Welcome to the Official Website of Joe A. Martinez!

	"ARE YOU READY?!" "ESTAN LISTOS?!" Sports fans have been hearing Joe Martinez use the phrase at events for more than 16 years now. A lifelong resident of Southern California and graduate of Cal State Fullerton Joe Martinez has dedicated his last 18 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 using his voice as a profession 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 worked with the organization until he resigned in May of 2010, promptly signing with Golden Boy's, "Solo Boxeo-Tecate" boxing series for 98 fights through 2011. In his 12th year as a ring announcer, Joe has announced over 300 professional fight cards and has worked with the likes of Versus, HBO, Telefutura, Ringside Ticket, ESPN, Fox Networks, CSI Sports, Televisa and HDNET to name a few. He was also the featured voice of "King of the Diamond," on MLB '06 The Show as well as the 2007 edition for Sony Playstation. Joe, with GBP, is frequently seen in action on Telefutura.