How Philippines' Carl Jammes Martin shocked the world with win over David Picasso

Carl Jammes Martin announced himself on the biggest stage of his career, handing Mexico's David Picasso a split-decision defeat to capture the WBC silver featherweight championship on Sunday morning (Manila time). Martin earned the nod on two scorecards, 95-94 and 96-93, while the third judge favored Picasso, 96-95, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. For the 27-year-old Ifugao native, it was a career-defining victory and a breakthrough performance in front of a global audience. Fighting on the undercard of the Canelo Alvarez-Christian Mbilli pay-per-view event, Martin made the most of his first major mainstream exposure.