Anthony Martinez (boxer)
Anthony Martinez also known as White Chocolate, is an American professional boxer. He has held the WBA–NABA heavyweight title, the IBO Ibero-American heavyweight title, and the WBO Latino cruiserweight title.
Early life
He was born in Miami, Florida, into a Cuban family. His father introduced him to boxing in Allapattah, Florida, at the age of 12 years old.Career
Martinez started participating in amateur boxing at age 12 during which he won state honors, including two Florida golden gloves championships and the Florida State P.A.L championship. At 17, he transitioned to professional boxing, joining Mundo Boxing, led by trainer Pedro Diaz. He is also trained by Cuban boxer Yordanis Despaigne. He debuted professionally on February 24, 2018. He became the WBO Latino champion on March 6, 2021, and successfully defended his title against Christian Galvez.He was the training partner of Tyron Woodley in Woodley's fight against Jake Paul. He was ranked 15 in the WBO cruiserweight category in 2021 after winning his cruiserweight title against Evert Bravo. He has appeared in videos of rappers El Alfa and Farruko. He became the IBO Ibero-American heavyweight champion on Dec 14, 2024 upon defeating Brayan Santander.
Martinez has taken part in 22 fights, with a record of 20 wins and two losses, with 18 of his 20 wins by knockout. He has fought against Alejandro Berrio, Milton Nunez, Fulgencio Zuniga, Evert Bravo, amongst others during the course of his career. His two losses came from fighting Ismael Ocles and David Light, the former by a four-round split decision in just his second bout, and the latter by a first-round KO.
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 22 | Win | 20–2 | Brayan Santander | KO | 2, | 14 Dec 2024 | Grand Hyatt Baha Mar, Nassau, Bahamas | Won vacant IBO Ibero-American heavyweight title |
| 21 | Win | 19–2 | Francisco Silvens Mateo | TKO | 2, 1:05 | 15 Jun 2024 | Club Deportivo Cultural Rafael Lorenzo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
| 20 | Win | 18–2 | Carlos Rafael Cruz | TKO | 1, 2:29 | 20 Dec 2023 | Pabellon de Esgrima, Centro Olimpico, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
| 19 | Win | 17–2 | Jackson dos Santos | KO | 2, 2:30 | 7 Oct 2023 | District Bar de la 93, Bogotá, Colombia | |
| 18 | Win | 16–2 | Epifanio Mendoza | RTD | 2, | 5 Jul 2023 | Coliseo de Pescaito David Ruiz Ureche, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia | |
| 17 | Win | 15–2 | Santander Silgado Gelez | UD | 10 | 3 Mar 2023 | Miami Airport Convention Center, Miami, Florida, U.S. | Won vacant WBA–NABA heavyweight title |
| 16 | Win | 14–2 | Alejandro Berrio | TKO | 3, 2:49 | 19 Nov 2022 | Coliseo de Pescaito David Ruiz Ureche, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia | |
| 15 | Win | 13–2 | Deibis Berrocal | RTD | 4, | 26 Sep 2022 | ||
| 14 | Loss | 12–2 | David Light | KO | 1, | 31 Oct 2020 | For vacant WBO International cruiserweight title | |
| 13 | Win | 12–1 | Alejandro Gustavo Falliga | TKO | 1, 2:52 | 11 Feb 2022 | ||
| 12 | Win | 11–1 | Deivis Casseres | KO | 2, 0:53 | 21 Nov 2021 | ||
| 11 | Win | 10–1 | Cristian Galvez | TKO | 2, | 4 Jun 2021 | Defeded WBO Latino cruiserweight title | |
| 10 | Win | 9–1 | Evert Bravo | TKO | 3, | 6 Mar 2021 | Won vacant WBO Latino cruiserweight title | |
| 9 | Win | 8–1 | Samuel Miller | KO | 1, | 29 Oct 2020 | Colegio Millan Vargas, Sampués, Sucre, Colombia | |
| 8 | Win | 7–1 | Milton Núñez | KO | 1, | 17 Jan 2020 | ||
| 7 | Win | 6–1 | Fulgencio Zúñiga | UD | 6 | 18 Nov 2019 | ||
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Dumar Carrascal | RTD | 2, | 21 Sep 2019 | ||
| 5 | Win | 4–1 | Jose Calyecac | KO | 1, | 24 May 2019 | ||
| 4 | Win | 3–1 | Aneudy Marte Rodriguez | TKO | 1, | 14 Apr 2019 | ||
| 3 | Win | 2–1 | Ivan Basurto Monroy | TKO | 1, | 2 Feb 2019 | ||
| 2 | Loss | 1–1 | Ismael Ocles | SD | 4 | 31 Aug 2018 | ||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Sebastian Palacios Rodriguez | TKO | 4 | 24 Feb 2018 |