Champions have to make mandatory title defenses, building their records toward major main events. Since winning the IBF Supr-Flyweight championship in February 2022, Fernando Martinez has only defended his championship once. With the knowledge that a mandatory title defense was in the boxing fights coming up on his schedule.
His opponent is the 34th-ranked international and fifth-ranked undefeated Filipino Super-Flyweight Jade Bornea. Who has the power to pull off a significant upset.
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Fernando Martinez vs. Jade Bornea Information
Fernando Martinez vs Jade Bornea
Location of the fight: The Armory, Minneapolis, MN.
Date & Time: Saturday, June 24. 9:00 pm ET.
How to watch: Paramount+
Recent Fight Results
Fernando Martinez defended his title by defeating Jerwin Ancajas via a one-sided unanimous decision on October 8th, 2022.
Undefeated Jade Bornea won his last fight on August 19th, 2022, defeating Ivan Meneses – who has a 19-23-2 professional record – via seventh-round TKO.
Fernando Martinez vs. Jade Bornea Betting Analysis
While both fighters are undefeated, their records are not necessarily comparable, with Martinez facing tougher and more talented competition throughout his career. Martinez is a major step up in the quality of competition Bornea has faced.
Fernando Martinez
Fighters must build their records with easy boxing matches, stacking wins toward larger main events. This is the space current World Super-Flyweight Champion and fifth-ranked Super-flyweight in the world, Fernando Martinez finds himself.
Martinez won the title from Jerwin Ancajas, defending the title in an immediate rematch with Ancjas in two dominant unanimous decisions. In his previous 12 fights, Martinez has earned seven of his eight KO/TKO finishes. However, five of those seven KO/TKO victories were against fighters with sub-.500 professional records.
Martinez should take a page from Bornea’s recent opponents, backing the Filipino into a counter-striking game and upping the pressure with a superior skill set.
Jade Bornea
Jade Bornea has finished his last two fights via KO/TKO, including a third-round knockout of Mohammed Obbadi (23-2), a fight he was losing on the judges’ scorecard until a left hook to the body scored the knockout. Bornea took advantage of Obbadi’s loose defense to stop him with a vicious counter left hook up against the ropes.
After debuting in 2014, Bornea didn’t emerge onto the International scene until fighting and earning a split decision victory over Ernesto Delgadillo in the United States in 2020 in his first fight outside of the Philippines. This fight will be Bornea’s third consecutive fight in North America, with him hoping to keep his North American KO/TKO streak alive.
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Fernando Martinez vs. Jade Bornea Betting Preview
Here are the current boxing odds we’re using for our Martinez vs Bornea prediction and betting analysis:
| Fighter | Moneyline | Win via Decision | To Win by TKO/KO or DQ | Odds for a Draw |
| Fernando Martinez | -450 | -138 | +250 | +1400 |
| Jade Bornea | +300 | +550 | +900 | +N/A |
Bornea has a 66.67% KO rate in 87 professional rounds, while Martinez has a 53.33% KO rate over 92 professional rounds. However, despite both fighters having the potential to stop the other, many of their KO/TKO victories have come against fighters with sub-standard professional records.
Neither fighter has hit the canvas in their professional career. While we expect Martinez vs Bornea to see the judges’ scorecards, we’re fading a draw as we see that as a highly unlikely outcome.
Fernando Martinez vs. Jade Bornea Betting Prediction
- Our Martinez vs Bronea prediction is to parlay Martinez (-450) to win the fight and retain his IBF World Championship via decision (-138).
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