Lester Martinez-Pierre Dibombe set for July 12 ProBox TV show
Lester Martinez will return to California for his second straight fight.
The unbeaten super middleweight contender is set for his second fight of 2025, as he will face France’s Pierre Dibombe. Their scheduled 10-round regional title fight will take place on July 12, with ProBox TV to stream live from Frontwave Arena in Oceanside, California.
Guatemala’s Martinez, 19-0 (16 KOs), will enter the fight on the heels of a sensational fourth-round knockout win over Joeshon James.
Their oft-rescheduled battle of undefeated boxers finally settled atop a March 22 ProBox TV show from Orange Show Events Center in San Bernardino, California. Martinez previously fell ill just after the weigh-in to their eventually canceled September 11 battle, then suffered an injury that forced another delay.
Once they finally made their way to the ring, Martinez made the most of the opportunity. A Brian “Bomac” McIntyre-trained banger, Martinez floored James late in the third and again in the fourth, the latter knockdown forcing the stoppage.
Martinez shook loose nine months’ worth of ring rust but will now return to his normal cadence of activity.
Dibombe has lost each of his past two starts.
A 33-year-old from Nantes, France, Dibombe was undefeated prior to a technical decision defeat against Bektemir Melikuziev last April 20 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Five months later, Dibombe suffered a contentious decision defeat to Ali Akhmedov, whom he floored in the eighth round of their September 20 meeting in Dublin, Ireland.
Dibombe will fight on the road for the fifth straight time. He fought exclusively in France from his March 2014 pro debut through 2021, before hitting the road to fight in Canada, the US, Ireland and now back in the States.
Martinez will appear in the US for the seventh time. All of those starts will have come in his past nine fights come fight night.
