Joshua vs Martin -- Plus Undercard.

[Primo Carnera]

Joshua will win comprehensively.

Martin will try and take him out in the later rounds and hope AJ is another Bruno. I think Joshua is world class even if he is fighting for an alphabet title too early.

you hope AJ is another lb4lb great?

No just another musclebound, no stamina, weak chinned one punch wonder.

Who you think will become World HW Champ with an early KO?
Wow! Seems like any fucker can be a World Champ nowadays. Just find the next bodybuilder off the streets.

[erics44]

Joshua will win comprehensively.

Martin will try and take him out in the later rounds and hope AJ is another Bruno. I think Joshua is world class even if he is fighting for an alphabet title too early.

you hope AJ is another lb4lb great?

No just another musclebound, no stamina, weak chinned one punch wonder.

don't wind me up master, I can box a bit myself you know

[Silkeyjoe]

I lumped on Joshua round 1 at 9/1. Think its great value. Can see Martin folding after getting hit once. Guess he cant believe his luck. World title shot against an injured opponent for a vacant title and now a massive payday. Chap has hit the jackpot win or lose.

[Mark TKO]

I really have no idea how good either is at world level - looking forward to finding out

I'll be putting a couple of bets on and may go for AJ in 2 and Martin in 9

[Fenster]

Most fans are so dazzled by "world title" they get blinded about substance. Martin is the guy having the new experience, he's never witnessed anything close to this attention or size of fight. AJ has a far stronger resume already (unless you want to count Glazkov getting kneecapped as legit) .

If Martin beats AJ it's because he's much better than he looks.

The way Martin stands upright, if he makes it out of the 3rd round he has a granite chin.

[IamInuit]

Joshua got wobbled when he fought the first close to half decent fighter he's fought and if the guy had been in shape Joshua could easily have lost. Haven't seen anything of Martin other than his last fight. The winner will still probably have a load of question marks over them going into their next fight.

From Martin jumping into this fight because it was his biggest possible payday I'm going to go with Joshua. But Martin will be fighting like he's got nothing to lose so anything could happen.

I think that plays huge in this and is being overlooked. Martin has this another day at the office/rastafarian/tranquil/lets just do it thing going on. Maybe its as simple as you say in that he's just glad to be getting what I assume is 7 figures. Perhaps its good enough for him to help out his family members and get himself free and clear but I dont know his situation. Maybe he's solid and flush. I think thats who he is and its a breath of fresh air. Like Fury but a from a different angle. I'd wager both men are like they are in real life. No act. The trash talk Martin has recently started is an act.

Joshua still plods around, cant jab a lick and imo still has a chin question. Martin has a heavy jab and seems to know which way to move to take advantage of being a southpaw to get that straight left in.
Sounds a bit like Audley Harrison LOL but its whats above the shoulders. I doubt Martin was sleeping in silk sheets at 20.

[ross]

I really have no idea how good either is at world level - looking forward to finding out

I'll be putting a couple of bets on and may go for AJ in 2 and Martin in 9

Dont think you will find that out this weekend either.

If 2 fighters who arent proven fight each other does the winner suddenly become world class?

[Mark TKO]

I suppose not but given the state of the heavies, if one of them annihilates the other, I'd say we have a world class level fighter (because the level at the moment is currently shit !)

[Britkid]

I like this fight because we don't know enough about either of them yet , Martin could fold like a s deck of cards , or land a powerful counter and its lights out for Joshua.
I'd prefer to sit on the fence, but if I had to pick a winner id say Joshua by ko3 .

That is how I see it; the only thing I would say is my pick would still be Aj in three, just off the floor to do so (covering all the bases!).

I do not think Matchroom would have made this if they were not as confident as they possibly could be that Joshua will win.

[Kirkland Laing]

Joshua got wobbled when he fought the first close to half decent fighter he's fought and if the guy had been in shape Joshua could easily have lost. Haven't seen anything of Martin other than his last fight. The winner will still probably have a load of question marks over them going into their next fight.

From Martin jumping into this fight because it was his biggest possible payday I'm going to go with Joshua. But Martin will be fighting like he's got nothing to lose so anything could happen.

