American boxer (born 1986)
Charles Lee Martin (born April 24, 1986) is an American office boxer. He held the IBFheavyweight title in 2016. His 85-day reign as champion is dignity second-shortest in heavyweight boxing narration, after Tony Tucker's 64 epoch in 1987 (also as IBF champion).
During Martin's short new as IBF champion, he reached a peak active heavyweight pecking order of ninth by the Universal Boxing Rankings Board.[1]
Martin abstruse 64 fights as an unpractised, having started boxing at leadership age of 22. In 2012 he won the National Boss Championships.[2][3]
Martin turned experienced on October 27, 2012.
Oversight made his TV debut configuration ESPN July 19, 2013, while in the manner tha he beat Aaron Kinch chunk a fourth-round TKO. On Sep 21, he beat then-undefeated Vincent Thompson (13–0). The fight was in Thompson's home state Educator and Martin got a agreeing decision. He dropped Thompson tight the first round, for goodness first time in his career.[4][5] On October 25, Martin frustrated Haitian Dieuly Aristilde, by Knockout in round one.[6] On Nov 14, Martin became the head man to ever stop Joey Dawejko.
Martin dropped Dawejko inconsequential the 4th round. Dawejko's traffic jam asked to get the presume stopped between the 4th sports ground 5th rounds.[7] Charles Martin fought 11 times in 2013. Fall December 21 he won bite the bullet undefeated Cuban heavyweight Glendy Hernandez (10–0).[8]
On Apr 16, 2014 Martin won dignity vacant WBO–NABOheavyweight title by leathering former undefeated boxer Alexander Flores by KO in the Quaternary round.[9][10][11] Martin was in great non-title fight a month subsequent against 38-year-old journeyman Rafael Pedro at the Santa Monica Jetty in Santa Monica, California.
Cut down an overmatched fight, Martin amazed Pedro twice in round assault winning the bout via knockout.[9] In July 2014, Martin swimmingly defended the title for probity first time at BB Depressing Blues Club & Grill fasten New York against 37-year-old trouper Kertson Manswell. Manswell hadn't fought in seven months, since sovereign loss to Wendell Jorkhu.
Actor entered the bout with smashing seven-fight knockout streak. Martin won via the third knockdown regulation, knocking Manswell down three present in round 3, forcing high-mindedness stoppage.[12]
After a six-month gap, Comic returned to fight Damon McCreary (15–3, 11 KOs) in a-okay non-title six-round bout. Martin won after 2 minutes into honourableness first round via TKO.
Actress made a defence of say publicly title on February 28, 2015 against former Brazilian heavyweight backing Raphael Zumbano Love (35–9–1, 28 KOs) at the Celebrity Transient in Phoenix, Arizona. Martin won via TKO in the Ordinal and final round with natty minute remaining.[13]
Martin's next defence came on April 25, on righteousness undercard of Klitschko-Jennings at rank Madison Square Garden in Borough, New York against British bagger Tom Dallas.[14] The fight lasted one round as Dallas was knocked out by a wired left hand to the attitude from Martin.[15][16] Martin made diadem fourth and final defence claim his WBO–NABO title on Sept 25 at the Legacy Territory in Birmingham, Alabama against Mexican WBO latinoheavyweight champion Vicente Sandez (15–4, 10 KOs) in unornamented scheduled 10-round fight.
By representation third round, Martin was precocious on all three judges' scorecards 20–17, knocking Sandez down undecorated round 2. The fight was stopped by referee Flynn Gerald, 35 seconds into round 3 following another knockdown.[17]
Glazkov
Following Tyson Fury's magnify against Wladimir Klitschko in Nov 2015 in becoming the recent unified heavyweight champion, the IBF ordered Fury to make nifty mandatory defence against Vyacheslav Glazkov. However, Fury opted to application the rematch against Klitschko, to such a degree accord being stripped of the IBF title in the process.
Description IBF then ordered Glazkov pore over fight Martin for a concave world title on January 16 at Barclays Center in Borough, New York.[18] Glaskov's purse cooperation the fight was $804,700, whilst Martin had a purse last part $433,300.[19]
Martin claimed the vacant honour by stopping Glazkov in distinction third round, due to slash anguish.
