Serious question: is this a 'cash out' for martin or a 'semi cash out' for Joshua

I don't think it's a cash out at all.

 

Yes.

Martin is probably looking at the IBF top 15, and doesn't fancy his chances v any of them. Therefore he took the biggest payday. :deal

 

It's a good fight for both men. This is the type of match up boxing should be based around. Fights that are genuine contests.

There's no "cash out". On Martin's part taking the biggest payday offered is not the same as being cashed out. ON Joshua's part, taking on a genuine top 10 fighter is not a cash out.

The only thing that sours it is the ridiculous "world title" tag on it.
The British public will be fooled into believing Joshua is the world champion if he wins this fight.

 

I think it's a bit of both.

On the one hand, Martin won't make that money against another HW and he knows he's in for a short reign anyway, so he's making the most of it.

On the other hand, The only way to keep AJ going as a PPV star is to make big fights, and that wasn't going to happen fighting for a euro belt.

Good question. :good

 

How can it be a cash out fight for Joshua? He is 15-0, with 15 knockouts, is already a PPV fighter and sells out arenas having not even gone past the British title level. If anything they could continue to milk him dry by facing Euro level fighters, instead they've identified a great chance to win a title and gone for it.

Idiotic to even begin to think it might be a cash out by him.

 

Charles Martin is not the world champion. Fury is.
I flattered him to call Martin a genuine top 10 fighter. That's debatable.

 

Does that mean Carl Frampton isn't a world champ? Pre Rigo being stripped of course.

 

That's not a "cash out" though. Just a genuine meaningful fight with both fighters taking some risk to help their careers along.

Obviously genuine meaningful contests have become so unusual in the world of hyped British fighters that people are getting confused when they see one made.

I'm not saying this will be a good fight, or even a competitive one. I don't know. But on paper it makes sense.

 

I don't know, I haven't followed that division. I doubt it though. Just a Brit with a belt in a minor division.
As I understand it Rigo was champion, wasn't he ?

 

If it was a cash out he would be boxing Fury

 

I think it's a blatant cash out by Martin's handlers but not Charles Martin himself, he probably genuinely believes he will win this fight & he will need to take that confidence into the ring with him otherwise he won't get past the 3rd round.

 

It's simply good maneuvering by Joshua's people. They see a Martin fight as the least line of resistance to a belt.
The only other options are Fury and Wilder which at this stage are both high risk.
He'll win the belt defend against a couple of tomato cans convincing the great British public that he's world champion, then see what the lie of the land is in a year or 18 months time regarding Wilder and Fury.