STAN THE MAN WINS, ANOTHER DOMINATING PERFORMANCE!

08-04-08 | By Mario Ortega Jr.

Crowd favorite Sacramento lightweight prospect Stan Martyniouk (4-0, 1 KO) completely dominated Terrance Jett (3-11-2, 1 KO) of Las Vegas, Nevada over four rounds to score a unanimous decision. Martyniouk, 133, was the busier and stronger fighter, clearly winning every round. Jett, 135, seemed in danger of being stopped in the third. Martyniouk rocked him with a straight left, followed by a right hook. With Jett stunned, Martyniouk landed a hellacious series of hooks along the ropes. Martyniouk closed out the fourth in much the same fashion, taking every round on the judges' scorecards with scores of 40-36.

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STAN THE MAN SCORES A DEVASTATING 1ST ROUND KNOCKOUT!

05-16-08

Sacramento's Stan Martyniouk (3-0, 1 KO) notched his first professional knockout with an eye-opening 30 second destruction of Matt Mahler (0-1) of Stockton, California in a super featherweight contest scheduled for four rounds. Mahler, trained by former Sacramento heavyweight Gilbert Martinez, came out aggressively to open the bout, which ended up playing right into Martyniouk's hands. After blocking most of his opponent's wild flurry with his gloves, Martyniouk, 132, backed him up with a combination of his own. With Mahler, 130 ½, in retreat, Martyniouk stepped forward with a right hook that ended matters less than a minute into the bout. The half minute performance falls just short of the Red Lion Hotel record for quickest knockout, accomplished by Martyniouk's former amateur teammate Brandon Gonzales with a 22 second kayo in February.

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STAN THE MAN WINS HIS 2ND PRO FIGHT!

02-08-08

In the opening fight of the night, highly touted local super featherweight prospect Stan Martyniouk (2-0) scored an impressive four-round unanimous decision over rugged Jesus Hernandez (2-2, 2 KOs) of Riverside, California. Martyniouk, 129, of nearby Antelope, took control from the opening bell. The shorter Hernandez, 129, came forward for most of the night, but his looping shots played right into the quick-handed Martyniouk's strengths. He was able to control the first round by popping his jab and darting in and out of range. A straight right, followed by a quick combination knocked Hernandez off balance late in the round. Hernandez came out with more intensity in the second and was able to pressure Martyniouk on the ropes early in the round. Just when it looked that Hernandez may have the round, Martyniouk unleashed a left hook that sent him to the canvas. Hernandez rose to his feet and the bell ended the round just seconds later. Hernandez did some good work again in the third, but once again was caught hard coming in and found himself on the canvas. The game Hernandez continued to come forward in the fourth and landed a few looping shots while Martyniouk covered up. Martyniouk opened up late in the round with a combination and a straight right that finally got Hernandez to back up. Martyniouk was announced as the winner of a unanimous decision, the scores were not read. 15rounds.com scored it a shutout, 40-34. After the bout Martyniouk, who narrowly missed making the Olympic team, mentioned that he hopes to fight again at the end of the month.

MARTYNIOUK WINS PRO DEBUT!

10-19-07

In the final bout of the evening at the Feather falls casino in Oroville, CA, Sacramento-based former amateur standout Stan Martyniouk (1-0) made his pro debut after having a successful amatuer career to win a tougher than expected decision over Gerardo Robles (2-7) of Topanga, California in a four round bout. Martyniouk flashed his hand speed and defense that made him the second ranked amateur in the United States at 132 pounds. Robles was tough and awkward which seemed to attribute to the headbutts he received, however it was Martyniouk who was deducted a point in the third round but came back with vicious power shots that had Robles stunned and almost out. When the rough and tumble fight was over Martyniouk camout victorious with the decision. Martyniouk narrowly missed making the Olympic Trials after fighting to a 16-16 tie with Antton Slaughter at the U.S. Championships in June. The electronic scoring system gave Slaughter the tie-breaking victory based on total punches. Martyniouk contemplated fighting for his native Estonia, but the politics of amateur boxing made him decide to turn pro.

Amateur boxer plans to make crossover in Reno. By Steve Sneddon

Right about now, Stan Martyniouk expected to be getting ready for October's World Amateur Boxing Championships in Chicago, with the hope of getting to the Beijing Olympics.

