The Thompson - price fight is a nice example because David was at a similar stage in his career as Joshua . Knocking everyone out, had the country behind him and afew doubts over his chin from his amateur days but not really tested as a pro.
Then he fights a tall American, not in great shape but a southpaw with respectable punch who likes to pick his spots.......
Could history be repeating itself. You could almost say Martin is a lazy fighter but that translates into him not doing anything stupid early on or take any risks whilst josh is at his most dangerous. I saw Martin getting a 10th round stoppage over some club fighter on YouTube, the finish was abit messy and he was throwing arm punches but again Thompson didn't look good when he opened up but it's effective. Its a tick in the box that Martin knows he can go late and prevail and of the two I think he has a tighter gameplan more so than Joshua
If Joshua wins this he deserves full credit. Martin is an awkward nights work for a 15 fight novice and if josh does has his hand raised we shouldn't forget he just beat an unbeaten world champ which is a big statement
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