Frank Martin and Edwin De Los Santos are negotiating a fight on March 29 for the undercard of Sebastian Fundora vs. Errol Spence at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The weight for the Martin vs. De Los Santos fight could be 135 or 140.
Fighting in the works?
Fernando Sabatini has reported that the Martin-de los Santos fight is currently in negotiations. If it goes ahead, it will be the first fight for De Los Santos (16-2, 14 KO) since losing by unanimous decision in 12 rounds on November 16, 2023 in Las Vegas. This was a fight for the vacant WBC lightweight title. Shakur made it really ugly with his movement and decisiveness.
Fans at T-Mobile Arena that night booed both fighters from the fourth round on The booing continued at Shakur While being interviewed inside the ring after the fight. He was the one who made it boring for the Las Vegas fans, who have little patience for runners.
That fight should have been scored as a draw or win for Edwin because he landed all the important punches in the contest. Shakur was just running and catching.
“The Ghost” Martin (18-1, 12 KOs) is coming off an eighth-round knockout loss to WBA lightweight champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis on June 15, 2024. Martin was trailing at the time of the knockout, 67-66, 67-66. , and 67-66.
If the fight happens, De Los Santos should be the favorite to knock out Martin as he has the hand speed and punching power advantage. Martin looked bad in his fight against Artem Harutyunyan on July 15, 2023, and had to rally to win that fight via a 12-round unanimous decision in the championship rounds.
14 months too long?
For Martin and de los Santos, it's an important fight because they both need a win to stay in the world title hunt. De Los Santos has already been out of the ring for 14 months since his loss to Shakur. He should have been back a long time ago.
“I have confirmed that Edwin de los Santos and Frank Martin are in negotiations for a potential fight on March 29 at the MGM in Las Vegas as part of the event on the Fundora-Spence (card). He could go up to 135 or 140 pounds,” Fernando Sabatini said. X.
