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This is the third Zuffa Boxing card scheduled for its new series on Paramount+.

Promoter Frank Warren has heard former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin call out his young contender Moses Itauma and has welcomed the fight.

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Former heavyweight titleholder Charles Martin made a triumphant return after a 16-month layoff, stopping Matthew McKinney in the first round Saturday night at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, California. The bout was promoted by Patrick Ragan’s Westside Promotions.

Former heavyweight titleholder Charles Martin will step back into the ring on Saturday for the first time since his hard-fought loss to Jared Anderson in the summer of 2023.

Former heavyweight titleholder Charles Martin returns to the ring November 16, facing Matthew McKinney in an eight-round fight at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, California.


Charles Martin was rewarded for remaining in the gym earlier this year because that training gave him the confidence to take a difficult fight with Jared Anderson on short notice.

Charles Martin left the ring with a lot of respect for Jared Anderson the night of July 1. Martin determined after going 10 rounds with Anderson that the hard-hitting contender can become a heavyweight champion. The former IBF champ has an even firmer belief that Anderson wouldn’t beat him in an unlikely rematch if Martin were afforded an entire training camp to prepare for it.

Was he hurt? Or was Jared Anderson simply playing possum? From the outside looking in, it appeared as though Charles Martin had Anderson exactly where he wanted him. Although Anderson dominated for long stretches, Martin landed countless left hands in the fifth, many of which seemed to buzz