Charles Martin offered Anthony Joshua fight on April 9th.

Of course I'll give him credit- I've never been one to duck or make excuses if a fighter proves me wrong. Nobody bats 1.000 on these things, and only a fool tricks himself into thinking he can. I've got nothing against Joshua, and i like the excitement he brings. I think the picks for this particular fight show a classic case of hype, based on some great qualities, masking some genuine issues.

I'm not sold on Anthony's chin or conditioning/pacing just yet, nor am I sold on his experience against big southpaws. Does that mean he can't prove me wrong? Of course not. But I think Charles is getting sold way short here.

And I'm sure Martin will be just as clean as Joshua for the fight.

 

I've saw the interview as well, he said that Martin had decent power actually...

 

The inevitable outscome is Joshua inside the distance, but the fight won't happen, because

1- Joshua doesn't want the belt and what it would imply so soon;
2- Martin doesn't want to lose his belt and what it imply so soon.

 

Yet, he could just fight off Martin and wait a whole year to take on his mandatory - in which only Joseph Parker looks dangerous at the moment. Joseph could very well go for the Wilder-route instead, if Joshua became the new IBF-beltholder.

It depends on the Money, why lose to some low drawing opponent instead of cash out big time against Joshua?

 

Funny how you say Martin has only fought cans. Glazkov would be AJ's best win. :rofl

Whyte is a nobody and everyone knew he would lose. Glazkov/Martin was thought to be a closer match-up.

 

Glazkov would also be Martin's best win too.

 

Martins footwork and movement is terrible!

AJ in 5!

 

in fairness martin didn't really beat glazkov he blew he's knee out in a freak accident, I don't count that as a win

could you imagine how anti climantic rocky would have been if rocky won because Apollo tore he's acl in the first round

 

People saying nobody knows how hard martin hits?

martin took 10 rounds to stop Raphael Zumbano Love
joshua took 2!

 

That's one of the things that really stuck out for me when I first saw him. He's hardly light of foot and his placement and balance is awful. He all too often has his feet too close so his centre of gravity is too high and it just looks like he's standing there waiting for a bus not in a ring as a boxer. His chin is way up in the air when he does that as well.

He just looks way too hittable for me to really cause trouble for Joshua. He has a punchers chance of course but even then I doubt he hits any harder than Whyte. Likely not even that hard, while he has a high KO percentage it's against guys that everyone knocks out.

 

Yes and he basically blitzed Zumbano Love with barrage after barrage in the 10th to force that stoppage. He can one punch KO guys with glass chins but even guys like Zumbano Love who have some durability he has to throw the kitchen sink at them to force a stoppage the difference in power his huge.

 

im glad to see we're on the same page mate :yep

 

Charles Martin was disrespectfully saying that Joshua was scared to fight him in the UK just a couple of days ago.

The time has come for Charles Martin to back up his talk. No excuses. There is no mandatory, not anything preventing Martin from fighting Joshua now. If Martin runs for the hills now, he will pretty much confirm that he is a fraud titlist which is what pretty much everyone has thought of him ever since he won the IBF belt.