Charles Martin Won The Lottery...

[joe strong]

He won the fights he was suppose to win. He never beat a guy in the top 30 to get a #2 ranking. The alphabet titles are pretty generous. The stars have all been aligned for this guy. Win or lose to Joshua he is in pretty good shape without having to fight anybody other than Glazkov. He could turn out to be a solid champion but how he got his belt is pretty lucky in my opinion. I'm sure there were not many guys lining up to fight a 6'5 southpaw much like Ortiz.

[Jubei]

That man has my respect. Chill guy who has some balls, travels to the UK and fights the most dangerous man in boxing. AJ is still pretty green so much better to fight him now than in a couple years.

[LacedUp]

Lol. The guy won 23 professional fights and worked his way up the IBF rankings. That ain't no lottery ticket. He would've been Wlad or Fury's mando at some point.

Well he's walking in as the champion against Joshua - on PPV. He's earning 10 times what he would for a mando shot, and let's face it - He maybe have to face Joshua or Takam or someone like that for a mandatory shot and he'd most likely lose.

So it's definitely fair to say he had a lottery ticket considering he didn't beat anyone recognizable at all.

[mathed]

People stay trying to keep Chuck down. He'll show them when he KO's Joshua

That'd be hilarious, seeing the AJ train come off da tracks.

[Eff Pandas]

LOL, but yea 100% correct. He's the luckiest guy in the sport at this moment.

He's such an underdog success story already & people are suggesting his doom is just around the corner that I'm kinda rooting for him like I used to do with the no-hopers Tyson would fight or the guys trying to beat Floyd or RJJ during there prime. It'd be a great story if the guy no one gave a f#ck about did some epic things. That said I can't see him getting far even if he gets past Joshua from what I've seen of him.

[ianjamsie]

Have you lot actually seen Martin fight?

The only way Martin beats Joshua is if Joshua does a Glazkov and injures himself.

The quality gap is extremely large.

[original zero]

Lol. The guy won 23 professional fights and worked his way up the IBF rankings. That ain't no lottery ticket. He would've been Wlad or Fury's mando at some point.

He was actually only #4 in the IBF rankings (#2 vacant, #3 Klitschko), but did achieve #1 in the WBO. So he would have been Fury's WBO mandatory.

[krazyn8tive]

Going into the Glazkov fight his best wins were over Vincent Thompson (13-0), Joey Dawejko, Glendy Hernandez (10-0), Alex Flores (14-0), Raphael Zumbano Love, Tom Dallas & Kertson Manswell. He beat 3 undefeated prospects as he was coming up & beat 4 decent journeymen. He even had a draw vs Blob punching bag Alvaro Morales. He got the #2 IBF ranking. Fury upsets Klitschko & vacates the IBF title leaving Glazkov & martin to fight for the vacant belt. He wins the title without needing the scorecards or a knockout blow. His first defence he signs to fight a 15 fight novice on PPV. He will collect a 7 digit check win or lose. That is the luckiest HW I have ever seen. If he beats Joshua he will be getting some big pay days against the elite fighters. Charles Martin is the luckiest man in boxing...

He already won the lottery with hits like trouble, yellow, in my place, warning sign, and the scientist. He's a hit maker.

[Boxing@2016]

If he beats Joshua than he will be a lucky guy. I don't think so he because AJ will manage to defeat him.

[Ray*]

It's not like the HW is swimming with talents, most of them are nothing to write home about, including all the belt holders.