Charles Martin: record, next fight and profile →
Martin (17st 7lbs/245 pounds) won the vacant title, which was stripped from world heavyweight titlist Tyson Fury, inside three rounds against Vyacheslav Glazkov back in January after the Ukraine-born fighter suffered an injured knee.
Anthony Joshua and Charles Martin both hit the scales ahead of their battle for global honours this weekend. The show, which is topped by the heavyweight duo in a clash for the American’s IBF world title, takes place on Saturday at London’s O2 Arena, live on Sky Sports Box Office, and features two more world title showdowns.
David Haye (27-2, 25 KOs) has issued a warning to fellow Londoner and heavyweight rival Anthony Joshua (15-0, 15 early) ahead of this Saturday’s IBF heavyweight title clash between the unbeaten contender and America’s Charles Martin (23-0-1, 21 stoppages) at London’s O2 Arena.
ANTHONY Joshua comes across as the antithesis to fellow British boxer Tyson Fury, who will be in his sights if he wins his first world heavyweight title on Saturday night.
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I don’t consider this a risk. The O2 Arena, that’s my arena. I’m comfortable everywhere I go. When eyes are on me, I’m going to perform. “I know how to move my head and be evasive. Real true analysts see the things I do. They can tell.
LONDON – IBF Heavyweight World Champion Charles Martin and unbeaten British Olympic Gold Medalist Anthony Joshua faced off at the final press conference on Thursday at Four Seasons Hotel in London as they near Saturday’s heavyweight showdown, live on SHOWTIME from The O2.
LONDON – IBF Heavyweight World Champion Charles Martin and unbeaten British Olympic Gold Medalist Anthony Joshua faced off at the final press conference on Thursday at Four Seasons Hotel in London as they near Saturday’s heavyweight showdown, live on SHOWTIME from The O2.
Anthony Joshua (15-0, 15 KOs) may have been billed as the star attraction at London’s O2 Arena on Saturday night, but Charles Martin (23-0-1, 21 early) insists that he will leave the ring with his IBF heavyweight title as well an Olympic scalp on his resume and is not there to make up the numbers.
By Cliff Rold - America’s Charles Martin captured one of the major belts in the Heavyweight division, IBF variety, in January with a win over Vyacheslav Glazkov. The win didn’t make him the best heavyweight in the world. One could fairly say a win over Glazkov is barely enough to register into an objective top ten, especially with nothing else of note to go with it. That’s typically not what matters in...