Former heavyweight titleholder Charles Martin made a triumphant return after a 16-month layoff, stopping Matthew McKinney in the first round Saturday night at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, California. The bout was promoted by Patrick Ragan’s Wests...
Charles Martin left the ring with a lot of respect for Jared Anderson the night of July 1. Martin determined after going 10 rounds with Anderson that the hard-hitting contender can become a heavyweight champion. The former IBF champ has an even firme...
Was he hurt? Or was Jared Anderson simply playing possum? From the outside looking in, it appeared as though Charles Martin had Anderson exactly where he wanted him. Although Anderson dominated for long stretches, Martin landed countless left hands i...
From his promoter’s perspective, Jared Anderson needed to experience what he went through against Charles Martin. The hard-hitting heavyweight contender had boxed beyond the fourth round only once in his first 14 professional fights and had stopped e...
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Charles Martin hopes his solid showing on short notice against Jared Anderson leads to another meaningful opportunity in his next fight. The former IBF heavyweight champion became the first professional opponent to take the vaunted Anderson the
No matter the trainer, the amateur pedigree, the ticket sales, or the indications of physical talent, every new prospect is a risk investment. Even when the most wizened boxing minds think they know, they don’t really know until some critical things...
Media pundits, diehards, and Jared Anderson’s fans had their own assumptions as to how his showdown against Charles Martin would play out. Yet, well before the opening bell officially rang, the 23-year-old knew he was in for a long and arduous night.
Charles Martin was not without his moments to pull off a big upset on short notice. The former IBF heavyweight titlist managed to briefly hurt Jared Anderson midway through their ten-round clash and again in the closing seconds. Anderson prevailed vi...
By Corey Erdman - Boxing has a handful of familiar career arcs, patterns that fighters’ careers tend to follow that can often reliably inform matchmaking. A common one is the former world champion fading, slowly working their way down the card from c...
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