Sandor Martin outlanded the sluggish Mikey Garcia and was more accurate, landing 47% of his power punches.
Garcia landed just 19% of his total punches, his second lowest total as a pro (Spence-18%). Martin landed 31 punches in round 10, second most by a Garcia opponent not named Errol Spence.
Fresno, California – In a welterweight bout, Sandor Martin (39-2, 13 KOs) pulled off a massive upset with a ten round majority decision over four division world champion Mikey Garcia (40-2, 30 KOs)
The scores were 95-95, 97-93 and 97-93 for Martin.
Garcia was coming back from a 20 month layoff, with his last fight being a decision win over Jessie Vargas in February 2020.
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