By Jim Dower: In an impressive win tonight, former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin (25-1-1, 23 KOs) made quick work of 31-year-old journeyman Mike Marrone (21-8, 15 KOs) in stopping him in the 1st round on Tuesday night on Premier Boxing Champions on Fox FS1 at the Rapides Coliseum in Alexandria, Louisiana.
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Charles Martin fights on April 25; Tomasz Adamek resuming career – News
By Jim Dower: Former IBF heavyweight world champion Charles Martin (23-1-1, 21 KOs) is ready to resume his boxing career after a year out of the ring when he faces 37-year-old journeyman Byron Polley (30-20-1, 13 KOs) next Tuesday on April 25 in a scheduled 10 round fight at the Fitzgerald’s Casino & Hotel in Tunica, Mississippi.
Charles Martin’s ring return possible for September
By Allan Fox: Former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin (23-1-1 21 KOs) will be resuming his once promising career possibly in September against the likes of Gerald Washington, Dominic Breazeale, Travis Kauffman or Eric Molina, according to RingTV. Martin, 30, was knocked out in the 2nd round last April by Anthony Joshua in London, England.
It was a disappointing loss for the 6’5” Martin, because he never really got his offense un-tracked after getting dropped by a right hand from Joshua. The southpaw Martin looked like he was intimidated by the 6’6” former 2012 Olympic gold medalist Joshua from the 1st round, and he never let his hands go the way he needed to for him to be competitive.
Joshua-Martin averages 275K viewers on Showtime
By Scott Gilfoid: The April 9 title fight between IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin (23-1-1, 21 KOs) and Great Britain’s Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16 KOs) failed to bring in a lot of viewers on Showtime for their fight at the O2 Arena in London, UK.
The Martin-Joshua fight was televised in the States and it brought in a low average of just 275,000 viewers with a peak of 317,000 viewers for the fight, according to the Nielsen Media Research. There are couple of reasons for he incredibly low viewing numbers.
Dillian Whyte not impressed with Charles Martin’s performance
By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight talent Dillian Whyte had the chance to see last Saturday’s fight between IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin and Anthony Joshua, and he came away from the experience disappointed in what he saw from the previously unbeaten 29-year-old Martin.
Whyte feels that Martin just came to give away his IBF crown, and he decided to give it away to the highest bidder. The money that Martin got for fighting Joshua was obviously more than he would have received had he defended it against the available opponents.
Anytime you see a champion volunteering to fight in a challenger’s hometown and country, it’s a red flag that the champion may be on his way to losing the fight.
David Haye: I really want to fight Anthony Joshua
By Scott Gilfoid: Former two division world champion David Haye (27-2, 25 KOs) worked Anthony Joshua’s fight last Saturday night for Sky Sports, and Haye saw nothing in his performance against IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin (23-1-1, 21 KOs) for him to be afraid of him. In fact, Haye is now more motivated than ever to get Joshua inside the ring so that he can knock him the spark out.
Haye knows he won’t fight in the same way that Martin did with the way he was standing straight up. Haye would actually throw punches, fast punches, and he wouldn’t be stationary like Martin.
Tyson Fury: Joshua looked slow and ponderous in the ring
By Scott Gilfoid: While many of Anthony Joshua’s fans were crowing like a yard full of roosters after Joshua’s win over IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin (23-1-1, 21 KOs) last Saturday night, IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Tyson Fury wasn’t one of them.
Fury wasn’t impressed with what he saw from the 26-year-old Joshua in his two-knockdown stoppage win over the 6’5’ Martin in the 2nd round of their fight at the O2 Arena in London, UK. What Fury saw of Joshua was a slow bodybuilder looking ponderous as he threw shots at Martin. Fury then called Joshua a lamb. I guess it’s one of those slaughter the lamb things.
Charles Martin: I got hit with a right hand I didn’t see
By Scott Gilfoid: Charles Martin (23-1-1, 21 KOs) says he didn’t see the right hand that dropped him for his first knockdown of his 2nd round stoppage loss to Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16 KOs) last Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London, UK. This wasn’t a good fight. I don’t like how the fight was stopped at the seven count instead of the normal 10 count. Martin still was ready to fight back when it was stopped. It was sad, really sad the way it was stopped.
From the clips I saw of the knockdown, it appeared that Martin’s right hand was held high and he didn’t see Joshua’s right hand that hit him and dropped him. It was a slow right hand and not particularly powerful looking.
Joshua stops Martin in 2nd, wins IBF title
By Jeff Aranow: Unbeaten Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16 KOs) made easy work of a timid IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin (23-1-1, 21 KOs) in stopping him in the 2nd round on Saturday night to capture his IBF title at the O2 Arena in London, UK. Joshua knocked Martin down twice in the 2nd round with right hands.
Charles Martin ready to KO Anthony Joshua tonight
By Scott Gilfoid: For some reason, IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin (23-0-1, 21 KOs) will be an underdog tonight when he enters the ring against unbeaten challenger Anthony Joshua (15-0, 15 KOs) at the O2 Arena in London, UK. Martin’s best chance of winning the fight is to take the heavily muscled 244lb Joshua into deep waters tonight before going for a knockout.
Joshua hasn’t had to go deep into his fights thus far due to the soft match-making that’s been done for him by his promoter Eddie Hearn, and there are some real concerns whether he has the stamina to fight longer fights. Joshua has transformed his once lean physique with lots of muscle since he turned pro, and it’s quite possible that the muscle would cause him to gas out in the later rounds.