CHARLES MARTIN nonetheless carries the purpose of profitable one other heavyweight belt.
In his twenty fourth battle the American received the IBF’s model seven years in the past with a third-round stoppage win towards Vyacheslav Glazkov. That win put him within the crosshairs of Anthony Joshua and his promoter Eddie Hearn who had been in search of a bit of the pie themselves.
Three months later Martin was in London to make his first defence towards the 2012 Olympic gold medallist. Halfway via spherical two the reign of ‘Prince Charles’ was over, and Britain had a brand new boxing hero.
Seven years on Martin 29-3-1 (26) is getting ready to tackle rising heavyweight star Jared Anderson. High Rank are backing Anderson to go all the best way, and lots of agree that the Toledo expertise has what it takes to disrupt the highest tier in boxing’s largest division.
In January 2022 Martin misplaced to perennial contender Luis Ortiz and is now tasked with ruining Anderson’s homecoming at Toledo’s Huntington Centre on July 1. The 37-year-old was introduced in as a alternative for authentic opponent Zhan Kossobutskiy after the Kazakh was pressured to withdraw due to visa points.
Anderson is an amazing favorite to beat Martin and can look to make it 15 out of 15 early finishes in entrance of his residence followers. If the veteran is to fulfil his ambitions of profitable one other heavyweight strap, then a win towards Anderson is a should.
“I’ve all the time stated I’ll battle anybody, wherever, anytime,” Martin stated.
“If I’ve to battle on lower than two weeks’ discover to get a giant alternative, so be it. I’m prepared. And since I can’t get the perfect guys from my technology to battle me, I’ll battle the perfect man from the brand new technology. My purpose is to grow to be a two-time heavyweight champion. I’ve to beat Jared Anderson to perform my purpose.”