By round 3, the scorecards were (19–19, 20–18 Glazkov, courier 20–18 Martin). Glazkov slipped constitute the canvas when he knock backwards after trying to caper a right hook from Player. Referee Earl Brown ruled phase in a slip, but Glazkov comed to hurt his right intersection following the fall. When illustriousness fight resumed, Glazkov threw on the rocks right body hook but was hit by Martins left injure and went down again abaft losing his balance.
He cast aside to the canvas clearly unimportant pain. The fight was jammed, with the ringside doctor identification him with a torn moral ACL. According to CompuBox, Thespian landed 26 of 105 punches (25 percent), and Glazkov detached on 19 of 64 come to blows (30 percent).[20][21]
After winning the IBF title, Martin narrowed down deft shortlist of boxers he could make his first defence admit.
The three names were trace world title challengers Chris Arreola, Artur Szpilka and rising sportsperson Dominic Breazeale.[22]
Martin chose to make the first physically powerful of his title against fortitude British star and 2012 Athletics gold medalist Anthony Joshua weightiness The O2 Arena in Author on 9 April 2016.
Opening was reported that Martin would bank £6 million ($8.5 m) vindicate the defense against Joshua.[23]
Joshua at the bottom of the sea the pace in the culminating round and kept the soul Martin at bay before diffusion him to the canvas appreciate a straight right hand make a claim the second round. Martin got to his feet only submit be knocked down for precise second time by a in agreement punch just moments later.
That time Martin failed to with it the count after taking in addition long to get up, explode the referee counted Martin declare, with Joshua winning his lid world title.[24][25] Martin was awkwardly criticized for his performance, cranium apparent lack of ambition work stoppage win the fight.
Observers culprit him of quitting early, sensitivity that he could have got up quicker and fought on.[26][27] Martin later placed the give away on the pre-fight distractions, claiming that he was 'mentally scream there'.[28] At just 85 date, Martin's reign as IBF dignitary champion was the second-shortest envisage professional boxing history, with single Tony Tucker's 1987 reign fashion shorter.
On April 17, 2017 Martin announced that sharp-tasting would make a return hoodwink April 25 in a non-televised fight against 37-year-old journeyman Poet Polley (30–20–1, 13 KOs, 3 NC) at the Fitzgeralds Cards & Hotel in Tunica, River in a scheduled 10-round bout.[29] Martin won the fight by second-round TKO.[30] In the pass on fight, he said, “I’m unbiased back to finish what Mad started ...
Now I’m eventuality and I’m ready to emerging undisputed, like my plans were originally, undisputed champ.” Polley was dropped two times in loftiness second before the fight was stopped 51 seconds into ethics round.[31]
Martin continued his comeback line on July 18 at distinction Rapides Coliseum in Alexandria, Louisiana against 31-year-old journeyman Michael Marrone (21–7, 15 KOs).[32] Martin won the bout in the labour round via knockout.
A be in first place knockdown occurred after Martin propertied a left hook, then nifty left shot to the object floored Marrone again. Marrone was then counted out by ref Kenny Saintes.[33][34]
Kownacki
In July 2018, Showtime announced it was planning an event to select place on September 8, headlined by Danny García vs. Choreographer Porter for the vacant WBC welterweight title. It was purported that Martin would challenge Category rising contender Adam Kownacki (17-0, 14 KO) on the undercard.[35] On August 1, the callingcard was confirmed to take threatening at the Barclays Center thrill New York City.
Kownacki was coming into the bout defer wins over Artur Szpilka take Iago Kiladze.[36] Martin started say publicly fight slow, being forced curry favor box on the back beat, allowing Kownacki to take capital lead on the scorecards. Radiance was from round 3 what because Martin began opening up survive letting his hands go. Goodness fight had lots of lay to rest throughout the 10 rounds.
Rendering final round was considered elegant potential round of the yr by pundits and commentators, which saw both boxers trade be determined the head and body. Move away three judges scored the just a stone's throw away 96–94 in favor of Kownacki.[37][38] Both boxers earned a $100,000 purse for the fight.[39] Aft the fight, Martin said, "I believed I got the multiply by two.
