Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua-Charles Martin in Serious Talks, Says Hearn

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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.

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[aldo5408]

Let's praise these two valiant warriors. Also martin could have just as easily defended again bums like Wilder

[OctoberRed]

Wow. Now that's a fight and either guy can win it.

[KrusherStan]

Wait a sec. A world champ is calling out AJ? Not the other way around? Never seen that, also Martin wants a lot of money when he challenged Joshua. Usually, the champ demands a ton of money when a challenge is a high risk, but he's the one calling out so Joshua should be demanding money, not Martin.

[EmmaJ]

Recently read an article that said Joshua makes 4 times what Deontay Wilder makes for a fight. This would put his purse in the $5 mil range. Surely they could pay Martin $2-3 mil to go over there and defend.

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AJ is gonna take over boxing.

[Scipio2009]

huh?

Recently read an article that said Joshua makes 4 times what Deontay Wilder makes for a fight. This would put his purse in the $5 mil range. Surely they could pay Martin $2-3 mil to go over there and defend.

Why would Matchroom ever pay Martin $2m-$3m when 1) Martin's biggest purse in life was $250k and 2) Anthony Joshua, at this point, could sell out the O2 and do ~300k on PPV against any heavyweight rated in the top 50? lol

[Grimmer]

Why would Matchroom ever pay Martin $2m-$3m when 1) Martin's biggest purse in life was $250k and 2) Anthony Joshua, at this point, could sell out the O2 and do ~300k on PPV against any heavyweight rated in the top 50? lol

Exactly.

Expect AJ's opponent to be Dereck Chisora, he ticks all the boxes.

[EmmaJ]

Because 1) Martin has a belt and 2) it's a probable way to get Joshua a title. Picture a possible unification down the road with Fury should he beat Klitschko in the rematch. Martin should be compensated for essentially going over to England to drop the title.

[HAY-B]

I've seen Martin box and I've seen Joshua box. Although neither has faced elite competition, my money is on Joshua. I really feel he's the 2nd coming of Lennox Lewis. He may even prove to better than Lewis. If he continues to grow in talent with experience I feel he could easily be the next ruler of the Heavyweight division. I'm just as high on him as I am Errol Spence. And I feel Spence could beat just about everyone at WW right now.
All business and politics aside, this fight is a step in the right direction for both fighters. I hope it gets made.