Sandor Martin Clemente (born 22 August 1993) is a Spanish

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who has held the

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title since 2019. As of October 2021, he is ranked as the world's sixth-best active super-lightweight by

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, and eighth by the

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Professional career

Martin made his professional debut on 8 October 2011, scoring a third-round

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(TKO) victory over Armen Hovsepyan at the Pabellón del Bon Pastor in

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, Spain. After compiling a record of 34–2 (12 KOs) he faced

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for the vacant European super-lightweight title on 27 July 2019 at the Pabellón Francisco Calvo in Barcelona. Martin captured the European title by stoppage via ninth-round

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(RTD). At the time of the stoppage he was ahead on all three judges' scorecards at 90–81. Martin went on to defend his title twice before taking on former four-division world champion

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on 16 October 2021 in

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. Despite being a big underdog, Martin upset the odds by prevailing as the victor by

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, with scores of 95–95, and 97–93 twice in his favor.

Professional boxing record

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* Living people 1993 births Spanish male boxers Boxers from Barcelona Light-welterweight boxers Southpaw boxers European Boxing Union champions 21st-century Spanish people {{Spain-boxing-bio-stub