For Plain Martin, there was no better time than right now to demonstrate he is quite possibly of the most impressive lightweight in boxing.
The undefeated southpaw might have picked a less monumental adversary than Michel Rivera for his next battle and endeavored to persistently situate himself for a title shot in the 135-pound division. The 27-year-old Martin declared after his last battle, however, that he would confront whichever lightweight was able to step in the ring with him, and he clearly would not joke about this.
Indianapolis’ Martin (16-0, 12 KOs) and the Dominican Republic’s Rivera (24-0, 14 KOs) are booked to get down to business in a high-stakes, 12-round WBA disposal match December 17. Kickoff will air Martin-Rivera as a headliner from The Chelsea, a setting inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
“This battle here, but it goes, I feel like we ought to both be regarded as contenders and [the outcome] won’t discolor us in light of how we’re making it happen,” Martin told BoxingScene.com. “Dislike we paused. I feel like individuals will in any case have regard for us since we decided to take this battle at the present time.”
Martin apparently has more to acquire in light of the fact that Rivera is positioned in the main 15 by the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO. Martin is positioned exclusively by the WBA (tenth), which has evaluated Rivera as its number two competitor, behind just Ryan Garcia (23-0, 19 KOs).
The capable, solid Martin, who is advanced by Errol Spence Jr’s. organization, halted one more Dominican competitor, Jackson Marinez, in his latest session. Martin dropped Marinez (20-3, 8 KOs) when each in the 10th and tenth rounds while heading to a tenth round, TKO triumph July 9 at Alamodome in San Antonio.
A success over Rivera would move him higher, which was the reason Martin energetically seized the opportunity to confront him.
“I simply feel like this was a valuable chance to get me to the greater battles,” Martin said. “What’s more, I feel like [Rivera] is great. You know, he could box. He’s a generally speaking adjusted contender. He’s great at certain things and there’s certain things that he’s not excessively great at. Yet, I simply feel that I’m prepared, man, to show everyone what I have in my munititions stockpile, since there’s such a lot of that I haven’t shown or truly showed at this point. Thus, I’m simply prepared.”
At the point when informed Rivera thinks of him as a doubtful possibility, rather than a genuine lightweight competitor, Martin reminded Rivera that is what’s truly going on with their 12 round eliminator.
“Assuming that is his thought process, hello, when we get in the ring, I surmise we’ll see who will be who toward the night’s end,” Martin said. “That don’t exactly make any difference to me. We’re both getting in there, we will battle, and whoever get the triumph, by the day’s end that will show’s who.”
