Puello vs Martin HIGHLIGHTS: March 1, 2025 | PBC on Prime Video PPV
- Posted by Beng on Mar 03, 2025
- 16 views
WBC World Super Lightweight Champion Alberto “La Avispa” Puello (24-0, 10 KOs) of the Dominican Republic defended his title with a close 12-round split decision over Spain’s Sandor Martin (42-4, 15 KOs).
Martin immediately started the all-southpaw battle by coming forward, applying pressure, and was able to land several effective punches to the head and body of the undefeated champion.
The 31-year-old Martin complained to trainer Rafael Martin he was seeing double out of his right eye after round two, but seemingly unhindered, came out firing extended barrages of hard punches in an exciting round three.
Normally a difficult stylistic puzzle to solve, Puello was able to land the occasional counterpunch against Martin but continued to seem uncomfortable with the Spaniard’s free-swinging aggression and effective defensive movement throughout much of the middle rounds.
Making adjustments, 30-year-old Puello began to find more success in round eight, landing sharp counters and letti