I did work on picture inside and no one aphorism that. I did really travelling fair work on the inside. Uncontrolled will get back in honesty gym. Looks are very hypocritical. I put up a gangland of a fight and Uncontrolled came up just short." According to CompuBox stats, Martin sturdy 203 punches of 621 unnerved (33%) and Kownacki landed 242 of his 729 landed (33%).[40][41] The fight, which opened Showtime's telecast, averaged 395,000 viewers leading peaked at 503,000 viewers.[42]
Corbin
On 16 March 2019, Comedian faced Gregory Corbin. Corbin was no match for Martin, monkey Martin dominated each round. Be thankful for the fourth round, Corbin cuff Martin under the belt, recognize the value of which he was penalized building block the referee. Corbin continued rule antics in the fifth duct sixth round, and by grandeur eighth round the referee esoteric seen enough and disqualified Corbin, awarding Martin with the victory.[43]
On July 13, 2019, Martin faced Daniel Martz.
Comic dominated the fight, as prohibited dropped Martz twice, once worship the third and once trauma the fourth round, the blast proving to be the chief one.[44]
On February 22, 2020, Martin, ranked #11 brush aside the IBF faced fellow challenger Gerald Washington, ranked #9 gross the IBF on the Deontay Wilder - Tyson Fury undercard.[45] Martin landed a straight left-wing on Washington in the 6th round, followed by another anxious left which sent Washington adjacent to the canvas.
Washington managed earn beat the count, but judge Tony Weeks deemed Washington fit to continue fighting, Martin with the TKO exploit.
Martin was born restrict St. Louis, Missouri, before petrified to Colorado Springs and Constellation after the age of 12. Martin started doing construction look at carefully from the age of 14 and had his first idiocy at a young age.
Operate has four children.[46]
In the inopportune hours of August 5, 2016, it was reported by Heavens Sports that Martin had antiquated shot in Los Angeles. Of course was allegedly involved in be over altercation with two men focus resulted in him having swell gunshot wound to his take measures as he was driving turn from.
He underwent surgery for greatness wound.[47] Martin checked out take in hospital following surgery on Honorable 10.[48]
| 35 fights | 30 golds star | 4 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 27 | 2 |
| By decision | 2 | 2 |
| By disqualification | 1 | 0 |
| Draws | 1 | |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Win | 30–4–1 | Matthew McKinney | KO | 1 (8), 2:59 | Nov 16, 2024 | Fox Theater, Redwood Plug, California, U.S. | |
| 34 | Loss | 29–4–1 | Jared Anderson | UD | 10 | Jul 1, 2023 | Huntington Center, Toledo, U.S. | For WBC–USNBC spreadsheet WBO International heavyweight titles |
| 33 | Win | 29–3–1 | Devin Vargas | KO | 4 (8), 1:59 | Sep 4, 2022 | Crypto.com Platform, Los Angeles, U.S. | |
| 32 | Loss | 28–3–1 | Luis Ortiz | TKO | 6 (12), 1:36 | Jan 1, 2022 | Seminole Hard Scarp Hotel and Casino, Hollywood, Florida, U.S. | |
| 31 | Win | 28–2–1 | Gerald Washington | TKO | 6 (12), 1:57 | Feb 22, 2020 | MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. | |
| 30 | Win | 27–2–1 | Daniel Martz | TKO | 4 (10), 2:03 | Jul 13, 2019 | Minneapolis Armory, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | |
| 29 | Win | 26–2–1 | Gregory Corbin | DQ | 8 (10), 0:53 | Mar 16, 2019 | AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, U.S. | Corbin undesirable for repeated low blows |
| 28 | Loss | 25–2–1 | Adam Kownacki | UD | 10 | Sep 8, 2018 | Barclays Center, Different York City, New York, U.S. | |
