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Sergio Martinez continues comeback tour against Brian Rose on September 18th

Martinez, 46, went 2-0 with two stoppages last year

Sergio Maravilla Martinez In Madrid Photo by Oscar Gonzalez/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Now 2-0 since ending a six-year retirement in 2020, former middleweight champion Sergio Martinez announced today that the next leg of his comeback tour will see him face Britain’s Brian Rose in Madrid on September 18th.

Rose (36-6-1, 8 KO), a 15.5-year veteran of the sport, spent the entirety of his career on the local circuit before randomly popping over to Spain for a majority decision win this past March. He’s shared the ring with the likes of Demetrius Andrade, Matthew Macklin, Jack Arnfield, and Anthony Fowler while scoring decision wins over Joachim Alcine and Carson Jones.

As Scott pointed out, he’s definitely past it at this point, but he seems like decent-enough opposition for the 46-year-old Martinez (53-3-2, 30 KO), who returned last year with stoppage wins over Jose Miguel Fandino and Jussi Koivula after initially hanging up the gloves in 2014. So long as he doesn’t genuinely get it in his head that he can challenge for a title at this point, I’m perfectly fine with how Martinez is going about this.

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