Charles Martin offered Anthony Joshua fight on April 9th.

AJ has no gas tank. Martin stops him late.

 

Martin's size vs Joshua's usual, exaggerated yet comfortable size advantage?

Martin's punch vs Joshua's chin?

Martin's timing vs Joshua's lack of head movement?

Martin's patience vs Joshua's stamina?


I would still favor Joshua but you could also put out strong arguments for Martin as well.

 

I agree. Another British Champion for sure if this happens.

 

After round two Joshua is breathing hard, mouth open as Martin connects with three more solid body shots.
Joshua doesn't like it at all to the body which Martin has been targeting since round 1.
As Martin connects again to the belly with a strong jab, Joshua tries to retaliate with a wild left hook that misses but Martin throws his own left hook that is shorter and it crushes against Joshua's jaw.

The O2 crowd goes as silent as prayer service as Joshua slowly falls face first to the canvas. At the sound of the crash as Joshua's limp body hits the canvas the O2 crowd is on their feet and unleashes a torrent of empty and half full beer and ale canisters at the ring.

Martin KO Rd 3

 

True, he can be a bit bias but if you check the Kirk´s League, the dude is a beast.

I don´t think Martin is going to KO Joshua but i will not bet on Joshua either. He´s just really wild, goes gunz blazing and drops his hands a lot.
Martin, who seems to be a counter-puncher by nature, could possibly have a field-day.

 

I honestly don't know. But I'll guess at Anthony Joshua 7th round stoppage.

 

"Lots of talk about Charles Martin-Anthony Joshua for April but as of right now it's absolutely not done at all. I'm told not even close yet."

per Large Dan

 

Joshua looks far the superior fighter to me. Faster, better jab, better technique, more power, better foot work etc. If it happens I'd have AJ a strong favourite.

But I am surprised that they are going for the title so soon, but I guess it's not often you have such a weak champion holding a belt. Prior to the Glazkov fight Martin's record was unremarkable and would be the kind of fighter you'd expect Joshua would be looking at to pad his record, the fact he has a title is a big bonus.

 

if martin offered it, the question then is does joshua have enough sack to face the martin juggernaut. if he does, he'd better invest in knee braces, martin misses with knee destroying power.