Bantamweight · United States
Eddie Martin 82-14-4, 1 NC 29 KO · 1921–1932
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Eddie Martin was a bantamweight boxer from United States, born Feb 26, 1903. Record 82-14-4, 1 NC with 29 knockouts over 1921–1932. World titles: WBA bantamweight (1924–1925). Eddie Martin last fought Al Dunbar on May 19, 1932 and lost by PTS over 10 rounds.
Also: إدي مارتن · Eduardo Vittorio Martino
Born Feb 26, 1903
Died Aug 27, 1968
Country 🇺🇸 United States
Stance Orthodox
Reach 165 cm
Nickname Cannonball" Eddie Martin
Debut Dec 1, 1921
Career 1921–1932
Rounds boxed 587
KO share 35%
Born in Brooklyn, New York
Titles WBA bantamweight · 1924–1925
Confirmed bouts 9 of 101
Career record Record
82-14-4, 1 NC, 29 KOs · 1921–1932
Last result L
Al Dunbar
PTS 10/10 · Fort Hamilton Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
The record 101 bouts, 1921–1932, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
L
Al Dunbar
PTS 10/10 · Fort Hamilton Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 82-13-4 · Dunbar —
W
Harry Baron
PTS 6/6 · Stauch's Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 81-13-4 · Baron —
L
TKO 2/10 · Coney Island Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 81-12-4 · Singer 55-8-3
D
Joey Kaufman
PTS 6/6 · Stauch's Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 81-12-3 · Kaufman —
W
Jackie Cohen
PTS 10/10 · Prospect Hall, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 80-12-3 · Cohen —
L
KO 9/10 · Dexter Park Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 80-11-3 · Goldman —
W
Jack Giraldo
KO 2/4 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 79-11-3 · Giraldo —
L
Young Zazzarino
KO 7/10 · Bayonne, Louisiana, 🇺🇸
Martin 79-10-3 · Zazzarino —
L
PTS 10/10 · Dexter Park Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 79-9-3 · Dundee 198-70-46
L
Davey Abad
10 · Coliseum, Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Martin 79-8-3 · Abad —
D
Al 'Rube' Goldberg
PTS 6/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 79-8-2 · Goldberg —
W
Joe Barbara
PTS 6/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 78-8-2 · Barbara —
W
George Nickfor
PTS 6/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 77-8-2 · Nickfor —
W
Herman Wallace
TKO 3 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 76-8-2 · Wallace —
W
Jackie Cohen
PTS 6/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 75-8-2 · Cohen —
L
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring junior lightweight titles PTS 15/15 · Ebbets Field, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 75-7-2 · Morgan 68-12-19
L
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring junior lightweight titles PTS 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 75-6-2 · Morgan 67-12-19
W
Tiger Brown
KO 1/10 · Garden Palace, Passaic, 🇺🇸
Martin 74-6-2 · Brown —
W
Davey Abad
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 73-6-2 · Abad —
W
Johnny Huber
KO 2/6 · St. Nicholas Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 72-6-2 · Huber —
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Jacques Pettibon
TKO 3 · St. Nicholas Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 71-6-2 · Pettibon —
W
Dominick Petrone
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 70-6-2 · Petrone —
W
Cowboy Eddie Anderson
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 69-6-2 · Anderson —
W
Pancho Dencio
PTS 6/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 68-6-2 · Dencio —
W
Spencer Gardner
PTS 6/6 · Long Beach Stadium, Long Beach, 🇺🇸
Martin 67-6-2 · Gardner —
W
Al 'Rube' Goldberg
PTS 6/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 66-6-2 · Goldberg —
W
Johnny Curtin
PTS 6/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 65-6-2 · Curtin —
W
Joe Souza
KO 1/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 64-6-2 · Souza —
L
Lew Perfetti
PTS 10/10 · Queensboro Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 64-5-2 · Perfetti —
W
Johnny Curtin
TKO 6/10 · Queensboro Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 63-5-2 · Curtin —
L
Lost NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring bantamweight titles UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 63-4-2 · Rosenberg 23-15-7
L
Pete Sarmiento
10 · Auditorium, Milwaukee, 🇺🇸
Martin 63-3-2 · Sarmiento —
L
PTS 12/12 · Public Hall, Cleveland, 🇺🇸
Martin 63-2-2 · Tremaine —
W
Willie Spencer
NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring bantamweight titles at stake 12 · Exposition Building, Portland, 🇺🇸
Martin 62-2-2 · Spencer —
W
Tommy Murray
PTS 10/10 · Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Martin 61-2-2 · Murray —
NC
Augie Pisano
NC 3/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 61-2-2 · Pisano —
W
Won NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring bantamweight titles SD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 60-2-2 · Goldstein 90-13-8
W
Johnny Curtin
PTS 12/12 · Rink S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 59-2-2 · Curtin —
W
Bobby Wolgast
DQ 8/10 · Mechanics Building, Boston, 🇺🇸
Martin 58-2-2 · Wolgast —
W
Battling Harry Leonard
TKO 8/12 · Clermont Avenue Rink, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 57-2-2 · Leonard —
W
Charley Kohler
KO 4/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 56-2-2 · Kohler —
W
Battling Harry Leonard
PTS 12/12 · Steeplechase A.A., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 55-2-2 · Leonard —
W
Charley Goodman
PTS 12/12 · Nostrand A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 54-2-2 · Goodman —
W
Sammy Nable
KO 5/10 · Henderson's Bowl, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 53-2-2 · Nable —
W
Jackie Snyder
PTS 10/10 · Henderson's Bowl, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 52-2-2 · Snyder —
D
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 52-2-1 · Rosenberg 13-15-6
W
Al Pettingill
TKO 4/10 · Pioneer Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 51-2-1 · Pettingill —
W
Joe Souza
PTS 10/10 · Broadway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 50-2-1 · Souza —
