5 and other masking agents, which are used to eliminate prohibited substances from the body so that they do not appear in controls. This was after his last fight, which he did on March 30 against Angelino Córdova (18-1-1, 12 KO) at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. He is suspended until the necessary investigations are carried out.
In December 2022, he met Samuel Carmona. The Spaniard traveled to Glendale, United States, to compete in the WBC flyweight title, and fell by majority decision, fighting from the second round with a broken right hand. “It should be a rematch because, when he was fighting me, he was doping. Even so, with referees from home, I did not lose the fight. It was a null combat with one less hand and on top of that he was doped. “It is a shame for boxing,” he says.
The Canarian, EBU Silver flyweight champion, demanded a rematch from that day, but Martínez did not want to know anything. With this news, he hopes that a title fight will arrive again to tighten the belt. “Eddie Hearn and the Matchroom promoter should give me the opportunity to have a rematch with him or give me a fight with people like him“, demands Carmona, very indignant with the situation.
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