translated from Spanish: Wonder Martinez returns to the ring after six years

After the tough knockout defeat at Madison Square Garden to Miguel Cotto, Sergio “Maravilla” Martínez isolated himself from the sport to meet new goals in his life, feeling that his time as boxer, where he was a three-time world champion, was finished. However, when no one expected it, in 2018 he decided to get back in shape and now the time has come. This Friday, August 21, he will face José Miguel Fandiño in the ring in a new official fight. It will be the return of the 45-year-old quilmeño to the center of the scene but in a more austere image and the same convictions as when he was a young man. From Torrelavega he will try to return to the ring although he knows that he is not the same.
Opposite, a little-known rival appears, who is 36 years old and barely 23 fights with a 15-6 record and who takes the stage being one of the dream evenings. Of course, it’s not the “Wonder” that took Chavez Jr. or Martin Murray, but it’s still a strong name in the midsize category. Exactly, the fact of Martinez’s return surprises everywhere and several aspects. He does not do so by economic urgency or on a whim, but was convinced for two years to regain fitness, improve his knees, great victims of his career, and with the promise of the president of the World Boxing Association, Gilberto Jesús Mendoza, to make him fight for a title, if he achieves three victories. With all these seasonings, “Wonder” returns to the ring and will be televised in Argentina by TNT Sports, in an evening that is scheduled to begin at 19 hours (from Argentina). We’ll have to see if Sergio’s return is a shadow of his past, or a vivid picture of what may be his new future.

Original source in Spanish