Mexico's Martinez wins WBC world flyweight crown

Mexico's Julio Cesar Martinez stopped Nicaragua's Cristofer Rosales in ninth round Friday to win vacant World Boxing Council flyweight title. Martinez improved to 15-1 with his 12th victory inside distance while Rosales fell to 29-5 with loss at Phoenix, Arizona. After dropping his 2015 pro debut, Martinez has won 15 fights in a row, although he needed two tries to claim WBC flyweight crown.

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Martinez, 24, kcked out Charlie Edwards in August at London to first claim title but fight was later ruled contest when Mexican was found to have hit Edwards while Englishman was on one knee. 112-pound division's or world champions include South Africa's Moruti Mthalane, who defends International Boxing Federation crown later this month in Yokohama against Japan's Akira Yaegashi, and Ukraine's unbeaten Artem Dalakian, World Boxing Association champion. 

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