He was convinced he could make it to the Olympics, either boxing for the United States, where he and his family immigrated to when he was five years old, or for Estonia, where he was born. Martyniouk, from Antelope, Calif. (near Sacramento), missed getting to the U.S. Olympic Trials by the thinnest of margins. When his shot to box for Estonia became bogged down in politics, he looked toward the pros.

The 22-year-old junior lightweight will be making his pro debut against Ronald Hurley of San Jacinto, Calif., on a card headed by the Joey Gilbert- Charles Howe middleweight main event at the Grand Sierra Resort on Friday night. Martyniouk seemed to be poised to go to the U.S. Olympics Trials. But after he had battled Antton Slaughter to a 16-16 tie in the U.S. Championships at Colorado Springs in June, Martyniouk lost on a tiebreaker of total punches, according to electronic scoring.

"They said he threw six more punches. I thought I won hands down. My corner thought I won hands down," Martyniouk said. "I guess they weren't counting most of the shots I was landing. I almost had the guy knocked out in the last round.

"It was a heartbreaker. My goal was to get the Olympics box-offs because I had beat most of the guys in my weight division, all of the top guys. I knew I had a pretty good chance to make the Olympic Team. That loss really disappointed me, but now we're looking ahead to becoming a world champion in the professional ranks."

As an amateur, he was ranked No. 2 in the U.S. at 132 pounds. He boxed internationally for the U.S. against South Korea in Reno, and also boxed against Russia, Mexico and Ireland, compiling a great amateur record. Estonia had invited him to box for it in the World Championships, but balked because of his U.S. National Team appearances, and he decided to turn pro rather than endure the controversy.

Nicknamed "Stan the Man," he's literally a giant among 130 pounders at 5-foot-10, but hasn't had trouble making the weight. He's enough of a giant, also figuratively, that when Joey Gilbert Promotions matchmaker Chris Middendorf tried to find an opponent for him, managers and trainers backed away when they heard their fighters would fight Martyniouk.

"My trainer (Seifudeen Mateen) told me a lot of top amateurs, they can be researched, they'll have trouble getting fights in the pros," Martyniouk said. "People know you around the nation."

Because no one wanted to put a fighter making his pro debut into a fight against Martyniouk, Hurley, who has a 1-3-2 record, steps in.

"We're looking to get there with whoever they put in front of me, take care of business, win and put on a good show," Martyniouk said. "My style, people always said I had a really good pro style. I did pretty good with my style in the amateurs, but I think I'll do even better in the pros."

He wants to get into boxing's fast lane to accelerate his drive to a world championship.

"Hopefully, we could get four or five fights this year and we're looking to get about 10 fights next year," he said. "We just want to keep me busy. I'm used to fighting all the time in the amateurs. In the pros we have to be more careful, but we want to stay busy.

"We're going to move me pretty quick. I'm guessing three years (to a win a world title), maybe. I've sparred with world champions such as Juan Manuel Marquez and Stevie Forbes. I've been in with world champions, some of the best. It's just a matter of time for me to get there."

Going into the pros, Martyniouk is bringing his amateur coach of four years, Mateen, to be his trainer. Often, top amateurs turning pro jettison their coach and replace him with a pro trainer.

"We had a struggle, but we've actually been able to maintain a solid team," Mateen said. "When you've got a young boxer coming out rated so high in the amateurs you have a lot of people in his ears (making offers).

"You basically rely on the things you taught him in terms of moral principles and trust. You couldn't ask for any more (loyalty from a boxer). He had a good family upbringing. That helps him."

Mateen said Martyniouk has adapted well to the pro style and has increased his punching power 30 to 40 percent through extensive strength training.

"It's cliche-ish to say we're going to win a world title. Everybody says it, but they're not willing to put the time in," Mateen said. "Handled right and taking a conservative approach, he should be knocking on the championship door in three years."

Martyniouk already has shown he can market himself, designing and maintaining his own web site, stanmartyniouk.com, for a year.

"That shows where he's at," Mateen said. "That's a good lead-in, doing a little self-promotion. He's creative in his thinking. Hopefully, we can transfer that into his boxing. He's very charismatic."

Martyniouk is turning amateur heartbreak into a way to make a living in boxing.