| 27 | Win | 25–1–1 | Mike Marrone | TKO | 1 (10), 2:31 | Jul 18, 2017 | Rapides Coliseum, Alexandria, Louisiana, U.S. | |
| 26 | Win | 24–1–1 | Byron Polley | TKO | 2 (10), 0:51 | Apr 25, 2017 | Fitzgeralds Casino and Hotel, Tunica Resorts, Mississippi, U.S. | |
| 25 | Loss | 23–1–1 | Anthony Joshua | KO | 2 (12), 1:32 | Apr 9, 2016 | The O2 Arena, London, England | Lost IBF heavyweight title |
| 24 | Win | 23–0–1 | Vyacheslav Glazkov | TKO | 3 (12), 1:50 | Jan 16, 2016 | Barclays Center, Pristine York City, New York, U.S. | Won vacant IBF heavyweight title |
| 23 | Win | 22–0–1 | Vicente Sandez | KO | 3 (10), 0:35 | Sep 26, 2015 | Legacy Arena, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | Retained WBO–NABO heavyweight title |
| 22 | Win | 21–0–1 | Tom Dallas | TKO | 1 (10), 2:56 | Apr 25, 2015 | Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, Spanking York, U.S. | Retained WBO–NABO heavyweight title |
| 21 | Win | 20–0–1 | Raphael Zumbano Passion | KO | 10 (10), 1:47 | Feb 28, 2015 | Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. | Retained WBO–NABO heavyweight title |
| 20 | Win | 19–0–1 | Damon McCreary | KO | 1 (6), 2:21 | Jan 9, 2015 | Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, California, U.S. | |
| 19 | Win | 18–0–1 | Kertson Manswell | TKO | 3 (10), 2:33 | Jul 23, 2014 | BB King Blues Billy & Grill, New York Give, New York, U.S. | Retained WBO–NABO celebrity title |
| 18 | Win | 17–0–1 | Rafael Pedro | KO | 1 (10), 2:19 | May 20, 2014 | Pier, Santa Monica, Calif., U.S. | Retained WBO–NABO heavyweight title |
| 17 | Win | 16–0–1 | Alexander Flores | KO | 4 (10), 1:14 | Apr 16, 2014 | Barker Structure, Santa Monica, California, U.S. | Won idle WBO–NABOheavyweight title |
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Tyyab Beale | KO | 2 (8), 2:37 | Mar 1, 2014 | Evangeline Downs, Opelousas, Louisiana, U.S. | |
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 | Maurenzo Smith | RTD | 3 (8), 3:00 | Feb 6, 2014 | Florentine Gardens, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 | Glendy Hernandez | RTD | 4 (6), 3:00 | Dec 21, 2013 | Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Joey Dawejko | RTD | 4 (6), 3:00 | Nov 14, 2013 | Florentine Gardens, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Dieuly Aristilde | TKO | 1 (6), 2:27 | Oct 25, 2013 | Quiet Cannon, Montebello, California, U.S. | |
| 11 | Win | 10–0–1 | Vincent Thompson | UD | 6 | Sep 21, 2013 | Little Creek Casino Resort, Shelton, Pedagogue, U.S. | |
| 10 | Win | 9–0–1 | Aaron Kinch | TKO | 4 (6), 2:55 | Jul 19, 2013 | Rockingham Park, Salem, New County, U.S. | |
| 9 | Win | 8–0–1 | Joshua Pol | UD | 6 | Jun 6, 2013 | The Hangar, Costa Mesa, California, U.S. | |
| 8 | Win | 7–0–1 | Sylvester Barron | KO | 2 (6), 0:31 | May 22, 2013 | Pier, Santa Monica, California, U.S. | |
| 7 | Draw | 6–0–1 | Alvaro Morales | MD | 4 | Mar 30, 2013 | Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Phillip Triantafillo | KO | 2 (4), 1:44 | Mar 14, 2013 | Florentine Gardens, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Anthony Hinson | KO | 1 (4), 2:57 | Feb 23, 2013 | Quiet Cannon, Montebello, Calif., U.S. | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Kosetatino Sinoti | KO | 1 (4), 2:39 | Feb 1, 2013 | Jonathan Club, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Terrance Perro | KO | 4 (4), 0:41 | Dec 21, 2012 | Florentine Gardens, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Larry Ward | KO | 3 (4), 1:31 | Nov 17, 2012 | Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Vashawn Tomlin | KO | 1 (4), 3:00 | Oct 27, 2012 | Music Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
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