Charles Martin: record, next fight and profile →
Former world champion Barry McGuigan, who manages and promotes such fighters like super bantamweight champion Carl Frampton, says rising British superstar Anthony Joshua (15-0, 15KOs) should avoid a fight with IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin.
Eddie Hearn has added more fuel to the fire about the speculation surrounding a potential heavyweight world title fight. His charge, Anthony Joshua, who has raced to a perfect 15-0 record since making his professional debut in October, 2013, could find himself vying for a world title in the spring.
Olympic gold medal winner Anthony Joshua (15-0, 15KOs) could be fighting for a world title on April 9th at the O2 in London, according to the fighter's promoter Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Sport.
IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin (23-0-1, 21 KOs)is prepared to travel over to the UK to fight Olympic gold medal winner Anthony Joshua (15-0, 15KOs) on April 9th.
Chris Arreola, Dominic Breazeale and Artur Szpilka are the three opponents being seriously considered for IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin's first title defense. Martin is expected to face one of those three foes sometime late in April, according to a source close to the situation. The date, site and network have not yet been determined.
In a sudden turn of events, promoter Andrei Ryabinski of World of Boxing - who promote Alexander Povetkin (30-1, 22 KOs) - now believes WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (36-0, 35 KOs) is going to vacate his world title to pursue another championship path.
Olympic gold medal winner Anthony Joshua (15-0, 15KOs) is about to be offered a world title eliminator against veteran Carlos Takam (33-2-1, 25KOs). The IBF has stated that a final eliminator is going to be offered to both men, with the winner moving forward to take on newly crowned champion Charles Martin.
Polish heavyweight contender Artur Szpilka (20-2, 15 KOs) has returned home. He will rest and then undergo surgery on his injured hand. After that, rehabilitation awaits and then he returns to the ring.
Showtime kicked off its 2016 season of boxing coverage with a January 16 heavyweight doubleheader live from Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. In the main event, Deontay Wilder celebrated his one-year anniversary as a heavyweight titlist with a 9th round knockout of Artur Szpilka. Opening the telecast, Charles Martin claimed a vacant belt in anti-climactic fashion when Vyacheslavez tore apart his right knee in round three and was unable to continue.
Brand new IBF Heavyweight Champion "Prince" Charles Martin (23-0-1, 21 KOs) should be on cloud nine. In just his seventh year of boxing and slightly over third as a professional, Martin already finds himself the sixth southpaw to have ever won a heavyweight championship after scoring a TKO 3 over Ukrainian top contender Vyacheslav Glazkov last Saturday night, January 16, at the Barclay's Center in New York