POLL: Did Charles Martin QUIT or was it a BAD STOPPAGE?

[big_james10]

He quit.

It was even a long count to begin with.

How can anyone cry and think otherwise?

Martin got hit with two punches and went down from both of them. It doesn't matter because, if the fight had continued, Martin was going to get KO'd anyway.

[paulf]

Fucking both.

[Guest]

Martin just said in a post-fight interview that he timed the count wrong. Because the ref went to guide Joshua towards the neutral corner, when he got back to Martin the count was at 6, Martin took a deep breath and then mistimed the count.

He can say that, but the ref was using his hands to motion as well.

[sicko]

This is the annoying thing people calling him world champion. It's a paper title and it's more of a paper title than literally any title in any other division pretty much. Charles Martin is probably not a top 50 heavyweight, and the heavyweight division is weak past about number 5. There can only be one world champion per division and in the HW it's Fury at the moment.

OK call him a Paper Champion if that makes you feel better he is not the one who stripped Fury. Joshua took care of business!

[Eff Pandas]

It reminded me of that Ruelas brother stoppage from back in the day. I feel like Martin was looking to get up on 9, but miss timed it or something. He seemed like he could continue, but if the ref gets to 10 you're done. Not that I think it would have mattered. Joshua put him down then put him down within seconds a second time. I suspect a third knockdown was on the way that would have ended things or basically ended things was coming if the ref didn't stop it.

[No Tomorrow]

If anybody is watching Sky Sports, Martin himself just admitted to mis-timing the count and getting up late.

That confirms what I thought.

[SN!PER]

Martin was gifted the title from an injured Glazkov.

He had no experience, no skills, and no answers to Joshua's weapons.

[El-blanco]

The guy is a b1tch who took the most lucrative fight out. He wasn't trying to win.

[stefl14]

OK call him a Paper Champion if that makes you feel better he is not the one who stripped Fury. Joshua took care of business!

He took care of business. But he doesn't deserve hype until he beats someone relevant. I don't dislike Joshua and think he's got the potential to be great. What I do dislike is all the hype he's getting before beating anyone notable. In the UK he's seen as the next ****ing Ali from the way people talk.

[deathofaclown]

Nah it was the classic getting up at 10 and pretend you wanted to carry on.

One of the oldest tricks in the book.