Boxing
The featherweight world champion, who trains at the MCM center in La Cueva [Monteagudo], is the second Spanish fighter to achieve the belt in two different weights, after Castillejo
Elche boxer Kiko Martínez ‘La Sensacion’ was proclaimed last November world featherweight champion of the International Boxing Federation, after knocking out British Kid Galahad in the sixth round in Sheffield, England. He has recently been entertained at the Murcian MCM sports center [La Cueva (Monteagudo)], the gym goes every day to train and prepare the young promises of boxing.
‘The feeling’ [35 años] He has become champion 8 years after his first world championship, in super bantamweight, and he becomes the second Spanish fighter to achieve the belt in two different divisions after Javier Castillejo.
– Did you expect to be received in style in La Cueva?
-Not at all. When I have seen people chanting my name and the party that they have organized for me … It has been incredible, and it is that being able to train and give classes at MCM, a center that is overturned with boxing, is a lot.
– On the 14th will be a month of your triumph in Sheffield, do you have any traces of the fight?
-Yes. It was very hard. Galahad was defending the title to his people, but I had prepared myself thoroughly and was able to achieve my fourth world championship. In addition, together with Javi Castillejo, I am the only one who has managed to do it in two different categories: super bantamweight and feather.
–You train and teach at the MCM of La Cueva, do you see any future champions among your students?
– The other day I was telling some friends that in Murcia they are working hard and well with young people. You see Alcaraz in tennis, which is a reality, or Acosta in motorcycles, who is already world champion. In boxing there is José Alarcón ‘Sierras’, who in a short time will have something to talk about. He has an incredible track record, with four victories in as many fights. He is one of those who can be in the elite in a short time.
– Do you take care of yourself?
– Now, with 35 years, I take care of myself much more than when I was 20. I live for this and for this. My sacrifice has made me achieve something no one believed in.
– Has your life changed a lot, do you feel more loved?
– The other day I did the kick-off of the Elche party, and the authorities, friends, the firms that sponsor me … They all entertained me. The truth is that I live in a cloud.
– He will defend the world championship, but now there are some good fights coming.
-I will defend him, but now come those matches in which everyone wants you to get into the ring. I am the world champion and all promoters love you in their matches.
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