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Frampton wins IBF super-bantam title off Martinez
Right on target: Northern Ireland's Carl Frampton, right, lands a punch on Spain's Kiko Martinez, left, during their IBF super-bantamweight world title bout in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Saturday
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Right on target: Northern Ireland's Carl Frampton, right, lands a punch on Spain's Kiko Martinez, left, during their IBF super-bantamweight world title bout in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Saturday. Frampton won the title by unanimous decision. (AP/Peter Morrison) (AP/Peter Morrison)
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span class="inline inline-center">Right on target: Northern Ireland's Carl Frampton, right, lands a punch on Spain's Kiko Martinez, left, during their IBF super-bantamweight world title bout in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on Saturday. Frampton won the title by unanimous decision. (AP/Peter Morrison)
Carl Frampton won the IBF super-bantamweight belt from Kiko Martinez of Spain by unanimous decision before an ecstatic home crowd of 16,000 in a purpose-built outdoor arena in the Titanic Quarter on Saturday.
Frampton put Martinez down once in the fifth round of a fight he dominated, and which the judges agreed by 119-108, 119-108 and 118-111.
The unbeaten Frampton (19-0, 13 KO) became the first Northern Irishman to hold a world title in 18 years.
Last year, he also relieved Martinez (31-5 23 KO) of the European title in nine rounds. (*****)
