Comments Thread For: Anthony Joshua: Martin Could Have Got Up, He Didn't Want To!

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Olympic gold medal winner Anthony Joshua (16-0, 16KOs) became a major play in the heavyweight division last Saturday night in London.

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[nycsmooth]

This guy needs much more seasoning as his rival just quit...still the weakest division in box...

[LOCOMEX89]

Finally saw the replay of the fight. Not sure what to think of it.

Joshua looks impressive. Looks to be the real deal. But Martin looked to be overrated and looked like a paper champion.

So I look forward to seeing Joshua again and he's a force to be reckoned with.

[OctoberRed]

Martin looked terrible and I felt that he did take a dive

[SUBZER0ED]

Martin looked terrible and I felt that he did take a dive

Nah, he got dropped twice in the space of 25 seconds, by a big right hand. He may not have been stumbling around, but his bell was thoroughly rung. Besides that, he is just not very good.

[Eff Pandas]

There is for sure an argument that Martin didn't wanna continue. Maybe its correct, maybe its not. Only Martin knows for sure.

And if that is the case I can't hate on Martin too much. Guys get criticized for "quitting" before you take your full a$$ beating, but f#ck that noise. I contend boxing can be such a dangerous sport that if a guy feels he doesn't have any chance to win or at least enough of a chance to win vs the potential unnecessary damage he could take that it should be more accepted by fans to quit.

I think its obvious with hindsight (& some had foresight) Martin was unprepared for the situation he was in. Whats the point in taking more shots to the head when you are in over your head like he was? I say there isn't one.

[Baltimore]

I agree with Joshua here

[NaijaD]

Martin looked terrible and I felt that he did take a dive

That wasn't a dive, see Wilder vs Scott for a perfect dive reference.

In this case Martin quit as he purposely tried to miss the count, I remember Monroe tried to do the same thing against GGG but the ref didn't wave it off so Monroe had to verbally quit.

[-PBP-]

Clearly. Martin's attitude was go a few rounds, see if he can score a KO, if he can't, just get out of there with his multi-million dollar payday.

He waited the 10 count and got up late to make it look like he didn't quit. Oldest trick in the book.

[sweetpea87]

I thought the same thing. He waited til 10 to get up then kind of acted like he wanted to continue, but I think that was more just to show he wasn't out right quitting. After those 2 knockdowns I don't think he was wanting to get completely knocked out.