Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. - 2012 U.S. Olympian Terrell Gausha (19-0, 9 KOs) had all he could handle in winning a majority decision over Steve Martinez (16-3, 13 KOs) in a ten round super welterweight fight. The scores were 95-95, 97-93, 97-93.
 
They fought on the inside from the early start. Martinez spent most of his time going to the body and Gausha was landing solid punches to the head. Gauhsa's jab was a good weapon as he shot it right down the center to keep Martinez at range for other shots. The harder and more accurate punches of Gausha were pushing Martinez back when they landed.

Martinez continued to have his moments with hard shots of his own, especially to the body. Gausha would also answer back with punches of his own. In the sixth round, Gausha was holding often when Martinez pressed forward with those hard body shots. At the same time Martinez was leaving himself wide open to counters.

The fight was really tightening up in the second half, with Martinez applying a lot pressure with non-stop aggression and had little trouble pushing back Gausha to the ropes. They were trading some big punches in the ninth round on even terms. The final round had both of them letting their tanks clean out with hard combinations flowing free. Both were connecting, but it was Gausha with the crisper punches.

Born and raised in Cleveland, Gausha was a decorated amateur who won gold medals at the U.S. National Championships in 2009 and 2012 and represented the US as part of the 2012 Olympic Team. The 28-year-old turned pro in 2012.

In 2015 he earned victories over Norberto Gonzalez, Luis Grajeda, Eliezer Gonzalez and Said El Harrak before making his 2016 debut with a victory over Orlando Lora. 

The 26-year-old Martinez recently stopped Jorge Melendez in the second round.