I think that plays huge in this and is being overlooked. Martin has this another day at the office/rastafarian/tranquil/lets just do it thing going on. Maybe its as simple as you say in that he's just glad to be getting what I assume is 7 figures. Perhaps its good enough for him to help out his family members and get himself free and clear but I dont know his situation. Maybe he's solid and flush. I think thats who he is and its a breath of fresh air. Like Fury but a from a different angle. I'd wager both men are like they are in real life. No act. The trash talk Martin has recently started is an act.

Joshua still plods around, cant jab a lick and imo still has a chin question. Martin has a heavy jab and seems to know which way to move to take advantage of being a southpaw to get that straight left in.
Sounds a bit like Audley Harrison LOL but its whats above the shoulders. I doubt Martin was sleeping in silk sheets at 20.

I read Martin is getting three and a half million dollars. That's not a big amount if you're confident of being able to defend against mandatories and then make a US fight against Wilder or somebody similar so they're either really confident they can beat Joshua (and they can't really be) or they're just cashing in.

Anything could happen in this fight from an early KO for either guy to both guys knocking each other down. We could end up with more questions than answers over the winner than there are now. I wasn't really interested in this fight or the Pacquaio fight but now I am at least interested in this fight, the Manny fight is only interesting if Manny has slid so much he's beatable. I'm away at the weekend and am trying to make arrangements to watch the Joshua fight now.

[Master]

$3.5 million is a lot of money.

[smashup]

I see a fighter with good power but absolutely no defence at all, low low hands and a chin stuck up in the air waiting to be hit.
AJ KO round 1, 2 maybe 3


Just watch this and tell me im wrong

[Primo Carnera]

$3.5 million is a lot of money.

@kirklandlaing , I heard 3.5 million Pounds not dollars, big difference and that AJ Would be getting close to £8million.

[GAME]

Smash up,

You are correct but the same thing could be said for Joshua when he was going for the finish against whyte in round 2.
When there's nothing coming back at them guys tend to neglect their defence. And neither guy had faced anyone who punched back until their last fight when they beat an unbeaten opponent.

[IamInuit]

Joshua got wobbled when he fought the first close to half decent fighter he's fought and if the guy had been in shape Joshua could easily have lost. Haven't seen anything of Martin other than his last fight. The winner will still probably have a load of question marks over them going into their next fight.

From Martin jumping into this fight because it was his biggest possible payday I'm going to go with Joshua. But Martin will be fighting like he's got nothing to lose so anything could happen.

I think that plays huge in this and is being overlooked. Martin has this another day at the office/rastafarian/tranquil/lets just do it thing going on. Maybe its as simple as you say in that he's just glad to be getting what I assume is 7 figures. Perhaps its good enough for him to help out his family members and get himself free and clear but I dont know his situation. Maybe he's solid and flush. I think thats who he is and its a breath of fresh air. Like Fury but a from a different angle. I'd wager both men are like they are in real life. No act. The trash talk Martin has recently started is an act.

Joshua still plods around, cant jab a lick and imo still has a chin question. Martin has a heavy jab and seems to know which way to move to take advantage of being a southpaw to get that straight left in.
Sounds a bit like Audley Harrison LOL but its whats above the shoulders. I doubt Martin was sleeping in silk sheets at 20.

I read Martin is getting three and a half million dollars. That's not a big amount if you're confident of being able to defend against mandatories and then make a US fight against Wilder or somebody similar so they're either really confident they can beat Joshua (and they can't really be) or they're just cashing in.

Anything could happen in this fight from an early KO for either guy to both guys knocking each other down. We could end up with more questions than answers over the winner than there are now. I wasn't really interested in this fight or the Pacquaio fight but now I am at least interested in this fight, the Manny fight is only interesting if Manny has slid so much he's beatable. I'm away at the weekend and am trying to make arrangements to watch the Joshua fight now.

That’s a crazy amount of money for a guy considered to be a one hit wonder who got the tin via weird injury. Triple G just started making 7 figures so that’s crazy cash for this division given the circumstances. It could look like Tyson v Ferguson or Tyson v Tucker. What if he knocks Joshua out?

I think Bradley is going to beat Manny and it will be written off as Manny being junk now. According to Arum, Manny jacked his rotator against Oscar and is now 100% so no excuses. No random testing. No excuses.

I got your back for the fight. There will be tons of hook ups.