W
Buck Josephs
PTS 6/6 · Broadway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 49-2-1 · Josephs —
W
Midget Smith
PTS 6/6 · Lenox A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 48-2-1 · Smith —
W
PTS 6/6 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 47-2-1 · Rosenberg 12-14-6
W
Sonny Smith
PTS 6/6 · Rink S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 46-2-1 · Smith —
W
Sonny Smith
PTS 6/6 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 45-2-1 · Smith —
W
Wilbur Cohen
PTS 6/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 44-2-1 · Cohen —
W
Tommy Galston
PTS 6/6 · Rink S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 43-2-1 · Galston —
W
PTS 6/6 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 42-2-1 · Rosenberg 11-13-6
W
Harry London
KO 1/6 · Broadway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 41-2-1 · London —
W
Johnny Vestri
PTS 6/6 · Rink S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 40-2-1 · Vestri —
W
Billy Ryckoff
KO 5 · Broadway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 39-2-1 · Ryckoff —
W
Tommy Lynch
PTS 6/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 38-2-1 · Lynch —
W
Johnny Vestri
PTS 6/6 · Broadway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 37-2-1 · Vestri —
W
Buck Josephs
PTS 6/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 36-2-1 · Josephs —
W
Frankie Coster
PTS 6/6 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 35-2-1 · Coster —
W
Joe Zellers
KO 2 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 34-2-1 · Zellers —
W
Joe Ryder
PTS 6/6 · Velodrome, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 33-2-1 · Ryder —
D
Joe Ryder
PTS 6/6 · Broadway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 33-2-0 · Ryder —
W
Tommy Galston
PTS 6/6 · Clermont Avenue Rink, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 32-2-0 · Galston —
W
Sonny Smith
PTS 6/6 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 31-2-0 · Smith —
W
Jackie Murray
PTS 6/6 · Ridgewood Grove S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 30-2-0 · Murray —
W
Mickey Romano
PTS 6/6 · Clermont Avenue Rink, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 29-2-0 · Romano —
W
Jimmy Barton
PTS 6/6 · Broadway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 28-2-0 · Barton —
W
Wally Lamb
KO 1/6 · Broadway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 27-2-0 · Lamb —
W
Jackie Gordon
TKO 5 · Ridgewood Grove S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 26-2-0 · Gordon —
W
Corona Kid
PTS 6/6 · Clermont Avenue Rink, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 25-2-0 · Kid —
W
Carl Rindone
TKO 2/6 · Rink S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 24-2-0 · Rindone —
W
Jackie Marlowe
KO 2 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 23-2-0 · Marlowe —
W
Paulie Porter
KO 3 · Ridgewood Grove, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 22-2-0 · Porter —
W
Willie Clarkson
TKO 1/6 · Rink S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 21-2-0 · Clarkson —
W
Johnny Vinney
PTS 4/4 · Ridgewood Grove S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 20-2-0 · Vinney —
W
Jerry Sullivan
KO 4 · Ridgewood Grove S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 19-2-0 · Sullivan —
W
Augie Pisano
PTS 6/6 · Clermont Avenue Rink, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 18-2-0 · Pisano —
W
Scotty Malcomb
PTS 6/6 · Brighton S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 17-2-0 · Malcomb —
W
Billy Bell
KO 4 · Clermont Avenue Rink, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 16-2-0 · Bell —
W
Joe Wright
KO 3 · Ridgewood Grove S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 15-2-0 · Wright —
W
Willie O'Connell
PTS 6/6 · Brighton S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 14-2-0 · O'Connell —
W
Jackie Stone
PTS 6/6 · Yonkers, New York, 🇺🇸
Martin 13-2-0 · Stone —
W
Freddie Seed
KO 1/4 · Clermont Avenue Rink, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 12-1-0 · Seed —
L
PTS 4/4 · Clermont Avenue Rink, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 12-1-0 · Mayberry —
W
Jimmy Collins
TKO 2/4 · Columbus Hall, Yonkers, 🇺🇸
Martin 11-1-0 · Collins —
W
Willie Mack
PTS 4/4 · Ridgewood Grove S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 10-1-0 · Mack —
W
Willie Mack
PTS 4/4 · Ridgewood Grove S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 9-1-0 · Mack —
W
Petey Mack
PTS 4/4 · New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Martin 8-1-0 · Mack —
W
Young Skelly
PTS 6/6 · Broadway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 7-1-0 · Skelly —
W
Young Shane
KO 4/4 · Clermont Avenue Rink, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 6-1-0 · Shane —
W
Charley Furey
PTS 4/4 · New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Martin 5-1-0 · Furey —
W
Joe Layden
KO 1 · New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Martin 4-1-0 · Layden —
W
Jack North
KO 3 · New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Martin 3-1-0 · North —
W
Benny Tell
PTS 4/4 · New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Martin 2-1-0 · Tell —
W
Paul Raymond
PTS 4/4 · New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Martin 1-1-0 · Raymond —
L
Artie Downs
PTS 4/4 · Broadway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 1-0-0 · Downs —
W
Sammy Jackson
KO 2/4 · Jamaica A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Martin 0-0-0 · Jackson —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles
Facts
What is Eddie Martin's record? Eddie Martin's professional record is 82-14-4, 1 NC with 29 knockouts.
Who did Eddie Martin fight last? Eddie Martin last fought Al Dunbar on May 19, 1932 and lost by PTS over 10 rounds.
Which world titles has Eddie Martin held? Eddie Martin has held 1 world title reign: WBA bantamweight (1924–1925). Sources Boxerbook ID 8722 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/8722 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
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