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Sandor Martín could not have found a better place to try to fight again for the WBC super lightweight world belt, the one that gave him … Alberto Puello snatched away in one of those controversial decisions that sometimes plague boxing. On Thursday he said at the presentation of the evening in San Mamés that Bilbao is historically one of the best places for noble art and defined it as the city par excellence at the national level. The Catalan boxer raised his arms before almost 3,000 spectators in his ‘second home’ by beating the brave Ukrainian Yanis Kurylenko at the Bilbao Arena, an offensive and aggressive rival who appeared in the Miribilla ring with 14 victories and only one defeat. Sandor Martín achieved his 43rd victory (only 4 losses) on points by unanimous decision after eight rounds.
In Bilbao he had to win at the Bilbao Arena. And he did it. Before he had done it in the La Casilla pavilion (October 2015 against Ryan Peleguer), at the Frontón Bizkaia (June 2016 against Ivans Levickis) or in the Bizkaia Arena of the BEC (November 2016 against Valentyn Golovko). Yesterday started as always, fast, controlling the Ukrainian’s offensive. Kurylenko went after the Catalan, always focused on holding on and bringing good hands to the opponent’s face. But Martín ended up absolutely dominating in the ring.
The Catalan’s journey through Bilbao has seduced him. From face to face and the weigh-in in La Catedral, where he gave the kick-off in August 2024 as a great supporter of Athletic that he is, to Miribilla, where he set out on the path to another opportunity to fight for the world championship. It’s his dream since he was a child. “I felt very supported,” said the winner at one in the morning.
The Catalan won the fight on points by unanimous decision.
Juan Echeverria
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The fight was also played between Rikar Urrutia and Elianel Guerrero, which the Dominican scored by beating Mungia by technical knockout in the first round. Additionally, Ethan Jiménez defeated Jonathan José Hernández by unanimous decision. For his part, Erlantz Tejada, a boxer from La Peña, defeated Raúl D’Alessandro from Alicante on points. The one from Abusu celebrated his fourth victory in professional boxing in his toughest fight so far. The professional K1 offered the revenge for the world championship between Sergio ‘Dinamita’ Sánchez and Vinicius Bereta from Gasteiz. The Alava champion won on points.
