Lester Martínez

Lester Normandy Martínez Tut (born 17 October 1995) is a Guatemalan professional boxer. As an amateur, he won a light-welterweight silver medal at the 2012 Youth World Championships and a middleweight gold medal at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Martínez and the second or maternal family name is Tut.
Lester Martínez
Statistics
Weight(s)Super middleweight
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
NationalityGuatemalan
Born (1995-10-17) 17 October 1995
Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights16
Wins16
Wins by KO14
Losses0
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Guatemala
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barranquilla Middleweight
Central American Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 San José Light-welterweight
Gold medal – first place 2017 Managua Middleweight
Central American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Managua Light-welterweight
Gold medal – first place 2012 San José Welterweight
Youth World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2012 Yerevan Light-welterweight

Early years

Martínez was born on 17 October 1995 in the municipality of Melchor de Mencos in Petén Department, but grew up in San Benito.[2][3] He began boxing at the age of twelve and won the schoolboy national championship in 2009.[3] He soon moved to the capital, Guatemala City, to continue his development.[2] He won his first international competition in 2011, earning a gold medal at that year's Central American Championships in Managua.[3] The following year, he repeated as Central American champion and won gold at the Panamerican School Games before taking home a silver at the Youth World Championships in Yerevan, becoming the first Guatemalan to ever medal at an AIBA world championship.[3] He also lost to Jamel Herring in the 2012 American Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament. After achieving back-to-back first-place finishes at the Central American Games in 2013 and 2017,[3] he became the first Guatemalan boxer in 68 years to win gold at the Central American and Caribbean Games when he beat former World and Olympic champion Arlen López for the middleweight crown in 2018.[4]

Amateur results

Professional career

In January 2019 Martínez announced his decision to go pro by signing a deal with Latin ARMS Promotions and former referee Richard Steele as his manager.[32][33] He trained with the legendary Ignacio Beristáin in Mexico, and his first opponent was announced to be 46-year-old Nicaraguan former world champion Ricardo Mayorga, who stated in an interview that he would retire if he lost to the 23-year-old.[34] On 6 April 2019 he defeated Mayorga by technical knockout (TKO) in the main event of a card in Guatemala City, backing the ex-champ into the ropes with power shots until the referee waved it off in the final second of the second round.[35][36] Two months later faced Daniel Montejo in Tijuana, scoring three knockdowns en route to a first-round knockout (KO) victory.[37] After a quick 4–0 start, he went through a long period of inactivity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[38] He made his return on 27 August 2020, stopping Mexican rival Abraham Hernández in the second round of their Roy Jones Jr.-promoted fight in Guaymas.[39]

Professional boxing record
16 fights 16 wins 0 losses
By knockout 14 0
By decision 2 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
10 Win 10–0

Cuba Raiko Santana

 UD 10 14 Oct 2021

Mexico Auditorio Benito Juarez, Los Mochis, Mexico

Retained WBO Latino super-middleweight title

9 Win 9–0 Mexico Gabriel López KO 4 (10), 2:43 3 Apr 2021 Mexico Polideportivo Centenario, Los Mochis, Mexico Won vacant WBO Latino super middleweight title
8 Win 8–0 Mexico Juan Torres KO 1 (10), 2:58 26 Feb 2021 Mexico Hotel Canopy Hilton, Cancún, Mexico
7 Win 7–0 Mexico Uriel González KO 1 (8), 2:50 9 Dec 2020 Mexico Marinaterra Hotel Spa, Guaymas, Mexico Won vacant WBC Latino super middleweight title
6 Win 6–0 Mexico Michi Munoz KO 1 (8), 1:59 22 Oct 2020 Mexico Marinaterra Hotel Spa, Guaymas, Mexico
5 Win 5–0 Mexico Abraham Hernández TKO 2 (6), 1:37 27 Aug 2020 Mexico Marinaterra Hotel Spa, Guaymas, Mexico
4 Win 4–0 Costa Rica Roy Fernández TKO 3 (4), 1:27 27 Jul 2019 Guatemala Futeca Majadas, Guatemala City, Guatemala
3 Win 3–0 Mexico Jesús Levis Jiménez TKO 2 (4), 0:43 28 Jun 2019 Mexico Big Punch Arena, Tijuana, Mexico
2 Win 2–0 Mexico Daniel Montejo KO 1 (4), 2:37 14 Jun 2019 Mexico Big Punch Arena, Tijuana, Mexico
1 Win 1–0 Nicaragua Ricardo Mayorga TKO 2 (6), 2:59 6 Apr 2019 Guatemala Cancha de Futeca, Cayala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

References
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