Welcome to the Official Website of Joe A. Martinez!

	A lifelong resident of Southern California and graduate of Cal State Fullerton Joe Martinez has dedicated his last 14 years to his love of announcing sporting events. In that timespan,
	he has toured the country on three separate occasions - twice as the announcer for the World Famous Harlem Globetrotters and once as the voice of the 2000 U.S. Olympic gold medal winning softball team.
Joe has been announcing professionally since 1996, when he began his career as the public address announcer for the San Diego Padres' minor league affiliate Lake Elsinore Storm professional baseball team. Two years later, he was contracted to announce the Women's College Softball World Series in Oklahoma City before beginning his boxing ring announcing career in January of 2000. As a boxing announcer Joe has traveled the country and several times ventured south of the border, showcasing his bilingual ability inside the ring.
After announcing boxing events on a one-fight-per-month schedule, he caught a break in 2004 when he was contracted to ring announce and color commentate for Oscar De La Hoya's, Fox reality television series, "The Next Great Champ." Shortly after the show's debut, he inked a two-year deal with Guilty Boxing and immediately began announcing the promotion company's 48 show per year schedule on ESPN Deportes.
In March of 2007, Joe signed a multi-year contract to announce for World Extreme Cagefighting and will grow as the voice of the mixed martial arts' company in its pursuit to climb the ladder as one of the most respected branches of MMA. In his 11th year as a ring announcer, Joe has announced over 300 professional fight cards and has worked with the likes of Versus, Golden Boy Promotions, Ringside Ticket, ESPN2, ESPN Deportes, Fox, Fox Espanol, CSI Sports, TV Azteca and HDNET to name a few. He was also the featured voice of "King of the Diamond," on MLB '06 The Show and also the 2007 edition for Sony Playstation. Joe, with the WEC, is frequently seen in action on Versus.