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.

Lester Martínez
Statistics
Weight(s)	Super middleweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Nationality	Guatemalan
Born	(1995-10-17) 17 October 1995 (age 26) Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record[1]
Total fights	10
Wins	10
Wins by KO	9
Losses	0
Medal record Men's amateur boxing Representing  Guatemala Central American and Caribbean Games 2018 Barranquilla Middleweight Central American Games 2013 San José Light-welterweight 2017 Managua Middleweight Central American Championships 2011 Managua Light-welterweight 2012 San José Welterweight Youth World Championships 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

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
10	Win	10–0	Raiko Santana	UD	10	14 Oct 2021	Auditorio Benito Juarez, Los Mochis, Mexico	Retained WBO Latino super-middleweight title
9	Win	9–0	Gabriel López	KO	4 (10), 2:43	3 Apr 2021	Polideportivo Centenario, Los Mochis, Mexico	Won vacant WBO Latino super middleweight title
8	Win	8–0	Juan Torres	KO	1 (10), 2:58	26 Feb 2021	Hotel Canopy Hilton, Cancún, Mexico
7	Win	7–0	Uriel González	KO	1 (8), 2:50	9 Dec 2020	Marinaterra Hotel Spa, Guaymas, Mexico	Won vacant WBC Latino super middleweight title
6	Win	6–0	Michi Munoz	KO	1 (8), 1:59	22 Oct 2020	Marinaterra Hotel Spa, Guaymas, Mexico
5	Win	5–0	Abraham Hernández	TKO	2 (6), 1:37	27 Aug 2020	Marinaterra Hotel Spa, Guaymas, Mexico
4	Win	4–0	Roy Fernández	TKO	3 (4), 1:27	27 Jul 2019	Futeca Majadas, Guatemala City, Guatemala
3	Win	3–0	Jesús Levis Jiménez	TKO	2 (4), 0:43	28 Jun 2019	Big Punch Arena, Tijuana, Mexico
2	Win	2–0	Daniel Montejo	KO	1 (4), 2:37	14 Jun 2019	Big Punch Arena, Tijuana, Mexico
1	Win	1–0	Ricardo Mayorga	TKO	2 (6), 2:59	6 Apr 2019	Cancha de Futeca, Cayala, Guatemala City, Guatemala

References

External links

• Boxing record for Lester Martínez from BoxRec (registration required)
• AIBA bio

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