Charles Martin: record, next fight and profile →
A rare Sunday night boxing telecast will feature more than 500 pounds worth of heavyweights in its main event. Former unified heavyweight titlist Andy Ruiz and two-time title challenger Luis Ortiz put the scales to work during Saturday’s official weigh-in ahead of their WBC semifinal title eliminator. Ruiz (34-2, 22KOs) checked in at 268 ¾ pounds,
Eight months after he nearly knocked out Luis Ortiz, Charles Martin will return to the ring on Ortiz’s undercard. BoxingScene.com has learned that the former IBF heavyweight champion has been added to the non-televised portion of the pay-per-view card that’ll feature Ortiz and Andy Ruiz Jr. in the main event September 4 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Martin (28-3-1, 25 KOs) is scheduled to face Devin Vargas (22-7, 9 KOs) in a 10-round fight designed to keep Martin busy while he pursues a bigger fight.
Former IBF heavyweight champion Charles Martin is ready to get back on the horse and chase down a big fight in his division. Back in January, Martin was involved in a six round shootout with dangerous Cuban puncher Luis Ortiz.
The process to secure an opponent for Filip Hrgovic is creeping closer to the one heavyweight on record who is willing to accept the assignment. BoxingScene.com has learned that former titlists Murat Gassiev and Andy Ruiz Jr. are the latest to decline an invitation to enter talks for an IBF title eliminator with Croatia’s Hrgovic. Gassiev and Ruiz were required to inform the New Jersey-based sanctioning body by January 21 as to whether they were available to pursue such a fight, though both cited injury rehabilitation as the cause for their lack of availability. The IBF has yet to confirm the removal of Gassiev and Ruiz Jr. from the process or whether a similar approach will be taken of contacting two heavyweights at a time. The latter would mean that Australia’s Demsey McKean (20-0, 13KOs) and China’s Zhilei Zhang (21-0-1, 13KOs) are on deck.
Don’t expect trainer Manny Robles to send a holiday greeting card anytime soon to the referee who presided over the Luis Ortiz-Charles Martin heavyweight bout.
Former IBF heavyweight champion 'Prince' Charles Martin is ready to get back on the horse after suffering the third defeat of his career last Saturday night in Hollywood, Florida.
By Corey Erdman - Every generation of heavyweight boxing has its big men whose ultimate career achievements are simply winding up on a list of best fighters to not win a heavyweight title. The 60s and 70s had a litany of them, stuck behind a handful of all-time greats who ensured the likes of Jerry Quarry, Earnie Shavers, Jimmy Young and more never held the gold. The 90s had David Tua and Ike Ibeabuchi, memorable and thrilling fighters who for very different reasons never made it to the top.
Luis Ortiz refuses to throw in the towel. On Saturday night in Florida, King Kong defeated the dangerous Charles Martin, a former IBF world champion, by knockout in their International Boxing Federation heavyweight eliminator.
Top heavyweight Luis “King Kong” Ortiz scored a sixth-round stoppage of former heavyweight champion Charles Martin in a dramatic IBF title eliminator showdown that headlined a FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View Saturday night from Hard Rock Live at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
Ortiz, Martin Fight Photos - Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida - In an IBF heavyweight eliminator, Luis Ortiz (33-2, 28 KOs) overcame two knockdowns to blast out former champion Charles Martin (28-3-1, 25 KOs) in the sixth round. (photos by Ryan Hafey)