Julio Cesar Martinez

Former world champion in four weight classes Roman Gonzalez (51-3, 41 KOs) scored a landslide victory over the reigning WBC world flyweight champion Julio Cesar Martinez (18-2, 14 KOs) in a bantamweight bout on Saturday at the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California.

According to figures provided by the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC), tonight's boxers in San Diego will receive the following honoraria. Roman Gonzalez will earn $725 thousand, his opponent Julio Cesar Martinez $250,000 minus a 20% fine for a $50,000 overweight at the weigh-in, half of which goes to Gonzalez and the other half to CSAC.

Julio Cesar Martinez on the second attempt, he could not meet the allotted limit of the second flyweight of 115 pounds at the official weigh-in ceremony before the fight in San Diego with Roman "Chocolatito" Gonzalez. The final result of Martinez on the scale is 116.4 pounds (52.79 kg). Gonzalez weighed in at 114.7 pounds (52.03 kg) on ​​his first attempt. Interestingly, this should be the first fight in a heavier weight category for Martinez.

Julio Cesar Martinez (16-1, 12 KOs) has health problems and will not be able to defend his WBC flyweight belt against McWilliams Arroyo (20-4, 15 KOs) in a fight scheduled for August 15. The Mexican is not feeling well and will not be able to train until the end of July, but his team says the disease has nothing to do with the coronavirus outbreak.