Who won Martin vs Joshua?

Anthony Joshua beat Charles Martin by knockout in the 2nd round on Saturday 9th April 2016 at The O2 Arena in London.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant there was no weight limit.

This contest was for the IBF heavyweight championship of the world.

Martin vs Joshua stats

Charles Martin stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 23 wins, zero loses and 1  draw, 21 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Anthony Joshua made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 15 wins and 0 draws, with 15 of those by knock out.

The stats suggested Joshua had a slight advantage in power over Martin, with a 100% knock out percentage over Martin's 91%.

Charles Martin was the older man by 3 years, at 36 years old.

Joshua had a height advantage of 1 inch over Martin. That also extended to a 2-inch reach advantage.

Charles Martin fought out of the southpaw stance, while Anthony Joshua was an orthodox fighter.

Martin's experience as a professional fighter was relatively equal to Joshua's, having had 9 more fights, and made his debut in 2012, 11 months earlier than Joshua, whose first professional fight was in 2013. He had fought 21 less professional rounds, 115 to Joshua's 136.

Martin vs Joshua form

Anthony Joshua had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had beat Wladimir Klitschko on 29th April 2017 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBA Super World Heavyweight and IBF World Heavyweight championship fight at Wembley Stadium, London, United Kingdom.

Previous to that, he had beat Eric Molina on 10th December 2016 by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their IBF World Heavyweight championship fight at Manchester Arena, Manchester.

Going into that contest, he had won against Dominic Breazeale on 25th June 2016 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their IBF World Heavyweight championship fight at The O2 Arena, London.

Before that, he had beat Charles Martin on 9th April 2016 by knockout in the 2nd round in their IBF World Heavyweight championship fight at The O2 Arena, London.

He had defeated Dillian Whyte on 12th December 2015 by technical knockout in the 7th round in their CBC Commonwealth Heavyweight and BBBOC British Heavyweight championship fight at The O2 Arena, London.

Activity check

Martin's last 4 fights had come over a period of 8 years and 21 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 17 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 4.3 rounds on average.

Joshua's last 5 fights had come over a period of 7 years, 3 months and 9 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 5 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Martin vs Joshua?

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