title: Sergio Martínez vs. Matthew Macklin
text: # Sergio Martínez vs. Matthew Macklin
  
  Sergio Martínez vs. Matthew Macklin, billed as Get Your Irish Up, is a boxing middleweight bout for The Ring world title and universally recognized middleweight championship of the world. The bout was held on March 17, 2012, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, United States.
  
  The fight was televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing.
  
  ## Dilemma
  
  During a press conference in his native Argentina on December 29, Martínez renounced his WBC "Diamond" belt and indicated he might pursue a relationship with Showtime over HBO, as he felt HBO mistreated him.
  
  Martínez was forced to give up his WBC belt for fighting Sergei Dzinziruk in March on HBO, a bout Martínez won by an eighth-round KO. The WBC then elevated Sebastian Zbik to the status of full champion and mandated that Zbik face Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., who dethroned Zbik in June.
  
  ## Background
  
  ### Martínez
  
  Martínez is rated No. 3 in THE RING's pound for pound list and is coming off an 11th-round knockout of Darren Barker in October.
  
  ### Macklin
  
  In his last fight in June, Macklin lost a controversial split-decision to RING No. 2-rated middleweight and WBA belt holder Felix Sturm, of Germany.
  
  Sturm recently held on to his crown, yet again, with a split-draw against rated middleweight Martin Murray on Dec. 2.
  
  ## Result
  
  Middleweight Championship: Sergio Martínez (c) def. Matthew Macklin by TKO (Corner Stoppage) at 3:00 of Round Eleven
  
  ## Main card
  
  * Middleweight Championship Sergio Martínez vs. Matthew Macklin
  * Super Middleweight bout Edwin Rodriguez vs. Don George
  
  ### Preliminary card
  
  * Heavyweight Bout Magomed Abdusalamov vs. Raphael Zumbano Love
  
  ## International broadcasting
  
  | Country / Region | Broadcaster |
  | - | - |
  | Argentina | TyC Sports |
  | Canada | Canal Indigo |
  | United Kingdom | Sky Sports |
  | Philippines | AKTV |
  | Romania | Sport.ro |
  | United States | HBO |
  