UFC Star To Make Pro Boxing Debut April 11th In Chicago UFC Star Terry Martin will make his professional boxing debut on Friday, April 11th at THE ODEUM RUMBLE, an evening of world class professional boxing at the Odeum Sports and Expo Center in Villa Park, presented by Dominic Pesolis 8 Count Productions, HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING.. The Chicago born and raised 27 year old Martin, having established himself in mixed martial arts over the last five years with a record of 18-4 with ten knockouts and five submissions, will face Ricardo Upchurch of Mansfield, Ohio in a four round cruiserweight bout. With a resemblance facially and in build to Mike Tyson, Martin has been able to not only build a successful mixed martial arts career but also is working towards his Doctorate at the Adler School of Professional Psychology. Previously Martin earned a BA in psychology from Northern Illinois University followed by the completion of his Masters degree at Concordia University. The seven bout event is headlined by a terrific junior middleweight clash between Chicago based veterans Luciano Perez and Carlos Molina. The crosstown showdown between the Mexican natives is scheduled for eight rounds. Well this should be very interesting.Martin can punch but boxing is a whole diffrent ball game.He was also quite overweight for his height and size. Will be interesting to see what he brings and what his conditoning is like.
I'm sure he will beat some of the F and D level cans most fighters get for their first few bouts. I'll be curious to see how he does against a C level veteran, or another young, up and comer.
