Tommy Martin (boxer)

Thomas Martin (born 20 March 1994) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 2012 to 2016 and challenged once for the Commonwealth super-lightweight title in 2016.[1]

Tommy Martin
Statistics
Weight(s)Light-welterweight
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Reach71 in (180 cm)
NationalityBritish
Born (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994
Chelmsford, Essex, England
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights14
Wins13
Wins by KO5
Losses1

Career

Martin amassed a professional record of 10 wins and 0 losses before fighting for the English title against Ricky Boylan (12 wins and 1 loss).

The fight took place at the O2 Arena in London, on the under-card of Danny Mitchell vs. Daniel Estrada.[2]

On 12 September 2015, on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs. Gary Cornish, Martin beat Michael Devine for the WBA Continental super lightweight title. He won the fight by TKO.[3]

Martin then challenged John Wayne Hibbert for two titles: Commonwealth (British Empire) super lightweight title and the WBC International super lightweight title.[4]

Tommy Martin suffered his first defeat on 30 January 2016 at the hands of Hibbert, via KO.[5]

As a result of his knock-out loss, Martin suffered a bleed on the brain which was found following a post-fight MRI scan. Martin announced his retirement on 24 October 2016, after less than 4 years as a professional.[6]

gollark: It is merely patterns of bits self-replicated onto various hard drives.
gollark: I mean, PotatOS "exists", but isn't a physical object.
gollark: Not really.
gollark: i.e. the physical processes involved in the brain do not actually work the same if you swap all the atoms for... identical atoms.
gollark: Anyway, if you actually *did* end up breaking consciousness if you swapped out half the atoms in your brain at once, and this was externally verifiable because the conscious thing complained, that would probably have some weird implications. Specifically, that the physical processes involved somehow notice this.

References
  1. "Tommy Martin". BoxRec.
  2. "Tommy Martin: 'Bring them on'". Boxing Monthly. 25 May 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  3. Plummer, Mark. "More title glory for Tommy Martin". Huntspost.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  4. Robinson, Isaac. "Tommy Martin is a rising super-lightweight, so here's the lowdown | Boxing News". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  5. Damerell, Richard. "John Wayne Hibbert retains Commonwealth belt after halting Tommy Martin in the last round | Boxing News". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  6. "Tommy Martin retires after bleed on the brain following John Wayne Hibbert fight". 24 October 2016 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
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