Martinez feeling fighting fit

Sergio Martinez is eager to shrug off his injury nightmare and re-establish his dominance of the world middleweight division when he returns from a 14-month absence to face Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden in New York on June 7.

The 39-year-old Martinez, who is still the WBC title holder, will face fellow veteran Cotto in a catch-weight contest at 159lbs in what will be his first fight since outpointing Martin Murray in Buenos Aires in April last year.

The Argentinian required an operation on his right knee shortly before the Murray fight and was forced to submit to a low-key training regime in order to defy some suggestions that his elite boxing career could be over.